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In reply to the discussion: To the people who keep saying "get over it" about the far-left's sabotage of our nation: [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)143. Again, it's the same point as criticizing Trump or the GOP.
Let me ask you this. When you find posts criticizing Paul Ryan or Trump or whoever else here on DU, do you go around scolding people about how pointless it is to talk about Republicans on a Democratic website, because everyone here already agrees about them?
I don't think you do. So what is it about Jill Stein that causes you to do this?
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To the people who keep saying "get over it" about the far-left's sabotage of our nation: [View all]
DanTex
Dec 2017
OP
It's a metaphor. It means Stein siphoned off potential Democratic votes which enabled Trump to win
emulatorloo
Dec 2017
#286
If that is true, then Gary Johnson siphoned off potential Repub votes from Trump
chwaliszewski
Dec 2017
#317
That assumes that the Stein voters were Democrats or would ever vote Democratic.
Gore1FL
Dec 2017
#104
I am simply pointing out the logical fallacies of many on DU who can't seem to put 2018 in focus. nt
Gore1FL
Dec 2017
#298
She is the worst, prime example of stupidity. She was also a Naderite. What's the phrase,...
brush
Dec 2017
#64
Nader gave us the Iraq war, Citizens United and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act
Gothmog
Dec 2017
#150
Nah, I blame the Sarandon too. That idiot is two-times-stupid. She was a Naderite in 2000 also...
brush
Dec 2017
#74
Maybe to you. Maybe it'll open some eyes so we don't get three-times stupid voters.
brush
Dec 2017
#84
I don't believe blaming will have that effect. I have never seen blame do anything positive
KPN
Dec 2017
#95
Maybe not calling it "blaming" but making people aware of "siren song" pitfalls to avoid...
brush
Dec 2017
#162
And you think that's what happened with the people who sat home, voted 3rd party of wrote in...
brush
Dec 2017
#180
Yeah, yeah, like some people don't vote for someone because they don't like the sound of their voice
brush
Dec 2017
#203
I followed the campaign. She was front and center at many rallies and all over TV in many interviews
brush
Dec 2017
#93
You're exactly right on those two. And I'll use an old phrase...they are uncle toms.
brush
Dec 2017
#114
We know about the book. Guess you're not aware that the phrase is from the AA activist community...
brush
Dec 2017
#184
I'm AA and it is meant to offend those who it is directed towards. And they know who they are.
brush
Dec 2017
#204
You are wrong, the far left did not fall for Russian iies. They had their own reasons
LiberalLovinLug
Dec 2017
#146
Guess one Susan Sarandon was more powerful than Hillary's army of celebrities... who knew?
SMC22307
Dec 2017
#246
You may not like the purpose, but that doesn't mean it doesn't serve a purpose.
BzaDem
Dec 2017
#157
From the OP: "Jill Stein, Chris Hedges, Cornel West, Jimmy Dore, Susan Sarandon"
BzaDem
Dec 2017
#198
You can disagree with basic logic and the dictionary, but that would make you wrong.
BzaDem
Dec 2017
#226
The few thousand who voted for spoilers, in state "counties" like in Pa.,aided Republican party ONLY
Sunlei
Dec 2017
#35
What makes you assume those voters were nominal Democrats, or even left of center to begin with?
Tom Rinaldo
Dec 2017
#144
Totally agree with this. Moreover, right depends on sociopathic doubling down to force this kind
ancianita
Dec 2017
#30
Unfortunately the morons who say those kinds of things don't learn. They don't learn. nt
Hekate
Dec 2017
#65
As long as you remind people what the right and far right are doing. The far left is small potatoes
UCmeNdc
Dec 2017
#26
yes, and its so EASY to make a phone call, instead of 24/7 'fighting on 'social medias'
Sunlei
Dec 2017
#39
remember Steins "stunt" when she spray painted a bulldozer at XM pipeline protest? Republicans pushe
Sunlei
Dec 2017
#38
Strawman? Facts, Young Progressives are winning and old conservatives aren't getting any younger.
LongTomH
Dec 2017
#56
That's not the strawman part. Your bullshit claim that DU'ers label JFK and FDR "far left"
emulatorloo
Dec 2017
#61
Bernie fought hard to elect a Democratic president in 2016. This thread isn't about
emulatorloo
Dec 2017
#59
90 million eligible voters didn't vote in 2016 while Jill Stein got 1.2 million votes.
jalan48
Dec 2017
#57
Let's hope the Democratic Party doesn't adopt your projection as a formal strategy
Fiendish Thingy
Dec 2017
#66
She falls on the horseshoe part. From her part of the spectrum, Trump is preferable
DanTex
Dec 2017
#123
I was not nearly vocal enough last year, although I did point out they were spreading garbage from
bettyellen
Dec 2017
#101
While I appreciate everything you are saying,the longer we stew in these juices the less of a chance
Vinca
Dec 2017
#110
It implies intent, but can happen accidentally (or the intent be from outsider influence).
moriah
Dec 2017
#174
I spent a lot of time on social media, when I wasn't canvassing(doorbelling-they're the same thing)
Ken Burch
Dec 2017
#133
I don't give a damn about Jill Stein...personally, I think she's a "fucking moron".
Ken Burch
Dec 2017
#147
Cornel West: Why I Endorse Green Partys Jill Stein Over Neoliberal Disaster Hillary Clinton
ucrdem
Dec 2017
#160
Imagine if all those months of Clinton-bashing had gone toward voter rights or election reform.
ucrdem
Dec 2017
#263
So? You are unwilling to admit that this election was stolen? And if it was stolen, how is it
Ferrets are Cool
Dec 2017
#211
Thanks, couldn't say it better myself. I'm far more worried by oligarchs than leftists.
diane in sf
Dec 2017
#221
If you're waiting for everyone to shut up, get in line and quit being so goddamn disorderly...
Baconator
Dec 2017
#235
LOL. "Being disorderly" is a peculiar euphemism for intentionally putting Trump into office.
DanTex
Dec 2017
#236
I agree 100%. The last thing you or I and others should do in response to OPs like this
KPN
Dec 2017
#258
I would not frame it as far vs. moderate left- many of us "far lefties" are also coalition builders
Kashkakat v.2.0
Dec 2017
#271
So I assume you defined Hillary as being "corporate" and refused to support her.
honest.abe
Dec 2017
#282
Well no one on nothing compares to Donald Trump except ________________ fill in the blank
INdemo
Dec 2017
#299
Paste magazine is not "right wing". Author of the article is a self-avowed progressive
emulatorloo
Dec 2017
#297
That is exactly the great lie paraded by Trump supporters dressed up as "progressives".
DanTex
Dec 2017
#290
Totally agree and its troubling that many still are unwilling to admit their mistake.
honest.abe
Dec 2017
#280
that is the issue Dan, many of those that refused to vote for the Democratic nominee against
still_one
Dec 2017
#281
AFAIK you never recc'd up Putin propaganda or advocated Bernie or Bust or voting for Trump
emulatorloo
Dec 2017
#301
What part of Pizzagate and DNC killed Seth Rich are "politicians track records and donors".
emulatorloo
Dec 2017
#307
Stop putting words in my mouth. I did not refer to Hartman, Camp, or Shultz nor did I have them in
emulatorloo
Dec 2017
#311