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“It’s never the right time,”, cries liberalism.
The fact that you think an op-ed piece is relevant to this discussion shows how you lack the maturity to even be a part of it.
The Green Party is pointless. And the fact that it remains so even with people like you trying to prop it up- exemplifies that.
We’re done here.
There are ways to end a discussion without belittling others and hurling insults. We live in a society after all.
Whatever makes you feel better about being wrong.
Being right doesn’t justify animosity.
It’s funny how you accuse liberals of everything you can throw at them, call them names, and insult them on the regular- then switch at all to being a victim when it serves to make you appear to be on the high road.
I hope you don’t think anyone buys it.
I’m not a victim. Just as flawed as everyone else. I do fall into emotional reactionary patterns. But I try to be aware of it, and learn. I don’t hate individuals, just the ideology.
You’ll forgive me if I refuse to look past the shit ton of removals and bans you’ve had for incivility and trolling, while you casually try and pretend to take the high road here.
Don’t look to others (hypocritical moderators) to discern the truth, decide for yourself. I’m not voting for Jill Stein and the Green Party. Her interview with Mehdi Hasan was lacking consistency . But the slander and misrepresentation of third parties greatly disturbs me. I understand the desire to elect Harris to prevent Trump, but this smear campaign is at the expense of the truth, and only serves to limit the possibility of future third parties.
When an actual third party candidate decides to spend every year between elections doing the work to earn a vote- I’ll take them seriously.
But I’ve yet to ever see one do anything but show up at the eleventh hour with a bunch of speak-a-lot-yet-say-nothing rhetoric that only serves to divide votes.