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“This Is a Collapse of the Democratic Party”: Ralph Nader on Roots of Trump’s Win Over Harris
(www.democracynow.org)
this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024
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Fuck you, Nader. We wouldn't even be in this mess if it wasn't for you.
Looking purely at vote counts, he isn't wrong. Trump lost about 3 million votes compared to 2020, whereas the Dems lost 15 million. There's certainly a lot of blame to lay at the feet of "both sides bad" people who didn't vote, but either way that's catastrophically bad turnout for the Dems.
It's not about right or wrong, it's about the person weighing in.
I don't want to hear what Jill Stein has to say about it either. Fuck both of them.
And you people downvoting: would you want to hear Newt Gingrich's take? Even if this is what he said?
That's a logical fallacy called an Ad Hominem. Where you don't argue against an idea, instead attack the person voicing it.
You're opinion of a person, doesn't mean anything to their argument. It actually works against finding truth and solutions.
So then yes, you would like to know what Newt Gingrich's take is as long as it is a valid argument?
You don't think that maybe some people don't deserve attention in the first place?
Good ideas deserve attention. It doesn't matter where they come from.
Your idea here isn't a good one, and no longer has mine.
No one has a right to media attention just because they have a good idea. I assume if a serial killer had a good idea, you wouldn't want it on all the front pages. Maybe let them tell someone else and have that person bring it up if it's such a good idea.
Who said the person deserves attention? Even a right to it?
I didn't.
Okay, well then I stand by my point. Ralph Nader doesn't deserve attention on election issues no matter what good ideas he has. If they're good enough ideas, he has plenty of media connections he can tell them to.
Then engage in the discussion at hand, rather than trying to derail it.
You do not get to dictate how or why I post until you become a mod. If you don't like what I have to say, you can either block me or not respond. Ordering me to do what you want isn't going to work.
Not a dictate. Just a suggestion if you're interested in being constructive. Maybe I'm wrong about that.