12th June 2016, 7:53 AM
It'll happen, it's basically the one option left. I would say those more extreme Bernie supporters don't represent me. It's weird how those types just sorta emerged from the woodworks, in the same way all those Trump supporters did. The more militant Bernie supporters don't seem to realize their own hypocrisy. At least the Trump supporters aren't hypocritical, they're just nuts. I read some shouting about how ANY means that defeats the evils of social injustice is justified, and I can't help but think of that old saying about becoming monsters to fight them. I read others saying if I decry such extreme methods I'm part of the problem, and I worry about the implied threat.
I'm all for social change, and Bernie seemed to me the most likely to actually push said agenda (though I've little doubt he's still a power grubbing opportunistic politician, at least the band wagon he was trying to attract led to good policy I could get behind), but all that said, some of them are pretty extreme. There is one clear difference though. Trump actively tries to get his supporters to behave violently, and Bernie decried such resorts.
At any rate, as much as I would prefer a number of other options to Hillary, none of those options are available now. It's her or Trump, and it CAN'T be Trump (spoiler alert: it won't be), so her it is. Still, it's a disappointing pick.
Oh, ABF, you dodged my question up there. I'm saying if it was a given, it was a done deal that the democratic party died in your arms tonight, the next day would you vote for an up and coming party that aligned with your beliefs, as literally the only other option would be voting for Trump?
I'm all for social change, and Bernie seemed to me the most likely to actually push said agenda (though I've little doubt he's still a power grubbing opportunistic politician, at least the band wagon he was trying to attract led to good policy I could get behind), but all that said, some of them are pretty extreme. There is one clear difference though. Trump actively tries to get his supporters to behave violently, and Bernie decried such resorts.
At any rate, as much as I would prefer a number of other options to Hillary, none of those options are available now. It's her or Trump, and it CAN'T be Trump (spoiler alert: it won't be), so her it is. Still, it's a disappointing pick.
Oh, ABF, you dodged my question up there. I'm saying if it was a given, it was a done deal that the democratic party died in your arms tonight, the next day would you vote for an up and coming party that aligned with your beliefs, as literally the only other option would be voting for Trump?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)