A re #introduction: I'm a PhD scientist-turned-journalist, now a reporting fellow @STAT News, where I'm covering #biotech for the next 1.5 mo.
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I never said the threat of Biden exceeded that of Trump... If you support one person who is marginally less evil than another, then you are promoting evil, period. Who of two extremely evil people is the lesser evil is irrelevant.
Fascism is hardly the only evil at play.. voting for Biden ensures the proliferation of many forms of evil.. Voting for Biden is evil.
Good thing im lifting all my fingers to stop evil by not voting for evil parties.
Mostly true, in the USA third parties have taken over 8 times, but in each case the take over was quick (usually a single election).
The party realignment makes no sense as a sw2itching of party because the parties members are choosen by existing party members. At no point was there a mass break from the party and movement of members.. Each generation without break elected the next.
It also isnt universally associated by anyone other than the left who wants to re-write their horrific history. Never heard this claimed by the right, in fact quite the opposite.
Thats not how it happened in the past. Int he past when third parties have won they took over the presidency first and had little or no representation in the senate. They gained the power int he senate later.
@trinsec To a radical not being a radical is the most radical thing you could be!
Ok last hint... if they died it would have been from exposure.
@cobratbq hahaha
I will give you a hint... it is probably the one where it felt the most hopeless for them of any episode.
@cobratbq Want the answer?
@TruthSandwich @freepeoplesfreepress @alecui
Third parties have come to win in us elections for lresident 8 times in the history of the usa. Its a viable option. Moreover votibg for either primary party woukd just be morally correupt. Id rather masterbate than give ammunition to an evil.
@freepeoplesfreepress @TruthSandwich @alecui
Yea what they did was serious. Though that same year i remeber dealing with horrifical violent mostly-left riots over the course of months. So many homes and businesses got burned to the ground, it was sad.. the sights I saw was awful.
So between these two events its hard for me to support either side
@freepeoplesfreepress @TruthSandwich @alecui
If i had to pick one of the two, and coukdnt abstain, and coukdnt vote third party, then i woukd very reluctantly vote democrat as the lesser of the two evils. I do afterall lean left on the spectrum...
That said i can vote third party so i am free to screw over both parties ;)
@twotwenty well our version doesnt track masto anymore, but I will be pulling a lot in in the near future as im working on the next version.
@twotwenty Oh thanks, I will keep a close eye on it.
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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