Red Mosquito

BurtReynolds wrote:

B wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:I don't like compulsory voting. Not voting is a vote against the system. Forcing people to vote can give cover to a system that doesn't actually have popular support.

If that's your stance, couldn't you just write in Mickey Mouse?

Why use the state to force people to vote?

I hadn't put a lot of thought into it, so I don't know, but your reason for being mad is easily remedied.

In fact, writing in a non-candidate possibly delivers the message you're seeking to deliver better than just not voting.

Peeps wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:“Democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried.”

While a good quote, I don't think it adequately gets across just how shitty democracy really is.

if democracy is run the way it is supposed to be it can be fine and dandy. it is when those in power (regardless of party affiliation) are in it for power and power only is when democracy fails

Any government form would work if it was run the way it "should be". Modern democracy works (to the extent it does) precisely because it assumes that people are "in it for power" and doesn't assume some utopian ideal where people in power act right.

Posted in case you missed this particular corner of the internet. This line of attack might work on her former staffers who got busted for running a fake "Moorish" police force, but I can't imagine this having any real traction outside of the Black Hebrew Nationalists/ sovereign citizen Foundational Black American types.

There could be dozens of them.

TK is a smart pick

good ole Jen Rubin.

simple schoolboy wrote:

Posted in case you missed this particular corner of the internet. This line of attack might work on her former staffers who got busted for running a fake "Moorish" police force, but I can't imagine this having any real traction outside of the Black Hebrew Nationalists/ sovereign citizen Foundational Black American types.

There could be dozens of them.

they cant even use basic english..
that should be where were, not where was...

dimejinky99 wrote:

simple schoolboy wrote:

Posted in case you missed this particular corner of the internet. This line of attack might work on her former staffers who got busted for running a fake "Moorish" police force, but I can't imagine this having any real traction outside of the Black Hebrew Nationalists/ sovereign citizen Foundational Black American types.

There could be dozens of them.

they cant even use basic english..
that should be where were, not where was...

I don't know if we want to get into the weeds over what is and what is not "correct" African American Vernacular English (AAVE), and whether or not it is applicable here.

We can have enough fun with gatekeeping ethnic and cultural identity!

as a suburban white kid who grew up in the 90s, i'm an expert on AAVE

Bi_3 wrote:TK is a smart pick

Fake news

https://x.com/WashPostPR/status/1820498 ... mn-hoax%2F

Strat wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:TK is a smart pick

Fake news

https://x.com/WashPostPR/status/1820498 ... mn-hoax%2F

LOL

So it is down to Shapiro and Walz, my inside people tell me.

in that case, it'll be Walz. dark horse candidate come from behind win, woot

yeah, they love him over there. big walz country

go MN

I would definitely vote for Tony Kornheiser.

The Argonaut wrote:in that case, it'll be Walz. dark horse candidate come from behind win, woot

Plus he’s over 60. Kamala will be 60 by Election Day, and Shapiro won’t be 60 for nine years.

Can’t have anyone remotely young on the ticket and expect to win in 2024 (Trump’s real regret selecting Vance).