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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 03:46 PM Original message |
Flawed Logic: "I don't like the candidates, so I won't vote" |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. With that kind of logic, you can feel smug and say you didn't elect |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Or say "At least we elected the nicer dictator - WOW that other guy would have sucked harder!" |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. In the words of Homer Simpson (as he was being whipped by... |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. thank you |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. almost everyone who has ever voted |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nope. |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You ARE supporting one of them by not voting! The WORSE one. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. So we're starting with the idea |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. If you do NOT vote, you ARE, in fact, voting FOR the WORSE one. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. No. |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. What is this, kindergarten? |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You can't force a person to vote against his/her conscience. |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. You ARE voting against your conscience by not voting - you are voting FOR the WORSE one! |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. And if you view them as equally bad? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Then you need to look a little closer, get to know more about each one. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Two different people can be equally corrupt |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. No, at some level, they are different. You just aren't familiar enough to see it. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. On a Presidential level |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Its foolish to think that way. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 01:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
49. I live in a blue state. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. That's dumb. |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Ya they do. See post 29. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I'm sorry, but people more eloquent than I have tried to show you your fallacy. |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Its not hyperbole. |
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Tech 9 (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. To illustrate the farcical nature of this claim |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. No it doesn't, not at all. |
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Tech 9 (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. What kind of defeatism do you deal in? |
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rjones2818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. If the choice is between bad and worse... |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. And casts a vote for "worse". |
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rjones2818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Not voting is not giving a vote to worse. |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I vote for the one closer to my own ideology. |
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againes654 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. You misunderstand "our" position |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I won't? Really? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. What if you're in Florida and your vote won't count anyway? - n/t |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. rotflmao ! |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. You laugh, but I'm serious. - n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. The Ideological purists would like to cut off their noses to spite their faces. |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well said! -nt |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. That is all true. |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Raise politicians up from the towns and states, good people. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. But that's not going to work, is it? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Things change over time by people with ideas. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. What about: "The machines are not secure, so I won't vote" |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Again, this is a meme of the Republicans - they want you to not vote |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
54. so the machines are secure? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Yes, the machines are secure. |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. As a foreigner, I do not understand the concept |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
43. That's not logic; you disagree with the content of the argument |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. X+0 < X+1. Thats math, and math and logic are very similar. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Wrong |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Repeating your error won't make it true. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Your laughable "proof" is a symptom |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Deleted message |
alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Oh please |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Stalin would be a better choice than Hitler. |
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Tech 9 (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. Once again |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. You are wrong. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. After you burn your strawman, do you feel lonely or just make another one? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Ad Hominem seems all you're capable of, reading your post history. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. That's a serious case of projection you have there, sweetie. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. Deleted sub-thread |
MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
48. There's no difference between Al Gore and George W. Bush. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. Ga-Ga for Gore |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
63. I fully intend to vote for the BEST candidate...even if I have to write him/her in. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Ditto |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Hear, hear! I will most certainly vote for a Democrat, even if I have to write it in. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
67. And you've shown the best arguement against the 2-party system. |
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