• xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    “Once noble party” - ffs.

    Jill Stein is a bad actor in this election, she understands how the electoral college works and she understands she’s weakening the democratic party position. But let’s not blame shift - the Democrats could be much better on climate change then they are today and if they were better Stein’s BS wouldn’t have such an easy time attracting voters. I dislike the title posing it as “Stein may hand Trump the whitehouse again.”

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      Even if the argument about getting X% of votes was true, the states to campaign heavy in would be the deep blue/red states. Especially since they tend to get ignored by candidates.

      Instead she sticks to the states where <30k votes could decide the election and the market is saturated with the most expensive ad costs

      It’s blantantly obvious what’s she’s doing.

      • the states to campaign heavy in would be the deep blue/red states.

        Agreed. If a third party pulls off a major change in one of these states, it’s still likely to go for it’s color regardless so the presidential outcome is not affected, but it’d force the relevant parties to examine why the third party was able to make such huge inroads and what of their own policies that they should change.

        It’s blantantly obvious what’s she’s doing.

        But for posterity I’ll state it; she’s spoiling for a GOP win.

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          I think you replied to the wrong person. And I’m not sure why you had to include a giant screenshot

          Every instance that federates now has to host that. If everyone was this inconsiderate of server space the federverse couldn’t exist.

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            It wasn’t giant on my end, it looked like 2 thumbnails that broke apart into a 2 mile long post that couldn’t be scrolled, so I deleted it. And then your response appeared.

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              It’s now posted three times as a parent comment to the thread…

              And the way deletion works on federated instance none of them are likely to be removed…

              So now 4 copies are taking up space on every instance federated with .world, it adds up

                • Eh, it’s possible to configure an instance to not pull down images but just link to the source. I speak from personal experience here.

                  Also, the commenter is wrong about deletion - I’ve seen my own instance deleting images because a request to do so got federated in. (Again, speaking from personal experience.)

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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        The only person who would represent me is myself, and I wouldn’t vote for myself because I don’t want that shitty job

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        So you’re saying that Jill Stein, the Russian asset who is actively working to get Donald Trump elected president, represents you and your group?

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          They need to earn votes.

          The Senate investigated that dinner and found nothing. Everything you don’t like isnt always Russian

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            Online trolls from the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency used social media to promote Stein’s candidacy during the 2016 campaign, according to an indictment brought by special counsel Robert Mueller against the Russian organization and 13 of its employees. The Russians’ pro-Stein efforts included paid advertisements on Facebook that explicitly encouraged Americans to vote for Stein, according to the indictment.

            A summation of the report’s findings on “comprehensive anti-Hillary Clinton operations” said while the group’s assumed Twitter personas had some pro-Clinton content, “the developed Left-wing Twitter personas were still largely anti-Clinton and expressed pro-Bernie Sanders and pro-Jill Stein sentiments.”

            Likewise, the report said “pro-Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein content” were among the group’s go-to themes across other platforms.

            The tactics and strategies that the Kremlin directed included every major social media platform you can think of — Facebook, Instagram, Twitter — and a few you’d never suspect, including Pinterest, LinkedIn and 4Chan. The hashtags alone tell the story— #MAGA #TrumpTrain #Hillary4Prison #ZombieHillary #SickHillary. Along with anti-Clinton stories, they also pushed out messages against Trump’s primary rivals like Sen. Ted Cruz and former Gov. Jeb Bush. Once in the general election, they pumped up third-party candidates to siphon support away from Clinton with posts including, “A vote for Jill Stein is not a wasted vote.”

            Not everything I don’t like is Russian. But some Russian things, I don’t like.

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            lol, what a stupid way to say “yes, Jill Stein and her active campaign to get Donald Trump elected does support my values”

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              Third parties wouldn’t be a threat to their power if they weren’t shit parties.

              Why don’t liberals vote for Trump and push him left after the election, since that worked out so well with Biden.

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            The Senate investigation found nothing illegal. That doesn’t mean Stein isn’t trying to help russian interests.

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                And trump is in Israel’s too. He’s in every pocket with a pocket book. You know he’ll give israel everything they want and then some. I wouldn’t be surprised at another Kent state over this if he gets elected.

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        Why aren’t you so noisy during primaries?

        Oh that’s right, your true intentions are masked by bullshit.