“We recognize that, in the next four years, our decision may cause us to have an even more difficult time. But we believe that this will give us a chance to recalibrate, and the Democrats will have to consider whether they want our votes or not.”

That’s gotta be one of the strangest reasonings I’ve heard in a while.

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          They “can”.

          The sun “could” explode tomorrow and kill us all.

          But neither will happen and we both know it.

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            So you agree that saying the sun can explode tomorrow and saying it probably won’t is not contradictory, right? This contradicts your own points.

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                  Hey while you’re here, you wanna bet the $1000 I offered the other guy?

                  I could use the money.

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                    Again, you don’t understand what contradictory means. Does saying the sun can explode tomorrow and saying it has a low chance of doing so contradictory? Similarly, saying a third party can win if people switch their votes away from the Dems is not contradictory to saying there is a low chance of that happening.

                    You’re doing a logical fallacy by assuming that statements made about possible alternative events are equivalent to statements that claim the event is likely to happen.