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In reply to the discussion: Fine. I'll say it. I won't vote for HIllary if she's the nominee. [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)because it's nobody's business here but mine. But let me say this:
I have voted before for the "lesser of two evils" in situations where I felt the compromise was justified...in other words, when "evil" was merely a metaphor for policies I didn't care for but could justify supporting compared to the alternative.
Recently, both major corporate parties have moved well beyond policies that are simply bad to policies that are nothing short of traitorous to this country and its Constitution. And "lesser of two evils" has become a deliberate, serially abused tactic for pushing through policies that aggressively violate both our Constitution and the will of most Americans.
Mass surveillance; brutal, militarized targeting of protesters; persecution of whistleblowers; criminalization of investigative journalism to suppress dissent; handing of our free media to corporations; propaganda machines, disinformation, and smear campaigns targeted at Americans; indefinite detention; "Kill Lists"; private prisons; and "trade deals" that will cede national sovereignty over issues as important as workers' protections and environmental protections to profit-driven multinational corporations over the will of the voting public...
These aren't just bad policies. They are the deliberate murder of our Constitution and our Democratic Republic. They put into place the infrastructure for fascism.
I cannot support any candidates, whether they CALL themselves Democrats or Republicans or something else, who enable this continued purchase and subversion of our country from democratic representation to corporatism and nascent fascism.