Fine. I'll say it. I won't vote for HIllary if she's the nominee.

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290. You are here encouraging others to refuse to vote for the Democratic nominee

when we don't even yet have a primary race. You are not simply faced with a difficult and reluctant vote at the time of the general election. You are advocating for people to abandon the Democratic Party and thereby aid GOP electoral prospects. Do you really think all 90 people who rec'd this thread live in sold blue states? And if you think your vote inconsequential, why even bother to post this?

There is no reason to post something like this now other than to sow division.We have no primary contest. Clinton is not a candidate at the moment. Instead, we are in midterms. Yet nearly a hundred people are itching at the bit to cast their vote in ways that help the GOP maintain power. Make no mistake about it. If you refuse to vote Democratic, you are furthering the Republican's electoral prospects. To pretend otherwise is to deny reality.

By adulthood, we all learn that actions have consequences. Mobilizing against the Democratic nominee and hence the party is to help secure a GOP victory. If that's what you and others want, so be it. As I said, I'm not even slightly surprised given the reactionary views on race and gender that have such currency around here. I have not seen such views from you personally, but your campaign gives cover to such people.

If people want a more progressive nominee, they need to get out and work for it. Take a lesson for the Tea Party. They don't sit around online and complain because the party doesn't deliver them a political messiah. They go out and work to get the candidates they want nominated. I see none of that here. Rather I see bashing of a hypothetical Democratic nominee, just at a time when we should be working to mobilize for the midterms. We get the candidates we deserve, and when people do nothing they deserve nothing.