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In reply to the discussion: Jill Stein's latest victory lap demonstrates she was in favor of Trump the entire time. [View all]vkkv
(3,384 posts)in a landslide.
Plus, though HRC would be an excellent POTUS - she was not a great candidate. The opposition was able to hang a lot of baggage, false or not, on her which makes for a less than perfect candidate in the public's eyes.
I'm quite sure that your theories will be proven incorrect in the next POTUS election due to many voters having experienced the real-life consequences of making a "protest vote". I seriously doubt that Stein's goal is to get voters TO NOT vote Green next election, but that is the likely result. That is not Horseshoe theory, that is reality.
You cannot tell me that 'protest votes' have no bearing on politicians perception of polls or their platform. That means a 'protest vote' does carry some weight beyond the final results, as sad as they may be.
re: "Horseshoe theory, where ideological purity puts you in concert with those you claim to be opposed to" Wrong, who hates communism more than anyone? Fascists. But you're saying that the two are closely aligned by ideological purity ??
Okay, here's an analogy I just thought up for the end result of Horseshoe theory, it's a bit abstract, but accurate I think:
'I only take cold showers, but I do add a little hot water to it to make it warm.' Do you see Ruby? The two extremes (hot or cold) that you're claiming as being the same were never the same at all. Ideological purity doesn't really exist.
When in history has ideological purity ever existed in it's pure form? You know, without adding a "little hot or cold" water?