2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If you're thinking of voting third party this fall, please reconsider. [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)There are people who have made it abundantly clear that they are impervious to reason and, by virtue of their "talk nice to me or I won't listen' attitude, have proven they are not worthy of respect.
I'll say it again, Ken: Either you want to keep Trump out of the White House or you don't. There is NO middle ground.
Appealing to people to "put aside their point for the greater good" is pointless when you're dealing with people who have already shown they could give a fuck less about "the greater good".
You've seen the posts here. You've seen former Bernie supporters put their full support behind Hillary. They didn't need to be coddled or cajoled - they got on-board the minute they knew that HRC was the nominee. Regardless of whether they love Hillary, loathe her, or anything in between, they will make sure that Donald Trump never sees the Oval Office outside of a sight-seeing tour, and that a Democrat will be inaugurated next January.
Why don't you tell the Bernie-or-Bust folks "why not try doing everything possible to keep Trump out of the WH?" What do they have to lose in doing so? We all have everything to lose if he wins - but that doesn't seem to matter to them in the least. It's more important to be a butt-hurt baby than to do the right thing.
So fuck 'em.