I think Noam Chomsky said it best (Reply #4)

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Fri Dec 9, 2016, 03:38 AM

still_one (76,813 posts)

4. I think Noam Chomsky said it best

"Progressives who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton made a ‘bad mistake’

"“I think they a bad mistake,” said Chomsky, who reiterated that it’s important to keep a “greater evil” from obtaining power, even if you’re not thrilled with the alternative. “I didn’t like Clinton at all, but her positions are much better than Trump’s on every issue I can think of.”

Chomsky also attacked the arguments made by philosopher Slavoj Zizek, who argued that Trump’s election would at least shake up the system and provide a real rallying point for the left.

“ terrible point,” Chomsky told Hasan. “It was the same point that people like him said about Hitler in the early ’30s… he’ll shake up the system in bad ways.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/noam-chomsky-progressives-who-refused-to-vote-for-hillary-clinton-made-a-bad-mistake/

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41 replies	Author	Time	Post
Hillary Haters Face Reality Voting For tRump [View all]	Grassy Knoll	Dec 2016	OP
A friend of mine's daughter is one of those Bernie millennials, she voted for Johnson	doc03	Dec 2016	#1
She never voted for Bernie for the right reasons, if somehow she was able to trade-up for Johnson.	JCanete	Dec 2016	#2
It was "cool" to vote for Johnson	woolldog	Dec 2016	#8
well then they didn't know what anti-establishment was. nt	JCanete	Dec 2016	#21
Yes but the reason she never voted for Hillary was some of the retoric	doc03	Dec 2016	#12
which applies double or more so to the republican party and most pro-corporate politicians.	JCanete	Dec 2016	#23
There are no guarantees for 'never happened" scenarios	CajunBlazer	Dec 2016	#32
Your version of selfish is not mine. Being a part of the democratic process by running for election	JCanete	Dec 2016	#33
Oh, I forgot. Only ultra progressives are never selfish	CajunBlazer	Dec 2016	#35
I'm sorry, what just happened there? You got that from my post in which I suggested that	JCanete	Dec 2016	#36
Perhaps, I misread your intentions and you misread mine	CajunBlazer	Dec 2016	#37
tbh if he hadn't run I think that would have depressed turnout as well	forjusticethunders	Dec 2016	#40
Wasn't it Bernie that started the "corrupt corporate serving Hillary" theme?	CajunBlazer	Dec 2016	#14
Post removed	Post removed	Dec 2016	#15
You, my friend, are a perfect example of what I was talking about in my post above	CajunBlazer	Dec 2016	#17
HER OWN STAFF were raising the alarm about the speeches	killbotfactory	Dec 2016	#18
Her staff were paid to look for weak point so that they can be mitigated	CajunBlazer	Dec 2016	#19
I supported Bernie and fell in line behind Clinton when he lost.	killbotfactory	Dec 2016	#22
A genteel primary fight, really?	CajunBlazer	Dec 2016	#30
Nailed it...	SidDithers	Dec 2016	#24
"Nailed it" x 2!!!!	Tarheel_Dem	Dec 2016	#34
"corporate giveaways that he could have never provided."	JCanete	Dec 2016	#25
Until Comney, most polls had us winning a senate majority and big gains in congress.	bettyellen	Dec 2016	#26
You can't have this both ways. Either Sanders cost us the election, in which case I say no, the DNC	JCanete	Dec 2016	#27
Actually it was such a squeaker that any of a multitude of things could have turned it around...	bettyellen	Dec 2016	#28
Sure. I'm not going to dredge up for the purposes of this conversation whether all accusations	JCanete	Dec 2016	#29
Good points but	Seasider	Dec 2016	#38
No, but those individuals, whoever they are, weren't goaded to do so by Sanders	JCanete	Dec 2016	#39
Most people aren't going to face that reality very quickly, and those people who hate Hillary, or	JCanete	Dec 2016	#3
I think Noam Chomsky said it best	still_one	Dec 2016	#4
Yes, this is a fair criticism of the approach. I was just saying that people who	JCanete	Dec 2016	#5
They must be rejoicing now at all the system shock. I hold them accountable for it.	Justice	Dec 2016	#7
No, that neve happens.	Demsrule86	Dec 2016	#9
Did you forget about President Obama?	mtnsnake	Dec 2016	#13
Exit polls in both 1992 and 1996 clearly showed that Perot took equally from both candidates.	StevieM	Dec 2016	#31
They're going to learn "the hard way". Serves them right. Narrow	oasis	Dec 2016	#6
I think the worst part is how such people style themselves "heroes" in their own minds.	BobbyDrake	Dec 2016	#10
I understand them--Well, kinda	ismnotwasm	Dec 2016	#11
This. And there is no hope changing their minds, either.	duffyduff	Dec 2016	#16
Yup...	SidDithers	Dec 2016	#20
I saw a post on Joe.My.God that said it beautifully.	yardwork	Dec 2016	#41

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