Reply #135: I have to step in here.

[sui generis]

and bitch slap you.

This is a progressive web site. Some of us who are progressives also have the experience of voting democratic (not third party) and still having our civil rights taken from us or downplayed, by our own people.

I'm almost willing to bet you are white and heterosexual and have never had a single civil right denied to you by anyone, have never had a reason to think before you voted democrat.

You don't need a party, you need a cult. We have a right to consider how and whether to cast our votes if a candidate DOES NOT REPRESENT US. I could give a crap about what he "might" do for everyone else if he does nothing for me. There are extraordinary democrats out there, and there are some real shit bags.

If you are instructing those of us with a brain and understanding of the value of our vote to vote for the shitbrains anyway, then you're not living in reality, or at least not ours.

It's always funny that people who have never had a civil right taken away from them or threatened are the first to say "take ANOTHER ONE for the team, we'll throw a rope back down for you, I promise".

And another thing. Why can't you give us at least the tiniest respect of saying "I understand your issues and your POV, but I disagree for my own choice" instead of name calling and belittling and other vile behavior? We're in this together, and if someone disagrees with you, you might consider they have better reasons than just that they're looking for attention.

Don't make me come back and break my foot off in yo ass.