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whatchamacallit

(15,558 posts)
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 12:15 AM Oct 2015

I don't care if you vote for Bernie. It's your vote, use it as you see fit...

"You better care, you need demographic to win"... "Your candidate sucks with demographic and won't ever get their support"... I don't care if you vote for Bernie. It's your vote, use it as you see fit... "You better care, you need demographic to win"... "Your candidate sucks with demographic and won't ever get their support"... I don't care if you vote for Bernie. It's your vote, use it as you see fit... "You better care, you need demographic to win"... "Your candidate sucks with demographic and won't ever get their support"...

Disingenuous, demented, unaddressable loop.

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I don't care if you vote for Bernie. It's your vote, use it as you see fit... (Original Post) whatchamacallit Oct 2015 OP
Wow I shouldn't have smoked that last bowl... nt Purveyor Oct 2015 #1
I am worried Kalidurga Oct 2015 #2
Here's what I don't get. One side bashes the other side's candidate 24/7 then complains upaloopa Oct 2015 #3
You tell us. HubertHeaver Oct 2015 #4
this game won't end until Feb or March 2016 upaloopa Oct 2015 #5
That's what I see too. sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #7
The shit talking started before Sanders even announced. frylock Oct 2015 #8
That's called the 'bandwagon fallacy' and it is a voter suppression method. Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #6

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
2. I am worried
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 12:57 AM
Oct 2015

This actually makes complete sense to me. My only regret is there is no beat finger snapping smilie.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
3. Here's what I don't get. One side bashes the other side's candidate 24/7 then complains
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 02:37 AM
Oct 2015

that their candidate gets bashed. What's up with that?

frylock

(34,825 posts)
8. The shit talking started before Sanders even announced.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 02:49 PM
Oct 2015

You know what they say about standing the heat?

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
6. That's called the 'bandwagon fallacy' and it is a voter suppression method.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 10:15 AM
Oct 2015

"If you guys want to get on board with an uncool candidate, that's fine with me but you can't win without the cool kids, and the cool kids will never vote for your uncool choice."

It's a very basic political modality, one which I think can be unethical when misused.

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