The thing about the lesser of two evils is that

[mmonk]

evil wins.

[randys1]

1. Nonsense

[Ed Suspicious]

2. What? Two evils, locked in battle, good wins? I don't get that internet calculus.

[randys1]

3. This is embarrassing.

[Ed Suspicious]

6. I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. I'll delete if you were simply confused.

[randys1]

7. Sad too

[Ed Suspicious]

9. It is. I agree.

[jeff47]

12. Yes, you really should have had a better response. (nt)

[randys1]

14. Yeah, you are right. When I see people refer to the Democratic candidate as evil, I really

should have a better response to such lunacy.

[MeNMyVolt]

23. +1 Don't let them goad ya Randy.

[emulatorloo]

4. The thing about 'the lesser of two evils' is that it is a figure of speech

to describe the calculations a voter has to make when entering the ballot box when the choice is between a draconian Republican and an imperfect Democrat.

Which one will provide more progress?

Has nothing to do with Primary voting where we get to choose which person represents Dems in the general.

None of our Dem primary candidates are 'evil' despite the hyperbolic spewing of a handful of DU'ers attempting to demonize them.

[PeteSelman]

5. Yes.

When was the last time it was good vs evil and good won?

1944? 1940?

Even in '44, because of what the party did to Wallace, good didn't prevail.

[seabeyond]

8. "The thing about the lesser of two evils is"... The blatant falsehood.

[baldguy]

27. +1000

[el_bryanto]

10. I support Bernie, but I don't see either candidate as evil

I also think painting things in black and white terms limits your ability to decide what the best option or least bad option is.

While Bernie would be better than Hillary Clinton (in my opinion), Hillary Clinton would be better than Bush or Trump by quite a bit.

Bryant

[randys1]

15. Today you are consistent, I will give you that. You gave me shit about my

blanket statement about GOP and white supremacy, and while I have a hard time understanding why anyone claiming to be a liberal would waste any energy correcting me when I am making a slight exaggeration for effect; I do commend you for what you are saying here and being consistent.

[Maedhros]

11. What frustrates me with the "lesser of two evils" rationale is the inherent defeatism.

Proponents believe that liberal and progressive policies cannot win, and therefore we shouldn't try. They mistakenly believe that they are 'being pragmatic' and 'living in the real world,' when in reality they are propagating a meme designed to make sure the oligarchs win regardless of which Party is elected.

The time for timidity and second-guessing has long passed. Liberals and progressives need to be BOLD, and act like the majority of America agrees with us - BECAUSE THEY DO. Our system of government has been co-opted by moneyed interests, and they are certainly making it difficult for us, but we must rise to the challenge and not settle for the path of least resistance.

As Bruce Cockburn wrote:

But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight

Let's start kicking.

[Xipe Totec]

13. So, Lone Star...

[CharlotteVale]

16. I agree.

[Nonhlanhla]

17. It's a bad expression

Voting for the candidate that is not your first choice is not a vote for the lesser of two evils. It's a vote for the greater good. It's when a person is willing to say, yes, I don't like this candidate and I might even feel like I am compromising my ideological purity by voting for him/her, but for the sake of others, who will suffer far more if the other side wins, I will vote for this candidate anyway.

[mmonk]

18. Heads up. This is an experiment post.

After more weigh in, I will give my purposes for posting and ask a question.

[seabeyond]

19. Wow, fun... rollin' eyes.

[NCTraveler]

21. You are anxiously awaiting on pins and needles? nt.

[seabeyond]

24. For sure. Lol. Ah ha. I am about outta here for a few days. You, take care. Nt

[NCTraveler]

20. I don't think it is going to be Sanders vs a republican.

There won't be a lesser of two evils election. I do not consider Clinton to be evil and I will be enthusiastically voting for her.

[uponit7771]

22. That's why I'll choose the best of the two candidate; Hillary Clinton... the more rounded leader

[randome]

25. You're implying that Sanders is perfect?

If he's not then you're still voting for the lesser of two evils. We do this every election.
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[mythology]

26. Stupid and inaccurate

If Clinton is evil what does it say that Sanders voted the same as Clinton did 93% of their shared time in the Senate?

This view that Sanders is somehow so pure and virtuous that everybody else is evil is a scary thing to me. It lacks any sense of reasonableness or basis in objective reality.

[baldguy]

28. Do you know WHY & HOW Evil wins?

Because "divide and conquer" has always been a valid strategy to defeat those who oppose you. It can make the less-informed believe that the good & honorable people opposing Evil are "the lesser of two".

Sound familiar?

[JoePhilly]

29. You left the GOP out of your equation.

We don't have a word that adequately describes how horrific those fuckers are.

Equating anyone on our side with those maniacs demonstrates a real lack of understanding of what evil actually is.