wanderer

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

OK, if you want to look at it that way, it's still the same basic argument, refusing to participate in the party just effectively increases the representation of the people you disagree with.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Consider two scenarios: one where you vote, one where you do not, all else is the same. In the scenario where you vote, the candidate that you vote for, that you least disagree with, has a higher percentage of votes than in the other scenario. In the scenario where you don't vote the candidates that you wouldn't have voted for, the ones you most disagree with, have a higher percentage of votes than in the other scenario.

Not voting is effectively voting for the people you most disagree with.

democrats win this upcoming election, does this mean all the people who didn’t vote had actually voted democrats?

That's a different argument than what I was making. "Not voting is effectively approval of whoever wins." related but not the same.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Do your own personal Instant Runoff. If you think that the third party candidate might win maybe vote for them. If they are basically guaranteed to lose, maybe vote for your next choice.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

The Phoenicians founded a new city in North Africa and called it 'New City' (Qart Hadasht), we now call it Carthage. The Carthaginians founded a new city in Spain and called it 'New City' (Qart Hadasht). The Romans conquered both of these cities, and found that having cities with the same confusing so called the second one 'New New City' (Carthago Nova).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

A guy walks into a bar and he says 'ow'.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I am aware of that, considering that the article I linked is a direct response to that claim. If you notice the article you link does not quote Biden, but an anonymous source, and when reporters asked Biden he said: “I don’t have any plans on one term.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I suspect that they knew it they would have to correct it, but did it anyway because the lie would be spread more than the correction.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Onan's crime was greed not lust. He did not want to provide for Tamar or her potential children.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Yes, from a superficial viewpoint they are similar. And from a superficial viewpoint shooting a practice target is similar to shooting a person dead. It would be rather stupid to refer to target practice as murder.

 

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