Progressive here. I vote in every primary and try to rally support for the most progressive in my coalition. Come November, I vote against fascists which means voting for Democrats because they’re obviously better in every way.

This.

Not voting or voting for a third party hands a win to people you don’t want winning. The system is not fair, at all – but that doesn’t mean we should operate in a way we know will lead to a bad outcome. We have plenty of evidence that third parties in the US don’t really make a dent, but they do sway elections (and generally not how you want). The rest is idealism.

It’s also a good example of why single-issue voting means you’ll almost always get more collateral damage, even if you get representation you want on that specific issue.

Em dash, AI profile pic… Hmmm…
Looks like a double dash – to me, not M
Fair enough, I assumed LLMs used the markdown double dash for their em dash, mixed with the AI profile pic, and general bad taste of a slop comment, I judged too quickly.
You’re welcome to respond to the “slop comment” if you can actually come up with something substantive. Otherwise, it’s not a good look.
What is there to reply to? This conversation has been had a million times here, mixed with what I assumed was an em dash and an AI profile pic, sorry if it’s ‘not a good look’ to call out the slop.

What slop? You think a nearly 3-year old account is AI generated?

Just because you’ve never seen an em-dash before AI doesn’t mean that em-dash = AI. And btw, I never even used one.

The slop is the comment parroting the same trite conversation that’s been had over and over about lesser evils voting. Might not be AI slop, but I didn’t put it past you when I saw the pfp. If all you have to say at this point in time is about you’re vote blue no matter who strategy, your comment is slop, and I’m done explaining this.

You literally had a whole thread about AI slop that wasn’t there and now you’re trying to save face by changing your own goalposts.

Good chat.