These parties can never win an election, and their thirst for ballot access only hurts their ideals. Their fervent supporters and endorsers seem to piss off everyone around them while they tilt at windmills.
You call it tilting at windmills, but I call it fighting for real change—if these parties weren't a threat to the status quo, they wouldn't be so furious about their presence on the ballot!
Personally, I applaud the third parties’ attempts at breaking up the duopoly. It’s about time someone challenges the status quo instead of blindly endorsing it.
I posted an article that's already widely available on a much bigger platform than Lemmy. I didn’t write it or create the content. It's already out there for anyone to see, so all I did was share it here for discussion. If you disagree with the article itself, that's fine, but calling for it to be censored or accusing me of pushing an agenda simply because it's not what you want to read is misguided and lazy. Open debate requires different perspectives, not shutting down content you don't like.
It's not my job to convince you that I’m not a Republican, that I don’t live in Russia, or that despite posting hundreds of socialist articles to the socialist community, I’m somehow not a socialist. If that’s what you want to believe, cool, then go ahead and think that. Not my problem. :)
If you’re getting worked up over a news article I didn’t even write, that’s on you. Be mad if you want, but I'm under no obligation to prove anything to you. I’ll share my opinion, and you can take it or leave it. Either way, not my problem.
In the past, when I’ve tried to defend myself, people accuse me of not listening. If I stay quiet, they take it as guilt.
Here’s the deal: I’m still going to post what I want in this community because what I’m posting fits within the theme and guidelines of this community which celebrates diversity of thought and opinion.
So, go ahead and expect me to copy and paste this comment into the many, many arguments you’re going to try and start. Whether you believe me or not, I don't have to prove anything to you. I’ll share my opinion, and you can take it or leave it. Not my problem. :)
Trust me, as much as I get accused of being a troll, I'm sure the mods know all about me. And I'm still here. You know why? Because I'm not a spammer and not a troll. Feel free to check out the modlog. It's public.
Wouldn't it be lower effort if I didn't respond to anyone?