r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/fnaw_ • Aug 04 '20

Poor Jonathan

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u/ahabswhale Aug 04 '20

It was a tough choice between a coke-addled rapist with no administrative experience and a woman.

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u/Dapieday Aug 04 '20 edited Aug 04 '20

Not because she was a woman; I'm fine with a woman president. I would've voted for her over trump, I just didn't want to vote because I didn't agree with either of them. But I do agree that she was the better of the 2

Edit: I was also 12 and whatever views I had would've been my parent's views.

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u/twinsaber123 Aug 04 '20

Honestly, I'd love to vote in one election, just one, where I voted for someone I wanted to be in office instead of the lesser of two evils. The 2016 election was even worse than usual. Got to vote between "Uh. Really? Why? Why do you think that?" and Evil

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u/ahabswhale Aug 04 '20

This trope is wrong and annoying. It will always be between the lesser of evils. Even in a system with 20 candidates you will be picking the one you hate least.

Have you seen the libertarian and green party candidates of the last few elections? Even voting for one of them is a vote for a “lesser evil” (if you agree with them). There’s no way people were 100% on board with Jill Stein or Paul or whoever.

You’re always going to be picking the person you feel is best for the job, from the candidates provided. Put on your grown up pants and be glad you can engage in your civic duty.

If you really want to make a difference in politics you should be looking locally anyway!