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Hope22

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17. I'm not sure how often this needs to come up...

Reply to JohnSJ (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2025, 09:08 AM

Jun 17

…but in this instance I am going to add anyone who did not take to the streets when TSF said Elon helped him win the election is guilty of letting our system be killed right before our eyes. The fact is we do not know how many people voted for Harris. We never will and that is a problem. Saturday proved that people can get off the couch….if they choose!

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Anyone who refused to vote for VP Harris by either not voting, or voting third party, was a vote for trump. [View all] JohnSJ Jun 17 OP

Yes, they are just as guilty is if they voted for Trump Walleye Jun 17 #1

Mathematically incorrect. Terry_M Jun 17 #2

That proposition is logically incoherent n/t Shrek Jun 17 #3

Fuck anyone and everyone that didn't support and vote for Hillary and Kamala. W_HAMILTON Jun 17 #4

They'll be there next time too with their dumb phony "reasons" based on disinformation, emotion and ignorance. betsuni Jun 17 #5

Jill Stein voters jerk off to the delusion that they're "teaching us a lesson" but then Grokenstein Jun 17 #6

Putin backed her DENVERPOPS Jun 17 #12

Some of them remain proud of their decision. cab67 Jun 17 #19

Most of them is more accurate SocialDemocrat61 Jun 17 #21

"If an action of good intent leads to bad results, then, in the actor's eyes, not he but the world, or the betsuni Jun 17 #22

100% agree. K&R nt PunkinPi Jun 17 #7

Fight backwords? SalamanderSleeps Jun 17 #8

Same question orangecrush Jun 17 #15

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 23 #24

Alternatuvely, those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. W_HAMILTON Jun 23 #25

Absolutely. Those people helped put trump back in office. Paladin Jun 17 #9

We see statistical evidence that even those who did vote were disenfranchised. The finger pointing is meaningless live love laugh Jun 17 #10

Actually DownriverDem Jun 17 #14

Rinse, wash, repeat. Autumn Jun 17 #11

Guess what? DownriverDem Jun 17 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author krkaufman Jun 17 #16

I'm not sure how often this needs to come up... Hope22 Jun 17 #17

And here we are mcar Jun 17 #18

The beatings will continue until morale improves. nt scipan Jun 17 #20

Kamala Harris warned us LetMyPeopleVote Jun 23 #23

Nonvoters are blameworthy to be sure, but I am not going to say that The Dotard RockRaven Jun 23 #26

How can not voting be a vote? Eko Jun 23 #27

I think more a figure of speech. It's been said that "abstaining is always a vote for the winner." Intractable Jun 23 #28

I discovered in this last election that if people are about to make a stupid decision... DSandra Jun 23 #29

That horse is dead, stop beating it Sewa Jun 23 #30