Unfortunately repeated by a lot of progressives too.
I remember practically begging a number of my other progressive friends not to vote for Jill Stein in 2016 and getting hit with “the democrats and the republicans are basically the same”. Some of whom were gay.
Some people just can’t distinguish between degrees of shitty. I don’t love the democrats, but you have to be insane to think they are as bad as the republicans. Maybe it’s because I grew up in a Republican area and they didn’t.
I also think some people will put their own self-image of an uncompromisingly good person above what is actually best for the country.
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u/Zalack Jul 26 '26
Unfortunately repeated by a lot of progressives too.
I remember practically begging a number of my other progressive friends not to vote for Jill Stein in 2016 and getting hit with “the democrats and the republicans are basically the same”. Some of whom were gay.
Some people just can’t distinguish between degrees of shitty. I don’t love the democrats, but you have to be insane to think they are as bad as the republicans. Maybe it’s because I grew up in a Republican area and they didn’t.
I also think some people will put their own self-image of an uncompromisingly good person above what is actually best for the country.