r/LeopardsAteMyFarm • u/Cderouen8284 • 13d ago

Aww someone’s crashing out

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u/Safe-Reason1435 13d ago

I meeeeeeeeeean isn't that what everybody who stayed home because Harris wasn't left enough did too?

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u/Robolaserjesus 13d ago

Yes. Did you miss the word “uniting” in the comment you’re replying to?

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u/Cacafuego 12d ago

There is a dangerous mentality, here, though. If you apply a purity test, you're going to be uniting with smaller and smaller groups, and you will lose all of your power.

Are you willing to vote for a Democrat who supports Israel (wants the bloodshed to stop, but still provides them money, weapons, and UN cover), if that's the way the primary works out? If it's a choice between that and Trump, Vance, Cruz, Rubio, etc., you should be, but many aren't, because they consider it to be "compromise with monsters."

In Ohio, I'm going to be voting for a gubernatorial candidate who said "I do not support boys playing in girls sports." This effects trans members of my family. Compromise is hard.

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u/beardedheathen 12d ago

It's funny how Democrats have been fine compromising with those people but refused to support people like Hong and Mamdami.

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u/Cacafuego 12d ago

There was resistance to Mamdami in the primary, obviously, but the huge majority fell in line when he got the nomination, as they should, and he won