seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoJill Stein Announces 2024 Presidential Runwww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down124
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minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoshe was a political opponent. she opposed them politically and challenged them for election.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoShe challenged them the same way a fly challenges an F-16.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agothis is just rhetorical posturing. she had opposing political positions and was denied a platform with others vying for the same seat.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDenied because she had insufficient support to qualify. That’s a requirement in every democracy on the planet to be considered a serious candidate.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agothe United States isn’t a democracy
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s a representative democracy. If we can’t agree on at least this, then your opinions are not grounded in reality and there is no point talking further.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoit’s a fascist oligarchy with the trappings of a representative democracy.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSo there is no point in talking further. Your views are not based in fact or reality.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agowe are working with the same facts. it’s been a matter of interpretation this whole time.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago Denied because she had insufficient support to qualify. those requirements are arbitrary.
she was a political opponent. she opposed them politically and challenged them for election.
She challenged them the same way a fly challenges an F-16.
this is just rhetorical posturing. she had opposing political positions and was denied a platform with others vying for the same seat.
Denied because she had insufficient support to qualify. That’s a requirement in every democracy on the planet to be considered a serious candidate.
the United States isn’t a democracy
It’s a representative democracy. If we can’t agree on at least this, then your opinions are not grounded in reality and there is no point talking further.
it’s a fascist oligarchy with the trappings of a representative democracy.
So there is no point in talking further. Your views are not based in fact or reality.
we are working with the same facts. it’s been a matter of interpretation this whole time.
those requirements are arbitrary.