In a careful Thursday statement, the “Uncommitted” movement decried the Republican presidential nominee and third parties who could help him win while expressing frustration with Democrats.

The “Uncommitted” movement seeking a change in the Democratic Party’s approach to the war in Gaza on Thursday announced it is not ready to support Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — while urging voters not to back Republican nominee Donald Trump or third-party candidates who could help Trump win the November election.

The “Uncommitted” group “opposes a Donald Trump presidency, whose agenda includes plans to accelerate the killing in Gaza while intensifying the suppression of anti-war organizing,” the statement continues. Additionally, the group is “not recommending a third-party vote in the Presidential election, especially as third party votes in key swing states could help inadvertently deliver a Trump presidency given our country’s broken electoral college system.”

  • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Does it really matter the reasoning when the goal is to force people to vote how you want them to?

    You would benefit from coming to terms with the fact voting is a free choice no matter what you shout into the void.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
      2·
      3 months ago

      Does it really matter the reasoning when the goal is to force people to vote how you want them to?

      Force?.. Are people threatening you with harm and watching to make sure you vote the “right” way? The closest to that that I’m aware of is the right-wing “poll watchers” who intend to try to intimidate people and suppress voting rights or, the FPTP, two-party system itself that.

      You would benefit from coming to terms with the fact voting is a free choice no matter what you shout into the void.

      Freedom of choice does not mean freedom from consequences. You would benefit from taking responsibility for how your decisions impact the lives of others, especially those who are not so privileged as to feel insulated from impact of a possible fascist state.

      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
        13·
        3 months ago

        Fear makes people irrational. Like when they go in public forums and argue there is only one moral way to vote. Sounds kinda preachy to me, huh.

        Hey what’s good for you must be good for me right? You’ve convinced me, tell me who to vote for to make your life better please? Is this sort of like trickle down politics?