Your lack of observation or reading comprehension doesn’t negate the validity of what many of us saw and experienced, nor does reduce how gross and weird it was/is.
Up until a couple weeks ago, I would see 3-4 posts a day were someone would try to highjack a popular post by posting ragebate aimed at Dems. Often in posts about whatever stupid shit Trump was currently doing at that moment. Or they would start their own post with something obviously intended to get people to respond. After they got someone hooked, they would pick a nonsenseical position, usually claiming that they voted 3rd party because they were too upset with the how they were trying to save the Palestinians from the murderous Dems.
Was it a bunch of people, one or two people with multiple accounts, or maybe a group a acting in concert, I don’t know. But no matter who it was, it soon became obvious that they weren’t here to argue their position or try to change minds, they were just here to argue and inflame. They were obviously looking for to make people angry and get yelled at. At first it seemed like the normal trolls, but then it began to be obvious that it wasn’t about just fucking with people for amusement, it was about achieving something. It was about hitting some goal that satisfied them and then they would start over again in some other post.
I am not happy with 3rd party voters, and I strongly disagree with any arguments that they had any affect other than helping Trump win. But they put in the effort, and did their civic duty. But you are correct, those types of people wouldn’t be in here bragging about being fooled, or how stupid they are. I could believe at first that they were trying alleviate some shame or guilt, but no… The ones that are gross and weird about, the ones still occasionally trying to start shit, those are the ones we all hate more than even the maga.

Boggles my mind how all these people desperately trying to whip everyone into supporting the two-party system, just assume that third-party voters and non-voters automatically owe their vote to their party. The sheer vanity and arrogance of it.

FYI, the article you are posting is from November 2024, when all the votes weren’t counted yet.

The final numbers show Trump with 2.3 million more votes. 77.3 million (49.8%) vs 75 million (48.3%) of the total vote. Third part candidates, including write-ins, were 2.13% of the vote. 2.97 million people voted third party or write in. This is also not counting the 90 million that didn’t vote but where registered.

So no, you are wrong. If every single third party voter voted Harris, she would have won.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_and_independent_candidates_for_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election

So by that logic, third party voters were fine with visa and green card holders being shipped out in the same way they’re ok with tariffs making the U.S. the enemy of the world except for “liberals” complaining about their poor choice and making them feel bad.

Wasn’t much of a concern when voting though.

😘 your vote was pointless too sweetie

How about you put on your thinking cap and understand why voting in a presidential election is fucking pointless.

Except those ones, hate the shit out of Nazis of course. Maga or otherwise

So exactly what amount of criticism will overthrow a fascist regime? I can say with certainty that more votes would have prevented one from taking over.

What do you think? You’re gonna chastise people into agreeing with you?

If someone’s dumb enough to vote 3rd party in a PRESIDENTIAL election then there’s no getting them to agree with common sense. The point is to call their dipshittery out with logic so that young people who are forming their opinions see how stupid they are and avoid also being that stupid.

No I’m just saying people who think protest voting or throwing your vote away is ever smart, this is proof it isn’t.

This really entirely could’ve been avoided and this was one of the steps in a stairwell of bullshit that could’ve stopped it all

Even IF that’s true it’s still terrible. What do you think? You’re gonna chastise people into agreeing with you?

Reminding everyone that being a Nazi supporter is, in fact, bad, is good practice. That exact mindset of “Never be mean to anyone who supports fascism 🥺” is half the fucking reason that fascism got mainstreamed in this country. People sitting on the fence are more likely to shy away from something that is thoroughly condemned than something that gets a “Well, your support of shipping undesirables to death camps is a Respectable Position, let’s agree to disagree 😊”

there were more than two choices and everyone predicted that repeatedly choosing the lesser evil will lead to this and here we are.

Correct, but there are obstacles to getting there, including FPTP.

Lol and you and I voting third party leads to that outcome how exactly?

Of all the terrible things happening, I think it’s people’s hopelessly terrible understanding of politics that makes me the most depressed right now.

Edit: I don’t like how negative this comment is so I want to add some possible solutions. Change requires collective action. Individual votes are insignificant to the point of meaninglessness.

There are three main strategies I can see to create a force for progressive or leftist change.

1. Change the political system so that third parties become viable. This is tough because the duopoly doesn’t want it, and without a party where is your base of power? So I don’t think it’s particularly viable on its own—but there are orgs that push for this, and they have the advantage of being nonpartisan and can appeal to many people of many political persuasions. So if you want to make this your priority, tap into some of those organizations. But this also means ignoring pressing crises of today in the hope that reforming the electoral system will allow us to address them in the future. But of this there is no guarantee—it’s just as likely a fascist party will gain from your efforts as a leftist one.
2. Achieve a takeover from the inside of the Democratic Party. This is basically how the republicans went from conservatives to fascists. It might be the easiest of the three—but that doesn’t mean it will be easy. It means people need to set aside their distaste for democrats and the system and put a lot of effort into attending local meetings, voting for delegates, etc. It also has the drawback that the system itself has a tendency to corrupt reformers and bring them in line with its logic.
3. Create political power outside of a direct political party. Personally I think this might be the best approach if your goals are to radically transform society. There are many directions one could take, organizing with DSA or another org that makes endorsements, union organizing, mutual aid, etc. Basically you want to organize a mass of people who can sway society by acting in unison to either impose costs or benefits on those you wish to influence—or to directly enact or disrupt programs yourselves. The downside is that this is very very difficult and it may take years of going nowhere to organize enough people to really have an influence. But because the other two operate within existing systems of power, it has the greatest potential to bring about large transformations in society. But only if you put in the work and enough people join you.