Yep. I naively thought OP (and the similar accounts posting similar patterns) would shut up and get on board as we approach the general, but looks like they’re going to be banging the “tHiRd PaRTy” drum all the way to a Republican victory. And then all the things they’ve at least pretended to care so much about are going to get much, much worse.
There’s another way to look at it: At least some of those similar accounts posting such a similar pattern of endlessly repeated postings with a particular transparent agenda are troll farms set to influence the election. Russia? GOP? Independent MAGA people with time on their hands? I have no idea.
But, regardless of all that: They’re spending so much effort on it because your vote matters. You are worth influencing. There are people in Russia who get up every day and spend a full working day managing multiple social media accounts and just spewing a particular type of low-effort messaging in a particular direction onto US social media. Why do they do that, why is it worth it for someone to pay them to do that? Because what you think about American politics, and what you decide to do with your vote, absolutely matters in the aggregate.
Use the low-effort single-direction memery as a simple reminder of how important it is to vote in this election (as well as other actions; voting on its own isn’t nearly enough.)
I watched the whole thing, and the vast majority of it, I agree with.
You keep assigning views to me (such as the liberal views this video is talking about) which I do not hold. I have no idea whether you’re a Russian or a bot or anything like that, but I do suspect you of speaking from some sort of bad faith. Actually specifically, you dismissing what I’m saying by assigning me a viewpoint which is very different from my actual viewpoint, so that you can talk to me at length without addressing the things I am actually saying, is one big example of why.
I don’t care if every single person in the sub holds their nose and votes for Biden. I just want to remind everyone how much Biden is still a piece of crap conservative every day. That’s specifically what holding your nose to vote for Biden means.
AKA burning your vote
Yep. I naively thought OP (and the similar accounts posting similar patterns) would shut up and get on board as we approach the general, but looks like they’re going to be banging the “tHiRd PaRTy” drum all the way to a Republican victory. And then all the things they’ve at least pretended to care so much about are going to get much, much worse.
There’s another way to look at it: At least some of those similar accounts posting such a similar pattern of endlessly repeated postings with a particular transparent agenda are troll farms set to influence the election. Russia? GOP? Independent MAGA people with time on their hands? I have no idea.
But, regardless of all that: They’re spending so much effort on it because your vote matters. You are worth influencing. There are people in Russia who get up every day and spend a full working day managing multiple social media accounts and just spewing a particular type of low-effort messaging in a particular direction onto US social media. Why do they do that, why is it worth it for someone to pay them to do that? Because what you think about American politics, and what you decide to do with your vote, absolutely matters in the aggregate.
Use the low-effort single-direction memery as a simple reminder of how important it is to vote in this election (as well as other actions; voting on its own isn’t nearly enough.)
Please watch the latest Second Thought video because it explains why some of you lazily just accuse me of being a “Russian bot”.
American Liberals: The Most Dangerous Thing In The Western Hemisphere
https://youtu.be/33p-8QHZpzY
I watched the whole thing, and the vast majority of it, I agree with.
You keep assigning views to me (such as the liberal views this video is talking about) which I do not hold. I have no idea whether you’re a Russian or a bot or anything like that, but I do suspect you of speaking from some sort of bad faith. Actually specifically, you dismissing what I’m saying by assigning me a viewpoint which is very different from my actual viewpoint, so that you can talk to me at length without addressing the things I am actually saying, is one big example of why.
I don’t care if every single person in the sub holds their nose and votes for Biden. I just want to remind everyone how much Biden is still a piece of crap conservative every day. That’s specifically what holding your nose to vote for Biden means.
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
i got like 2 minutes in. jesus. it’s amazing.