Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhy votes for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein won't count in Ohiowww.dispatch.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down161
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minus-squareSocialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·1 month agoNo one has to vote either. Not everyone has the same morals as you. Thanks! :)
minus-squarefinley@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoNobody claimed that voting was compulsory. Just an obligation. Those aren’t the same thing. So you know that what you said was false. Then why did you say that?
minus-squareSocialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·1 month agoNot everyone feels it’s an obligation. Plenty of people don’t vote. I did though. Thank you! :)
minus-squarefinley@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 month ago Not everyone feels it’s an obligation. Plenty of people don’t vote So? That doesn’t address the question— it’s just a non-sequitur. And clearly you do believe it’s an obligation, because you did vote. Now that you’ve acknowledged that your claims were false, why did you say them?
minus-squareSocialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·1 month agoYou gave me a definition of obligation. I point out that not everyone feels voting is an obligation. Thank you! :)
minus-squarefinley@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoSo? Peoples feelings, don’t change the meaning of a word, and you are still avoiding the question. Why are you too scared to answer?
No one has to vote either. Not everyone has the same morals as you. Thanks! :)
Nobody claimed that voting was compulsory. Just an obligation. Those aren’t the same thing.
So you know that what you said was false. Then why did you say that?
Not everyone feels it’s an obligation. Plenty of people don’t vote. I did though. Thank you! :)
So? That doesn’t address the question— it’s just a non-sequitur. And clearly you do believe it’s an obligation, because you did vote.
Now that you’ve acknowledged that your claims were false, why did you say them?
You gave me a definition of obligation. I point out that not everyone feels voting is an obligation. Thank you! :)
So? Peoples feelings, don’t change the meaning of a word, and you are still avoiding the question. Why are you too scared to answer?