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[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Are we really doing this again?

You can call them selfish, or privileged, but you can't call all of them morons. You could only call all of them morons if they cared about the things you care about and which anger you about Trump and nevertheless took a risk of enabling Trump to win.

People who have a different laddering of values than you aren't necessarily morons. They are people who do not share your views.

If a third party voter isn't much concerned one way or the other, that person is not a moron. If a third party voter didn't like Trump and voted third party but wound up getting a benefit from Trump's policies, that person is not a moron for voting third party. That person may, however, be dumb for not voting for Trump.

ETA: A Jill Stein voter would be a moron because this person would care deeply about numerous social issues on which Trump is terrible. That I will grant you without qualification. But again, this is not every third party voter. If the result in 2016 didn't matter much in either direction to a voter and the voter voted third party, or just stayed home, that person is not a moron. That person is, again, simply not on the same page as you.

I didn't post to hit you, instead the idea of anointing someone based upon one cycle's prediction. "Hil is going to win anyway" was a common safety net for those voters.