• archomrade [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    declare one’s public approval or support of.

    Err, you working from a different dictionary?

    This is why she resisted saying who she was voting for initially, and why she is explicitly saying she is not endorsing

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      2 months ago

      What does voting for someone do if not show support for them? In a democracy it’s the ultimate form of support.

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        2 months ago

        Lmao, idk maybe go watch her videos, she is definitely not voicing support and certainly not approval

        Just so I’m clear: you’re saying that if I had a gun to my head and was forced to choose between getting shot or eating dogshit, and I chose dogshit, that would be considered an endorsement?

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          Just so I’m clear:

          She is neither being forced to vote for anyone, nor forced to let us know who she voted for. So, no, you’re not clear about it at all.

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            You really don’t see the distinction? Being forced into making a choice you don’t like, and voicing a public approval of someone’s candidacy?

            I mean think what you want i guess

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              2 months ago

              Being forced into making a choice you don’t like, and voicing a public approval of someone’s candidacy?

              ? We don’t have mandatory voting, she isn’t forced to vote at all. Additionally, she isn’t forced to publicly say who she is voting for. I see the distinction when it comes to being forced to do something, the question I have now is if you understand the word forced because it doesn’t appear that way.

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                  2 months ago

                  So wait, are you suggesting that she is forced to vote and forced to announce who she is voting for? I don’t follow your response.

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                    2 months ago

                    Yes, she was pressured into both of those decisions. Pretending as if it were not only a ‘free choice’ but an actual endorsement is cringe-levels of desperate, honestly.