Mischief Maker wrote:

I believe that replacing or at least heavily pressuring the idiots who have the steering wheel of the DNC is a much more viable strategy than building a brand new political party from scratch. I thought a disgruntled vote for Stein was cutting your own throat. I went around actively getting into arguments with people about why it was necessary to hold your nose and vote for Hillary and getting called a sellout. But the thing is, I hate the Democratic party MORE than any Bernie or Buster! Because I had firsthand knowledge of their preternatural ability to fuck up golden opportunities one after the other. But the fact that we don't have proportional representation in the US means we will always have only two viable parties and I'm enraged that they're the only sane option I have.

Mischief Maker wrote:

Here's what I think about Bernie "selling out" this campaign. Flint Michigan still has fucking lead in their drinking water. Asking them to let their children be poisoned for another 4 years to punish Hillary for her cheating and shock the squares out of their apathetic complacency was an unacceptable option.

Mischief Maker wrote:

And there are a zillion other time-sensitive issues that would have been in a better place if Hillary got the job. Based on his record, I'm inclined to think Bernie's top priority is helping people, that's why he had a history of coauthoring bills with republicans and setting aside his own glory to let the republican put his name on it and increase the chances of it passing. People went berserk when Thom Hartmann called voting Jill Stein a white privilege luxury, but I'm inclined to agree with him. Bernie may have sold out a conceptual ideal, but he didn't sell out human beings in need.

Mischief Maker wrote:

But fuuuuuuuuuuck am I pissed at Hillary for elbowing herself into such a crucial position when she was vulnerable from three separate brewing scandals. If not Bernie, that all-important slot could have at least been occupied by Joe Biden. As an individual person I feel terrible for what she's gone through at the hands of Republicans since the early 90s. But when you take on that level of responsibility you are no longer entitled to the same level of forgiveness one would give to an ordinary citizen. And that goes triple for the KKKlown. Fuck fuck fuck fuckitty fuck do I hate the Democratic Party!