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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by chillwaves on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:08PM (#13908283)
That's probably the worst excuse for condemning our nation to four years of Trump that I have ever read. Do you honestly believe that harming large segments of the country, and world, is the best way to "stave off" being "dragged into hell"?

You have admitted to actively sabotaging our democratic process but in the same breadth claim you did it for the greater good?

So who is indulging in egoism here, exactly?

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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by throwanem on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:13PM (#13908320)
"Actively sabotaging our democratic process"? That's a remarkable thing to accomplish by casting a vote.
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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by chillwaves on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:30PM (#13908446)
That was your intent, as outlined in your comment.
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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by throwanem on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:36PM (#13908481)
No. My intent was to give what I regard as the prevailing political and cultural hegemony, which very explicitly has no love for and places no value on me and mine, pause to think about whether continuing to cherish such arrant contempt is really so worthwhile a path to follow. I don't see any way in which I could've made that more clear in my prior comment.

If you believe that voting other than for the Democratic Party's candidate constitutes sabotage of the democratic process, I really can't imagine there being any kind of conversation that you and I might productively have.

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