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They didn't. They didn't vote for the alternative because of one issue. That's the problem.
The party would rather have trump than abandon their only issue.
I hope they're happy. That is all.
I'm sure they are. They got their second choice (well, third, but netanyahu can't run in the US), they're getting the policy they wanted, and they get to blame the left for all of it.
People can't control the party, but they could impact the outcome and choose not to.
Then it's not a party.
If they are significant enough to blame, they were significant enough to listen to.
Yes they were significant enough to listen to, but at some point people need to take accountability. You can only control what you do, not others.
If the party was unwilling to change, they still had a choice to make. They made that choice. They had the ability to impact the outcome and they didn't.
There is more than one issue to care about in the world. Not voting for one side because of a single issue, when the other side has dozens of issues, is accepting that you are ok with either outcome. So those who choose not to vote told the world that they didn't care either way, because they had a chance to impact the outcome and didn't.
You said "The party would rather have trump than abandon their only issue." The reality is, people would rather have Trump than vote against a single issue, and that's what happened. And that single issue is still an issue! It did nothing.
How many more fucking decades before they're listened to, then? Because it's starting to look like "fucking never and we hate you lol."
Yes, they should listen, but it's two separate things. Regardless what the DNC does, each person has a choice, a chance cast a choice.
People had a choice, they could have impacted the outcome and choose not to. Those people, by not doing anything, were accepting that the worser outcome could happen, and they were ok with that. If they weren't, they would have taken action, within their power, to prevent it.
Thank you for confirming that the party will never listen.
They probably won't. But that isn't even the point, it's the deflection. People had an option to vote. They didn't. They are complicit.
Easy for you to say.
You have two parties that represent you.
So just discredit my point of view by labeling me as the enemy. Sounds like you're in a cult sir.
What do you care? I will never have political representation.
Oh right. You want me shut up and pretend to be happy that you have two republican parties that represent you.