I knew a vegan who was a nice guy. He wasn’t obnoxious about his veganism. He was, however, obnoxious about his Christianity.

And to be honest, he looked a bit malnourished.

I understand the controversy, because if there’s one thing the internet loves more than free speech, it’s cats.

If free speech has a limit, it’s at the point where it starts to hurt cats.

It was about The Munsters.

I mean, me too, but I’ll settle for the double penetration.

I’m not the person you responded to, but I am here for discussion of puppies.

There was a writer’s strike in the middle of the final season which seems to have sent the show off the rails.

Trams and trains have drivers.

Why would China engage in military conflict with the USA when they can just sit back and watch the USA collapse on its own?

So what you’re saying is: Lynne Cheney has been wrong for 23 years so far.

I dunno, I got a kick out of visiting Tim Hortons in Saudi Arabia. My Canadian friends on facebook were amused by it.

because you’re fucking moron that forgets things easily!"

It’s more that the worst thing you’re willing to accept becomes the new normal.

And then something that was previously unthinkable becomes thinkable. And then if you accept that because it’s the lesser evil, it becomes the new “new normal”. Continue in a downward spiral.

Look at the state we’re in now, with Trump and Biden. That’s the result of decades of picking “the lesser evil”.

At some point you have to say “no more”.

There were self-immolations in Vietnam that were protests against the US-backed puppet government in Vietnam.

It wasn’t the only thing that shaped public opinion about the war, but it did have a big impact.

You can read a bit about it here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thích_Quảng_Đức

Right. So, part of the problem with “Voting third-party means supporting Trump” is that it presumes I would have otherwise voted for Biden.

And I wouldn’t have. Because he’s committing genocide.

Also, when third-party candidates start to get traction, they can pull votes away from Trump as well as Biden.

And if enough people vote third-party, we can start to defeat both Trump and Biden. Even small amounts of support for third-party candidates can lead to a third-party winning seats in congress if that support is concentrated in particular districts, like college towns. And in an evenly divided congress, a few seats can control the balance of power and have a big impact.

I’m not in the same situation as that guy. I am not claiming to be brave. I’m a little worried (like we all are), but my life is not in imminent danger.

But I am trying to do the right thing, and I hope that if things get worse and I do end up in a situation like that man that I will be brave and continue to do the right thing. That’s the lesson I’m taking from him.

You’re gonna need a better example, because people lighting themselves on fire played a tremendous role in ending popular support for America’s occupation of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

It’s the last thing I would describe as “symbolic”.

It’s not righteous indignation. It’s making difficult moral decisions according to one’s conscience.

I’m aware there could be consequences if Trump wins. But I will not let fear for my own safety steer me towards supporting a genocide.

Like that guy. Who, according to reports, was punished for his failure to salute by being put into penal military service, where he was killed.

Be that guy means be that guy.

Trump won in 2016 in part due to the righteous indignation of people that refused to vote for Clinton.

And would those people have suddenly switched to Clinton if no third-party candidate was available?

No policies will change. No causes will be advanced.

Or, maybe politicians will see that they’re losing votes to anti-genocide third-party candidates, and their policies will change.

And if not, then we don’t have a democracy anyway. If it’s not possible for the USA to cease its support for genocide, then this is not a liberal democracy, and this is certainly not the leader of the free world.

What happened to “never again”? Never again is now and all I’m hearing is “eh, what can you do?”.

In our case, Biden and Trump are both Hitler because they’re both supporting a genocide. The crowd in that photo are a mix of Democrats and Republicans, and that guy is the people saying “I won’t support either of you”.

If there were a “no genocide” candidate that could win, making that a single issue would matter.

But voting is valuable even if your candidate doesn’t win. It’s about having your desires counted on the public record.

If politicians see that they’re losing votes to anti-genocide third-party candidates, they’ll take notice.