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Oh and just so we can show everyone you aren't so clever in trying to prove that I'm a bot, you were talking about FPTP and asked if I wanted dems to lose instead. Then you talked about how repubs actually want to shoot Mexicans (?!) and dogs or something bizarre like that.
So nah, not quite as clever as you thought. I thought you were replying in good faith, so I responded in kind. But you weren't.
Incorrect
Want I said was “What do you want them to do, try to lose, instead?”
Can you compare and contrast those two statements and why they are radically different?
There was also a pretty central point I made towards the end of the message, which you seem to have missed. I’ll give a hint: It was that quite a lot of Democrats have been s_ppor_ing efforts to reform the voting system so that third parties could have a decent chance of winning
And I had a link which listed quite a lot of them by name
Can you fill in the missing two letters in my fill in the blank? I’m tryin to make it easy to recall my argument here, which you seem to have missed in a particular ironic fashion hence the whole runaround of asking you what I had said.
And when you asked me what you said, I replied that "you asked if I wanted the Dems to lose instead." You think that is a completely different statement?! Because I forgot to put in "Try"?!
You deleted your fucking comment, then asked me that it said. Sorry I couldn't remember it verbatim.
I'm not playing your little game, bruh. I'm not gonna "fill in the blanks" and try to remember your posts verbatim. I'm reading and posting and moving on.
You know, you could have just said something like, "Hey, I think you missed something. I actually had a link to info..." or something.
But your whole "I deleted my comment, you remember what it said?! Gotcha!!!" bs was uncool. Did you think that was gonna really inspire me to listen to your side and your opinions? Think about that.
Now I'm not actually certain you're arguing in good faith or if you are just trying to belittle me.
I don't feel like playing "fill in the blanks" and "Yo bro! I deleted my comment, but stay on point hee hee" games. It's just not worth my time. Next time, maybe just disagree and point it out.
So I'm done responding to you and I've blocked you.
Oh, and implying that republicans want to get into power to shoot Mexicans and dogs is low and uncalled for. Even for democrats.
Fuckin’ hell, I typed a long comment and Firefox crashed and I lost it. I’ll keep it short:
Idk why you are bent out of shape about me pointing out your bad faith. I originally posted a direct and polite response to your argument, and you ignored a big part of it and went on a long strawman tirade. THEN, I started “belittling” I guess, but it was still in service of making the point of how you were approaching the conversation. Maybe I shouldn’t do that but I felt like it was a creative way to make the point. If you wanted to have a factual exchange instead, great! But I started that way and it wasn’t reciprocated.
If you don’t want to talk any more, that is obviously okay. The fill in the blank answer was “supporting.” A lot of Democrats are “supporting” ranked choice voting which is a more realistic answer to the duopoly. Here’s the list I sent you previously
Looks like he doesn't have a comeback. Well done. Not a lot of people have the patience and persistence to manage to corner him.