Current Events > I don't get Jill Stein. Like I don't get the appeal of her.

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The woman is a fucking nut
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she's the only presidential candidate to have the honor of having been arrested.

i briefly considered voting for her in 2012 because she was the only remotely left-leaning candiate

have you seen the alternatives?
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Antifar posted...

have you seen the alternatives?

I don't see why some random lady with questionable financial/personal ties, who's never been properly elected or held any position of significance in her life deserves anyone's vote.
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Zikten posted...

she's the only presidential candidate to have the honor of having been arrested.

Why is it that you consistently make shit posts? Wanna maybe provide the reason for her arrest?
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Doom_Art posted...

Antifar posted...

have you seen the alternatives?

I don't see why some random lady with questionable financial/personal ties, who's never been properly elected or held any position of significance in her life deserves anyone's vote.

Perhaps because she's the only candidate with a truly progressive platform. So perhaps you know...the progressives vote for her
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Zembaphobia posted...

Why is it that you consistently make shit posts? Wanna maybe provide the reason for her arrest?

lol how is that a shit post?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGc9LzOySJs

excuse me for thinking everyone knew about this. it was widely talked about when it happened.

Zembaphobia posted...

Perhaps because she's the only candidate with a truly progressive platform. So perhaps you know...the progressives vote for her

Right. Yes, I'd prefer the Green Party had somebody with more polish or pedigree, but in the absence of that, I'm not going to suddenly say "eh, I'll vote for the polished candidate who I strongly disagree with."

The president is a game show host and serial groper. The runner-up voted for Iraq. Neither had any plan that would come close to addressing the crisis of climate change. Who's the nut here?
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Zembaphobia posted...

Perhaps because she's the only candidate with a truly progressive platform. So perhaps you know...the progressives vote for her

A truly progressive platform

And no practical experience in government

I have both of those things

Maybe I should run for president
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Doom_Art posted...

Maybe I should run for president

Go for it.
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Antifar posted...

The president is a game show host and serial groper. The runner-up voted for Iraq. Neither had any plan that would come close to addressing the crisis of climate change. Who's the nut here?

Suppose it's a matter of practicality on my end, I guess.

Or maybe I'm not as far left as I'd like to think I am.

Or maybe I just really really hate disingenuous people.

It's easy for the woman to spout off on all sorts of criticisms of other parties and politicians, and name all sorts of policies without ever having held a position of consequence herself.

Much like Trump, though at least he had the sense to join one of the two main parties.
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Zikten posted...

she's the only presidential candidate to have the honor of having been arrested.

Bernie
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Her anti-science bullshit should have been enough to turn away most intelligent progressives.
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COVxy posted...

Her anti-science bullshit should have been enough to turn away most intelligent progressives.

In addition to eating dinner with Putin, having sketchy/hypocritical financial connections, and having no experience in government

To say nothing of her potential role in aiding Russia in 2016
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Some of the things she believed were not really progressive.
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Better than the other 3 even if she's a fucking nut job
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I want to see what she looks like naked
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My team needs an ADC and she's pretty decent
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COVxy posted...

Her anti-science bullshit should have been enough to turn away most intelligent progressives.

She's a physician. What anti-science bullshit? And before you say vaccines, she's for vaccines
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Antifar posted...

have you seen the alternatives?

Jill Stein was in Putin's pocket as much as Trump

Zembaphobia posted...

COVxy posted...

Her anti-science bullshit should have been enough to turn away most intelligent progressives.

She's a physician. What anti-science bullshit? And before you say vaccines, she's for vaccines

She deliberately didn't denounce the far left anti-science skepticism, from GMOs to vaccines, to WiFi.
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people have to try to claim and convince themselves she's a 'nut' because she was the only candidate speaking the truth about the current state of the U.S., its problems and what it needs to do to address them

it makes you uncomfortable

Asking for the labeling of GMOs is anti science? As for vaccines, she's explicitly stated many times that she is pro vaccines. Calling someone anti-science is a loaded claim and perhaps warrants even a little bit of research?
http://www.snopes.com/is-green-party-candidate-jill-stein-anti-vaccine/
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Zembaphobia posted...

Asking for the labeling of GMOs is anti science? As for vaccines, she's explicitly stated many times that she is pro vaccines. Calling someone anti-science is a loaded claim and perhaps warrants even a little bit of research?
http://www.snopes.com/is-green-party-candidate-jill-stein-anti-vaccine/

Saying "vaccines aren't bad but your's might be poison" is not a pro-vaccine stance and was generated only to keep those on the far left with antivax views happy.

Labeling GMO is indeed an anti-science viewpoint, again keeping those science skeptics happy.
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But, shit, it's September 2017. I don't think you'll find many people on the left who are concerning themselves with what Jill Stein is up to. There's work to be done, and I haven't seen much to suggest the Green Party is up to the task of that work. There's a small resurgence on the left in the US, and it's not being led by the Green Party
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COVxy posted...

Zembaphobia posted...

Asking for the labeling of GMOs is anti science? As for vaccines, she's explicitly stated many times that she is pro vaccines. Calling someone anti-science is a loaded claim and perhaps warrants even a little bit of research?
http://www.snopes.com/is-green-party-candidate-jill-stein-anti-vaccine/

Saying "vaccines aren't bad but your's might be poison" is not a pro-vaccine stance and was generated only to keep those on the far left with antivax views happy.

Labeling GMO is indeed an anti-science viewpoint, again keeping those science skeptics happy.

This. Her skepticism towards science is literally anti-science. Just because she doesn't want to ban them doesn't mean she isn't anti-science

look how desperate they are

can only distort or completely lie about her views on a couple of trivial issues

sad

Jill Stein and others like her make people defensive and insecure about their deluded worldview

Nobody is distorting anything.
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Of course you don't get her, Doom_Art. You'd have to actually have the attention span to read non-MSM articles and the ability to form your opinions instead of having them spoon-fed to you.