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6 Names You Can Call Me to Change My Mind About Not Ever Voting for Hillary Clinton
#3. Not a Democrat
Another brilliant one when you consider that Sanders relies on a pantload of support from independents. It’s why the Democratic machine is so keen on closed primaries and superdelegates. No, I’m not bitching about them here, I’m just saying that to “insult” me by saying I’m not a Democrat as if that will make me want to drop my principled stance and just take one for the team is kind of stupid on your part, if that’s how you’re talking to me. I’m not a Democrat. I’m an adult with a constitutionally-guaranteed right to waste my vote on Santa Claus if I want to. No, that doesn’t make a child, it makes me an adult for pointing out the obvious to people who are acting like children.
“Be on OUR team, you’re a LOSER!” No thanks. High school ended for me almost 20 years ago. The only political team I’m on is the “Vote for people you think will most help fix what’s broken and keep in place what isn’t.”
#2. White, privileged male
Another brilliant one, isn’t it? The fact is I am white, and I freely admit I have the privilege of voting in a way that maybe others don’t. That’s called “nuance.” But the implication from this insult is that I don’t care enough about minorities and the LGBT+ community or women’s health. How about…fuck that? How about, I have spent more hours of my life writing thousands upon thousands of words in support of liberal causes, sharing them all over the Internet, and exposing myself to threats and insults to my loved ones, so you implying I suddenly don’t give a fuck because I won’t get behind Hillary and toe the party is stupid and insulting and just plain WRONG? How about I’m a liberal because I challenge the status quo as a matter of fucking principle?
I don’t suddenly become a racist, homophobe, xenophobe, bigot, or otherwise uncaring person because I vote for someone other than the pre-packaged, anointed, predestined Royal Queen of President Land. I just become someone who disagrees with your choice. for fuck’s sake.
#1. I don’t give a fuck
It’s probably pretty obvious by now, but since sarcasm is sometimes lost in translation on the Internet let me just be as concise as possible: I have zero fucks to give for your ad hominems, and even fewer fucks to give for your straw men and cliquey bullshit. I will vote with a very clean conscience in November, because I will know that I’m not wasting my vote by giving it to someone other than Hillary; giving it to Hillary would be a waste of my principles. Call me whatever the fuck you want to call me for that, that’s your right. Just like it’s mine to ignore you.
http://modernliberals.com/5-names-can-call-change-mind-not-voting-hillary-clinton-ever/
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I usually find that it's the BSers that don't get it. Why in the world would I have the least interest in calling you anything. 
Then don't.
Done here.
to do such a thing.
Congratulations, I guess?
Another point he made:
#4. Freeloading Moocher Who Just Wants Free Stuff
I really, really love being called this by Hillary Hawks who are older, retired, and living off their Social Security, that, let’s be honest, current workers are helping to maintain since our government has raided the surplus whenever they saw fit. I’m a 35-year-old man with a mortgage, a wife, and two kids.
....Free stuff? Fuck that. I want to pay for stuff that the country desperately needs. Like bridges, roads, and high-speed broadband Internet nationwide. Not fighter jets that don’t and never will see deployment.
His post is confusing.
I don't know if he's mad at retirees, Seniors who are eligible for SS or just those who vote for Hillary. The amount of money people receive from Social Security is presently so small that most people can never retire. Maybe he is just overwrought or maybe he really does resent contributing to Social Security. It is hard to fathom in the same context of him wanting to make sure all people in need receive benefits and that those funds are protected and expanded, something that both Hillary and Bernie want to do.
He goes on to say he doesn't want the money to go for "free stuff" but for things the country actually needs and uses physical infrastructure examples like "bridges, roads, and high-speed broadband Internet nationwide" to explain it. He frames his position in a way that makes me question his understanding of the social benefits so many in this country desperately need. His comment about not wanting "fighter jets that will never be used" is a good one but a puzzling example since that is one of the financial, military industrial complex boondoggles Bernie was responsible for and benefitted from.
Anyway, I get that he is really mad, doesn't want to be called an immature, not-a-democrat (even though he says he doesn't want to be identified as one), white privileged male (even though he goes on to say he is one). Because all of that can be explained because, despite all that, he cares so much about other people (like the LGBT, minorities and women who form Hillary's base) but "doesn't give a fuck" what they or other Democrats think.
