Post #3809950

2026-07-07 04:59 UTC

VBNMW is just a social campaign to try to keep the party cohesive. The voters individually decide if they follow it. Even in the case of something egregious, it’s probably still better than the alternative though. Senate terms are 6 years and every member is valuable, even if they’re unreliable on some things. We know how Susan Collins will vote and that’s worse than Platner being a bad person. In the House of Representatives the terms are only 2 years and each vote is less important, so giving up a seat to the opposition might be worth it to not get saddled with a particularly bad Democrat as an incumbent (incumbents tend to have a big advantage on reelection). My very blue house seat has been stuck with a very conservative Democrat for like 6-8 years now and we’d have been better off if he just lost his first election.

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@Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 2026-07-07 05:33

VBNMW is just a social campaign to try to keep the party cohesive. The voters individually decide if they follow it. I understand no one is like, checking who people vote for but I keep seeing people blaming Trump and his policies on those who didn’t vote, or who decided to vote for a 3rd party. Even in the case of something egregious, it’s probably still better than the alternative though. I feel like I need an analogy here so we don’t get caught up on specifics. Let’s say one party wants to serve mushrooms for dinner and the other one promises no mushrooms, but there will be instant rice. Person A hates mushrooms but doesn’t mind instant rice. They might think people who hate instant rice are over reacting. Person B hates both mushrooms and instant rice. They wonder why person A thinks they should just shut up and eat it instead of having spaghetti, which everyone loves. And someone decided you are only allowed to have two choices. How on earth can that be representative? Does the severity of what people are asked to accept just keep increasing over time?

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