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i've had options on my ballot besides democrats or republicans every year
Working to oust the establishment Democrats and push the remainder to the left sounds great. Increasing fairness in the voting system sounds great. Protest outside the voting system sounds great. Lots of things aside from just pulling the lever for the least-bad guy are actually extremely impactful.
None of that changes the fact that voting for a third party in this election is functionally equivalent to sitting at home waiting for it all to get better on its own which is functionally equivalent to handing Trump the keys to the FBI and the nuclear codes and hoping it all goes okay. For that reason I feel just as comfortable criticizing a vote for a third party (in the general election) as I do a non-vote, both in terms of whether it's a good idea to spread propaganda about it online, and whether it's a good idea to do it when the time comes.
>voting for a third party in this election is functionally equivalent to sitting at home waiting for it all to get better
this sounds like you are trying to suppress voters who would otherwise vote. why would you suppress voting? I thought that was a Republican thing.