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I believe the suggestion was more along the lines that plenty of people who voted for the "evil torture party AKA:GOP" were not actually knowingly voting to sup

by jmccree 12y ago

I believe the suggestion was more along the lines that plenty of people who voted for the "evil torture party AKA:GOP" were not actually knowingly voting to support torture, but instead voting for the candidate that espoused economic policies beneficial, or at least, the least detrimental to their own personal interests. It's hypocritical to blame one side for torture, when the other side instead just started doing assassinations via drone. If you truly believe anyone who voted Republican supported torture, you must admit anyone who voted Democrat supports assassinations. Full Disclosure: I've voted Libertarian in every presidential election since I've been eligible to vote. I see hypocrisy and political spin on ALL sides of the discussion.

fargolime 12y ago
Voters have an ethical responsibility to gauge the goodness of the viable choices. It was clear in 2000 and 2004 what the best choice was. It isn't hypocritical to be for drone assassinations where that's the best viable way to prevent greater violence. > If you truly believe anyone who voted Republican supported torture, you must admit anyone who voted Democrat supports assassinations. No, I've said many times here that whoever votes for the lesser evil is blameless for the things that party does that they disagree with. Voting for the lesser evil gives you line-item support, because you made the best possible choice. You can't be made "bad" when you couldn't have done more to support good.