That's it, isn't it. That's the trap.
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Brilliant and true.
I will support neither Obama nor Romney. They are the same. Time to break free of the GOP elite trying to scare us with the boogeyman.
To choose to do nothing (such as not voting) is also a choice, with moral ramifications of its own.
The lesser evil is still evil.
When not fighting for the lesser of two evils , the greater evil wins.
Even Reagan our greatest president, recognized his errors and later regretted having made them.
The moral relativism of the “lesser of two evils”
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To tolerate a lesser evil in order to avoid a greater evil or in order to promote a greater good is not relativism. Relativists see *good* as something that may be different for each individual.
Moral relativism is the view that ethical standards, morality, and positions of right or wrong are CULTURALLY based and therefore subject to a person’s individual choice/belief. In other words, everything is subjective and there is no objective truth.
Our culture is full of relativism these days....which is one of the main catalysts for the support of gay “marriage.”
>> The bottom line is, Americans have been dancing in the lesser of two evils pageantry for generations
And this sweeping generalization includes Reagan.
>> A refusal to vote, or a vote for a third party, is not a vote for Obama, or a vote for Romney, but a vote against the charade.
Such is the intent, but in swing States, the passive vote facilitates the reelection of Obama.
Life and Liberty will have a better chance with Republicans in all 3 Houses. With Obama again in the White House, Life and Liberty will suffer greater losses.
This verbose genius should spend time firing a couple of neurons to analyse the possible outcomes of casting his or her vote to someone who cannot practically muster enough votes to win.
By not voting for either of the two leading contenders, the serial killers mentioned (one who has killed 20 million vs. one who has killed 19 million), with no viable third candidate anywhere close to these two, a voter basically strengthens the power of the vote of the rest of the population who will vote for one of the two. In effect, by not voting for either of the aforementioned two, he or she ends up empowering the vote value of each of the rest of the population who will. Every action and inaction leads to a consequence in this game.
That’s how republican democracy works, and is also its fatal flaw.
It's probably more naive to think that some political alternative will be wholly good and that this is foreseeable in advance.
Government is, I guess, a necessary evil, and any exercise of power has perils and risks associated with it.
Electing any government means getting together with people who don't entirely share your own view and trying to do things when the outcome is unpredictable.
Libertarians and anarchists like to assume that by rejecting government they represent something wholly and unquestionably good, but that's hardly the case.
They don't get away from risk and uncertainty, and to the degree that they advocate major changes, the risks can be large.
A multiparty system, would allow you to vote for exactly what you want, but rather than getting what you ask for your party will have to go into coalition with other, more questionable parties if it wins.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
The GOP is using the Overton Window tactic against us pushing us ever leftward a little at a time.
The GOP has moved leftward since they got rid of Reagan. Bush Sr was a moderate move to the left followed by the Clinton big move which led to Bush Jr which was painted as a move to the right but wasn’t. This led to the big move of McCain with an attempt to adjust with Palin and it failed. Now we’re seeing the biggest leftward GOP move of all with an attempt to adjust with Ryan. Its like Bill Clinton is our nominee.
Excellent post! Just what I’ve been telling people for months: Both of the candidates we’ve had foisted upon us will lead us to Socialism. One more quickly than the other.
Excellent post! Just what I’ve been telling people for months: Both of the candidates we’ve had foisted upon us will lead us to Socialism. One more quickly than the other.
I will not vote for either of them.
The author obviously knows that Jesus is running.
Why he doesn’t tells us which box to check to vote for Jesus is evil in and of itself.
We simply refuse to give the farce legitimacy by casting our vote for any one of them.
I become an accomplice in the crime. I commit self mutilation. I give power to the lie.
Don't fall for the psyops.
They know that people won't turn out for Obama. Now they're trying to convince YOU to stay home, too.
-PJ
Comments please. This is a critical discussion we will all have with our loved ones, friends and coworkers over the next few days. The Ron Paul crowd, the Libtardian Gary Johnson crowd, the purists of every stripe. What will we say?