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minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoDNC normally: “3rd parties don’t function in our two party system, there’s no point in voting for them” DNC after losing their own primary: 3rd party it is
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down3·edit-22 months ago“Vote Blue No Matter Who” reverts to “Party Unity My Ass” as soon as centrists don’t get 100% of everything they want.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 months agoThese “” seem to have fallen from around the word centrists
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·2 months agoThey have not.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThey’re not centrists as much as they want to believe they are. They are firmly conservative.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoConservative and centrist are functionally synonyms at this point.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThe DNC would rather have a MAGA win it than Zohran.
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months agoA 3rd party won’t be viable in our lifetimes. Welcome to reality.
DNC normally: “3rd parties don’t function in our two party system, there’s no point in voting for them”
DNC after losing their own primary: 3rd party it is
“Vote Blue No Matter Who” reverts to “Party Unity My Ass” as soon as centrists don’t get 100% of everything they want.
These “” seem to have fallen from around the word centrists
They have not.
They’re not centrists as much as they want to believe they are. They are firmly conservative.
Conservative and centrist are functionally synonyms at this point.
The DNC would rather have a MAGA win it than Zohran.
A 3rd party won’t be viable in our lifetimes.
Welcome to reality.