DISCLAIMER: this is not my content that was removed, I just came across it in the modlog and found it to be absurd. If it’s not allowed, I totally understand.

Reason removed was because it’s unrelated.

Unrelated……

The guy was illegally deported without due process. And yet for some reason, suggesting so is somehow “unrelated” to a meme that is trying to say that because he is affiliated (no charges were ever filed against him for gang-related activity) with a gang, he is by default, guilty.

What’s ironic, is that the entire point of the meme is that the bullshit about him being in MS-13 is unrelated to the fact that people want accountability for this administration illegally deporting a man without due process.

This mod has definitely chosen the correct name.

And even taken into consideration that the instance is essentially a troll haven for wayward 4Chan refugees, they should still have to adhere to the rules of common sense.

    • Natanael@infosec.pub
      71·
      4 hours ago

      https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-jill-stein-favorite-politicians-1980202

      https://fairvote.org/jill-stein-and-spoiler-season/

      Despite this poll, the conventional wisdom remains (and most polling suggests) that Green candidates hurt Democrats more than Republicans. The parties seem to be approaching Stein’s campaign accordingly.

      In addition to the ad, Democrats have hammered Stein’s candidacy in recent weeks. Conservative operatives tried to help Stein qualify for the ballot in key states to hurt Vice President Harris (just as Democrats tried to help a Constitution Party candidate to hurt former President Trump).

      One thing is clear: fear and weaponization of minor-party “spoilers” is alive and well in the last days of the 2024 presidential election – except in Maine and Alaska, which use ranked choice voting to vote for president.

      With ranked choice voting, neither side would have to worry about the election being “spoiled,” and voters could confidently cast their ballots for their favorite candidate instead of feeling pressured to pick the lesser of two evils.

          • NSRXN@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            34·
            4 hours ago

            You’re the one that made the claim. if you can’t support it I have every reason to doubt it.

            • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
              62·
              4 hours ago

              Third party candidates are always spoilers, Ralph Nader and Ross Perot being major ones.

              Stein is such a good spoiler, that Republicans worked to get her on ballots, knowing she’d draw off more Dems than Reps.

              This is basic political knowledge, and you arguing against it marks you as a troll or an idiot. Which are you?

              • Unruffled [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
                23·
                2 hours ago

                Oh yes, I forgot democracies can only have two candidates to choose from, both with the same foreign policy towards Israel. Do you want a democracy or not? If so, there’s got to be room for more parties and candidates.

                • Natanael@infosec.pub
                  4·
                  59 minutes ago

                  If you want democracy you want to end winner-takes-all elections and go for proportional representation, and you want ranked choice voting or equivalent.

                  Attacking people for explaining the consequences of choices with the current terrible voting system doesn’t promote democracy

                  • Unruffled [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
                    1·
                    13 minutes ago

                    Totally agree with your first point. But the US democratic system is barely democratic imo, and tactical voting simply reinforces the existing 2 party system. The only chance they have for meaningful policy change is breaking the two party monopoly.

                    Edit: but that’s exactly what the Democrats and Republicans don’t want to happen.

              • NSRXN@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                34·
                3 hours ago

                you arguing against it marks you as a troll or an idiot.

                i don’t tolerate abuse. i’ll accept your apology any time.

              • NSRXN@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                24·
                3 hours ago

                Republicans worked to get her on ballots,

                this does not mean that her goal was to spoil the election. her goal was to win as many votes as she could.

              • NSRXN@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                34·
                3 hours ago

                according to the post-election analysis, ross perot decreased the margin of victory for clinton, and nader never spoiled any elections.