• Betide@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The lesser of two evils argument only works if at some point you eventually give the people voting someone to vote for who is not evil. When you are forced to vote for evil after a while you lose hope and say screw this I’m not voting at all.

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      8 months ago

      People don’t seem to realize that every time they downvote an opinion like this, they’re just further alienating the left.

      • MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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        8 months ago

        Yeah and downvoting a racist will just alienate them and push them further right, and yet we still downvote.

        While occasionally someone might realize that they are in the wrong, the value of condemnation is in signaling to the community that such views are not tolerated.