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[–] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 178 points 2 months ago (26 children)

Hmm.. I wonder why a certain user who’s been posting non-stop about third-party candidates for the entire lifespan of their account chose to ignore this particular article. One would assume it’s important for the voting public to know about this, no?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Who are you referring to? I'm debating some "Harris needs to earn my vote. So it's her fault if Trump wins." idiots right now.

[–] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Unfortunately if I name this person there’s a good likelihood this discussion gets removed since the rules prohibit calling out bad faith actors, even the painstakingly obvious ones. So I’ll leave you with this: you needn’t look far to find that which you seek.

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don’t know about you, but I’m saving this post for future citations.

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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 108 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I can't laugh heard enough about this.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Someone should cross post this to a certain Satanist’s page.

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[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunate.

Luckily, I can still hear laughs.

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[–] lohky@lemmy.world 102 points 2 months ago (21 children)
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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 61 points 2 months ago (5 children)

He is not just any wizard. He is grand.

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[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The funniest part about this is I had no idea David Duke was alive. He was the main villain of BlackKKlansman. Imagine living to see yourself get written as the villain of a hit movie.

Also, mandatory fuck David Duke and Jill Stein.

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 months ago

Hahahaha. Of course he did.

Can we all finally agree that supportingJill Stein is being the 11th person at the table?

[–] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 32 points 2 months ago (35 children)

If you think this reflects badly on stein ask yourself 2 questions, did he endorse her because she's also a white supremacist? Did she accept the endorsement?

The answer to the first is probably no since stein is a Jewish women so I don't think she'd get along well with all the other white supremacists who think she's sub-human. The reason he endorsed her was because she's the only one who would end the war in Gaza and fight the "Jewish lobby". If your a Zionist and believe that any action against Israel is anti-Semitic then yeah stein and Duke are the same. If you live outside that delusional world then you'd recognize dukes dislike for Israel and steins, (and most of the worlds) dislike for Israel come from two completely different values systems and world views.

The answer to the second is easier, No, her campaign rejected it and called him trash as soon as they heard about it.

So does this actually reflect badly on stein, or is this just the ravings of an insane person who's trying to elect a Jewish woman to take out his imagined grand Jewish conspiracy? Critique stein if you want but this is nothing.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I generally agree with you, but it does make her eat some of her own words as pointed out elsewhere in this comment section:

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[–] General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (8 children)

David Duke is responsible for my phase where I grew out of a simplistic view of politics and economics and started looking into things a little deeper. Hear me out: Back in the day, I went through a Libertarian phase. I supported Ron Paul. I was young and stupid, what can I say? Anyway, I read some news article that claimed that David Duke donated to his campaign. I was like, “Hmmm, what’s this all about?” And so began my realization that things are never as simple as we want them to be. So, thanks for being a racist dick, David Duke. Without your donation to Ron Paul raising my suspicions, it may have been at least a few more months before I picked up on the rotten smell. I might have actually put that stupid bumper sticker on and everything (shudder).

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

David Duke's endorsement is a slander, and I think he knows that and uses it intentionally.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 24 points 2 months ago (9 children)

I see this more as a loss of support for Trump, just like the many Republican endorsements for Harris. It doesn't change Stein's chances either way, and who supports someone is more a sign of how that person leans, not the candidate.

What will be interesting (but again, inconsequential) is how Stein will treat this. Ignore? Simple thanks? A rally to try and pull more of those who would follow him? (I think some will see where I'm going there)

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 months ago

They rejected it. From the article:

Stein’s campaign manager, Jason Call, disavowed the endorsement and called Duke "trash."

"We had no idea about this and are very, very not interested in David Duke's endorsement," Call told NBC News.>

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[–] bazus1@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Best endorsement dems could hope for, really.

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (45 children)

Aaaaand there ya go. This is all you need to know about Jill Stein right? Because if Harris is a conservative because of Cheney’s endorsement….

Or are the rules different?

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[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago

Didn't Richard Spencer endorse Biden in a game of 64D chess as a 5000 IQ play?

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Still either way, Jill's an Ableist Transphobe on Putin's payroll and even if she wasn't, she cannot win a single state under the current Electoral College so she could be literally the second coming of Christ and it wouldn't matter.

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