There’s no practical downside?

inconvenience, social ostracization, and aesthetic deprivation are actual downsides. further you don’t actually know what is good for them: you’re not their doctor. finally, it would be better for the animals if it shrunk industry. the industry grows every year, so it is not any better for the animals.

why not do the little extra step of going vegan?

because it’s ineffective at addressing the issues facing the environment.

Animal agriculture accounts for 40-60% of total emissions.

all of agriculture is only about 20% of our emissions, so this just can’t be true.

veganism is quantifiably healthier and correlated with longevity.

in some respects for some people. some of the studies (china study, for instance) have been debunked, though.

you aren’t a dietician. even if you are (i admit, i was guessing), you aren’t my dietician, so maybe you shouldn’t be telling other people what a healthy diet would be for them.

it’s not for them, it’s for anyone who might be taken in by them.

and i can’t bring myself to think of them in dehumanizing terms like “bot” or even “shill”. that level of discourse is toxic and thought-terminating. we should elevate the conversation.

it’s not biden’s vote, it’s mine, and Biden needs to earn it if he wants it.

only a vote for a candidate helps that candidate.

a vote for West is a vote against Trump and Biden.

You are just as much to blame as the Reps if he wins.

no. everyone is only responsible for their own actions. I’ll be voting against trump

any vote that is not for trump is a vote against trump

the blood will be on your hands as well.

so do I get to hold you accountable for what’s happening right now in Palestine? did you vote for Biden in 2020, you genocide enabling piece of…

you are complicit in Trump’s victory if it is to happen.

if the situation is as dire as you say, and the Democrats put up Biden as a candidate knowing that I won’t vote for him, and you don’t stop the Democrats from putting up Biden, your complicit in Trump’s victory.

you can see how that makes just as much sense, right, and how it’s just as wrong?

and And in both cases, you are saying you don’t care who wins.

no… by voting I’m saying who I want to win.

voting for third party, you may as well not be voting at all.

more election misinformation

voting for West is voting against trump

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I do what I can to protect vulnerable people. I don’t believe voting accomplishes that.

i don’t like walls of text. if you don’t want to talk to me, please don’t

you will have better luck blindly joining leftist orgs than asking me for more details here.

Are you accusing me of being uncharitable towards others

no. i’m telling you that’s the best way to find out what i do.

So since you prefer Biden over Trump, you should be voting for the libertarian candidate instead of West.

this makes no sense. i am going to vote for the candidate i want to win.

without it being a spoiler vote is to vote for the 3rd party which siphons votes

this is a lie. the votes don’t belong to biden. they belong to me. if i give it to someone, it’s not taking it from anyone else.