• OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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      15 days ago

      Why isn’t it an option in this hypothetical? Is there a gun to my head?

      I guess I’d either try to spoil my ballot, or just sit there with the pen in my hand until they either shoot me or leave me alone.

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        15 days ago

        Again, the question is Kamala or Trump, no other options.

        Can you answer this very simple question?

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          15 days ago

          I just did. My answer is neither.

          You’ll have to elaborate on why that isn’t an option in your hypothetical if you don’t accept that.

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            Do you just not understand what a hypothetical is?

            For those reading, the reason Objection won’t answer this very simple question is because they’re smart enough to know exactly where I’m going with it, and they know that it reveals their position as indefensible.

            This is the Lemmy Lefty playbook to a T.

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              15 days ago

              Of course I understand what a hypothetical is, and I answered what I would do in the situation you presented me with. You don’t accept that answer for some arbitrary reason, but you won’t explain why it wouldn’t be an option.

              My position is perfectly defensible. This is like asking a vegan “Would you rather eat pork or beef?” and when they reject both options, you claim that it means their position is indefensible.

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                15 days ago

                Of course I understand what a hypothetical is, and I answered what I would do in the situation you presented me with.

                No, you created your own hypothetical and answered based on that. My hypothetical has only 2 possible answers, and you refuse to answer it because you know it dismantles your stance.

                The hypothetical you presented about asking a vegan if they’d eat pork or beef is perfectly valid by the way. If they answered “neither” they would also not be answering the question. But that wouldn’t make veganism indefensible, don’t put words in my mouth.

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                  Both options are fundamentally unacceptable to me. There is no conceivable situation where I would vote for either.

                  If you’re somehow compelling me to act against my will, then, I don’t know, I might pick one randomly, or I might pick the one you don’t like out of spite, or I might pick the one you do like out of the hope you’ll be merciful to me in the future, since in this universe you can apparently control my body against my will.

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                    15 days ago

                    There is no conceivable situation where I would vote for either.

                    Since you refuse to engage, let’s rephrase:

                    Which would be the better outcome, Trump winning, or Kamala winning?