Comment on Erasure

• Ougie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Can someone explain why all this hatred for the green party? I don’t know anything about them but I wouldn’t be surprised if the reason for that is active silencing.

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  • skeezix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They exist merely to help an incumbent conservative president win by siphoning votes away from disgruntled progressives. They come out of the dark at election time, then disappear after the election, like demented cicadas.

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    • Ougie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Hahahah ok I understand how that is what practically happens, but where do they stand politically? What I mean is, this time we saw Harris support fracking and guns, having a lackluster response to Israeli aggression - to say the least - buddying up with Liz Cheney etc etc. Do people who are disappointed by this right turn have any reason to turn to the greens? If not, is there anyone else?

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They are a fake party that comes out every four years (after primary season, when they could have become an actual viable candidate in our broken two-party system), to be a spoiler candidate that siphons votes from the Democratic party.

    Every time.

    Then they disappear for four years, and re-appear again at the same time during the next presidential election cycle and do it all again. They are not a serious party. If they were, they would have actual candidates running at state and local levels. They would participate in the primary process and/or campaign to switch away from First Past the Post system.

    But they do none of that.

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    • nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      they don’t disappear. the media doesn’t cover them.

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• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  We haven’t “disappeared”. The media only covers us when we’re running presidential candidates.

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  • CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What positions have the green party been elected to? I don’t mean nationally I mean state side.

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    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Here you go. Last year, 50 Greens were elected in 27 states. You can click on the year for a more detailed breakdown.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Oh cool, then I’m sure you guys will start campaigning right away with some new, serious, progressive faces to go against democrats in primary elections?

    No? You’ll be gone until 2028?

    Prove me wrong.

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    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Do you mean midterms? Primaries are done within parties.

      Again, we are running candidates, but you likely haven’t heard about them because, like I said, we only get coverage during presidential elections.

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Well until we get rid of first past the post, they have zero chance as a third party.

        Also, just because you can find one or two examples of green party candidates, does not mean that they are a real party. There is more to a political party than just allowing a person to use your party’s name while campaigning.

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    • Saurok@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      gp.org/help_elect_a_green_to_the_milwaukee_common… Here’s an example of them trying to get someone elected to local office.

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