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banjo | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 When someone says "I don't vote" then the remainder of their complaint is without merit.

You may not feel your vote matters - but it does - on a local level. And so does your ability to influence others to vote. You CAN change the results of a local election, and local results can change regional results. And regional results can change national results.

But if your cynicism results in apathy, then we all lose...
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jackspirko | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Begone ass clown your spells have no magic here.  

You just said a woman presented with two potential rapists has no right to complain if she doesn't choose one.  Go get fucked, in your ass, with a cheese grater, old box style one.
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banjo | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Ah...the truth strikes a nerve eh?

When someone responds with a personal attack, rather than debating the issue at hand, then you know (and they know) you're right...

😃
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jackspirko | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I did debate the issue, I explained it with an analogy and you are either to stupid or willfully ignorant to comprehend it.  Take your pick.  

Your argument is old and stupid I have literally murdered it hundreds of times in 16 years of podcasting.  I owe you not one fucking thing, certainly not doing it again for your fuckin amusement. 

I wrote this 10 years ago you want an argument go read it.  

But we both know you won't because you don't want to understand the reality here, only to be able to spit out a catch phrase. What's next "support Ukraine" or "freedom isn't free".
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banjo | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Wow - *really* struck a nerve didn't I? 😃 

So--the issue at hand is whether you (as a single individual) can influence and ultimately change the results of a LOCAL election.

Serious question...do you believe this is possible?
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jackspirko | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Read the article I wrote 10 years ago.  Read the comments.  You are not important enough to redo what I already did a decade ago.
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banjo | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Already read your article (yes, seriously)...and it focuses almost exclusively on national elections, and really doesn't address local elections--

So I'll ask again:

Do you believe that  you (as a single individual) can influence and ultimately change the results of a local election?

Hint: saying "I don't have time to respond" is a cop out..if you'd like to have a discussion I'm open to debate. If you're not interested in hearing another opinion, that's fine as well...
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jackspirko | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Literally 25% drills down to the "muh local elections" objection.  Did you fail reading comprehension in like junior high or something?
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banjo | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Clearly you're not interested in debate, as you're unwilling to answer the question.

And perhaps if you read your own article you'd see the word "local" does not appear in your missive--and I'm not interested in the comments of others--I'm interested in what YOUR response to the question posed would be.

And seriously, do you honestly feel insults and rudeness help make that case that you've got a valid point to make?
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jackspirko | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You like to deflect and cry like a little bitch don't you?  😂
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banjo | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 "Helping you live a better life"

Perhaps you might want to reflect on your tagline, and ask yourself if behaving the way you have in this exchange has helped anyone...

It certainly isn't representative of the altruistic image it seems you're trying to promote for yourself...quite to the contrary, in fact.
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jackspirko | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Cry harder.  And yea it helped anyone that wanted truth vs. catch phrases and platitudes.
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5d8e79cb | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If you refuse to use practical how to info because of feelings you are fucking doomed. 😂

Civvies. 😂
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5d8e79cb | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You people do realise your touchy feely existence is an insult to your much harder ancestors right?

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5d8e79cb | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 What made you assume that the permanently offended, mostly useless pansies were the target of his help?

If you are crippled by words, there is no help on this earth...
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jackspirko | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Oh and read the comments like I said brought up and responded to 32 fuckin times.  Do you even know how control F works.  😝