I get where you're coming from (frustrated that third party voters may swing the election in Trump's favour), but this seems like a really idiotic point of view to take. People who probably wouldn't vote otherwise are the ones who will likely vote for a third party candidate. At least voting for a third party shows that they are statistically interested in voting, but also allows them to throw away their vote as they likely would otherwise.
It also has nothing to do with the topic at hand, which is Pence making some disgusting comments.
That's like saying "at least they're eating" in regards to a picky kid popping animal-safe packing peanuts. Sure, they're doing something...
but are they though?
It may be true that many 3rd party voters wouldn't otherwise vote, but that doesn't mean they're immune to being called out on wasted idealism, particularly in the case where one of the two main candidates is objectively harmful to large swaths of Americans. Even more so when they falsely claim an equivalency between the two candidates, and even
more for those who seem to understand just how damaging a Trump presidency could be, but want to waste their vote because the other person isn't their fairy tale prince.
And nah, it is related to the topic at hand. Pence represents Trump and this is yet another completely awful thing to tack onto his completely awful platform, and with people (see: that other thread currently going) going on about their 3rd party choices because "both candidates suck or something", it's worth pointing that out. Because this is yet another massive difference, and another massive hole in that bullshit stance.
