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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I think voting 3rd party or not voting should be respected, not mocked. People should always vote in line with with their own morals or beliefs, even if a single issue where arguably too much weight is going toward the one issue is guiding that vote.
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Why should irrational voting be respected, and not mocked? A truly moral person would do the best they can to advance their causes, which means choosing between the viable choices. Someone who throws their vote away is actually a traitor to their professed causes (*cough* NDP voters *cough*). The only exception I see is if you're specifically valuing not voting (e.g. First Nations who don't see themselves as Canadian, but even they might be shooting themselves in the foot sometimes).
The argument you are making is useful only to whoever is benefiting from the vote splitting. And if your position leads to dog poop for dinner, you're probably taking a bad position. It wouldn't be result-oriented thinking if the result is predictable.