the existence of the state doesn’t abolish violence, so why should that be the standard?

yes

Negotiating for peace implies trust

right. that doesn’t mean that they have said they do trust him.

abolition of states

when did either of them say they trust putin? especially cornel west?

Vote third party in primaries.

i will, but how will that have any bearing on the democrats or republicans? it won’t. i’ll be nominating jill stein for the green party, and then i’m going to vote for her for president.

Do the work for third parties between elections.

i have more important work to do than building a party

Both are opposed to NATO

for different reasons. I oppose NATO, too.

West shares Trumps view of Putin and would allow to re-arm and attack again.

you have no evidence for this

do you believe in any situation where Russia is not defeated yet agrees to total withdrawal and reparations?

anything is possible if cornel west is elected

he could mean total withdrawal and reparations. you are making leaps of logic.

he never said that

there is no reason to believe someone voting for a so-called third party would vote for another politician. it’s not as though we don’t know they exist, and haven’t been browbeaten repeatedly about this.

it is. a vote for Cornel West must be counted for Cornel West, not any other candidate

the more people voting third party the more they’re helping republicans win

only votes for republicans help republicans win

Statistically third party voters would be more likely to vote democratic than republican if they didn’t have a third party option,

i haven’t voted for a democrat for president in over a decade and i’m not starting again this year.

voting for a third party is only taking votes away from the only party…

no. the votes belong to the voter, not a party, and its up to politicians to earn those votes.

you’re mischaracterizing and making leaps of logic.

no, they’re not. the people voting for these guys are the ones ushering them in. people voting for a so-called third party are voting against these guys

he never said it’s acceptable