You’ve done it here, you’re doing it in others threads.
Instead of telling them to vote for a candidate they barely believe in, why not recommend they find candidates they like, locally, state, etc and help them. But then in general elections, vote for someone who can win.
It’s an entire extra sentence that takes less time than calling them whiny.
You’re boiling the options down to a suck ass, “eat your dinner” message and if you want to prevent rightward movement, I think calls to action are better.
We move things to the correct position by having candidates that make a compelling case for why this (waves around) isn’t working. Then voting for what we got when we must.
Edit: it is NOT the most effective thing to do. Getting additional people to vote is more effective than standing in line individually like a dumb ass and saying, “this is the best I can do.” You can do more than that.
I provided a cogent reply explaining that getting more people to vote is more effective than simply voting alone.
All I was asking is why you’re telling people they have to vote for “x” when it’s clear they want options.
Tell them how to find/create them but, yes, like you I want their support in a general.
They could do other things:
Example: sometimes protest moves things further than voting. What I have above gives them a way to be involved and help move things in a positive direction.
If they cause 9 more people to vote, but miss the date themselves. Are we worse off?
Telling them that voting for someone they barely agree with is the most important thing… it’s not the packaging that I think most find compelling.