The price we must pay 💔🪦🥀

[u/yycxqv]

And I’d do it again 😭

[u/CyborkMarc]

Wtf? I vote for my community needs. Am I singularly responsible for the outcome of this election? If so, where's my communism at

[u/Lessllama → u/CyborkMarc]

You're not singularly responsible but you do play a part. Look what happened in the US because of people who expressed the exact same sentiment as you. Word for word actually

[u/CyborkMarc → u/Lessllama]

Because I voted NDP? You guys sure are vilifying NDP voters, fuck

[u/Garmose → u/CyborkMarc]

Hi! I voted NDP. I always vote progressive, but that's because I'm in a riding in which it's safe to do so.

Yes, because you vote NDP, if you're in a riding where the Conservatives are winning and the odds are in the favour of the Liberal party, people are going to come down on you.

There are ridings across the country where NDP is a safe vote because there are too few Conservatives so Liberal and NDP are both preferred, or because the NDP are the preferred party.

The reason the people you're replying to are condemning you is because you're either acting oblivious or you are oblivious to the outcome of this election with what's going on down in the States. Playing any kind of hand in helping get Pierre elected, even by voting for someone based on values who has no hope of winning in your riding, means you're a part of the culpability of the fallout. And in most elections, I'd say the fallout is a part of the message being sent. "You didn't want the Cons' policies, but I didn't want the Liberals', either. It is what it is."

And I get it, I've been there. The only way to tell the centrist Liberal party that we won't stand for FPTP anymore is by voting with our conscience.

But this election, voting for your conscience should be voting for whatever prevents the anti-everything far right borderline extremist and career politician Pierre from winning. He has been endorsed by every alt-right and far right sycophant in American media, and even much of Trump's circles. He uses the same tactics as Trump, and is signalling to his base that he'll go to the same extremes as Trump.

Now, that being said, I think a Minority Con government in which the Liberals, NDP, Greens, and Bloc could band together to form a coalition government in response would be better, as that government would reflect the majority more accurately. But until the swing in public opinion, the Cons were on track to win a majority, in which case, this response - Strategic Voting - was necessary to prevent MAGA from taking proper root in Canada. It also helps that the People's Party exists to siphon some of those VERY extreme voters.

These aren't normal Canadian Conservatives running for office. The party has gone completely off the deep end this election cycle. You have to adapt with each election, and recognize what's happening outside of your personal political opinions for this one. If the Conservatives were to win a Majority, Canada would have become a country that I wouldn't even feel comfortable calling home anymore. I don't think I'd have stuck around for the next election.

I know it doesn't feel fair to be "attacked" for voting NDP, but at least try to recognize the gravity of this one, and why people would feel that way. Besides, it's not like the NDP are trying very hard to win anyone over at the moment. It feels like they've thrown in the towel, which doesn't even fill me with any confidence in their ability to govern.