• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    debates are gatekept on arbitrary criteria to prevent candidates who the gatekeepers don’t like from participating in democracy. stein was disfavored by the gatekeepers, and when she challenged the legitimacy of that gatekeeping, they arrested her.

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      Having supporters is not an arbitrary criteria. She had bad ideas and was a bad candidate. That is why she had insufficient support to be considered a legitimate candidate. You can blame others all you want, but she is a failure all on their own without any interference from Democrats.