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In reply to the discussion: No group has done more to harm their own cause than the Green Party USA [View all]W_HAMILTON
(7,878 posts)Not to mention pretty comical to try to hand wave away one of the main reasons a large swath of Republicans are actually Republicans (i.e., abortion).
And given binary choices, Greens/Libertarians would both be in the Democratic column if the issue was abortion.
Greens/Libertarians would both be in the Democratic column if the issue was the death penalty.
Greens/Libertarians would both be in the Democratic column if the issue was legalization/decriminalization of marijuana.
Greens/Libertarians would both be in the Democratic column if the issue was same-sex marriage.
In what issue would Greens be in the Republican column, outside of hating Democrats?
Yeah, so, no, it isn't so clean cut and Libertarians actually have a separate identifiable ideology that does not neatly align with Democrats or Republicans. They make sense as a third party because neither of the major parties are completely for what they are for. Contrast that with the Greens, who pretty much believe exactly what Democrats believe in and instead just differ on the lengths that should be taken to achieve those same principles.
So, when people bring up the idiocy of Greens and how they have absolutely sabotaged their own self-proclaimed beliefs over the past few decades by playing spoiler AGAINST Democrats and FOR Republicans, and they don't bring up Libertarians doing the same for Republicans, this is why.