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        If it walks like a duck

        You are literally in the meme, and you are using this phrase that is shorthand for prejudicial thinking in a thought-terminating manner.

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            That’s a lot of words that do not address the criticism contained in the meme.

            https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/dems-urged-leave-blank-stop-175507391.html

            Lon Johnson, a former Michigan Democratic Party chair, and David Kramer, a longtime Democratic strategist who has previously helped elect Democrats to the Senate, are leading the effort. Both supported Rep. Haley Stevens over El-Sayed in the August Democratic primary.

            “Supporting a candidate after a hard-fought primary is an act of party unity, not a surrender of principle,” the pair wrote in an op-ed for The Detroit News. “Democrats (who were) asked to set aside their differences for Abdul El-Sayed had every right to expect … a commitment to earn their trust, address their legitimate concerns and unite a party whose nomination he won with less than 50% of the vote.”

            “He has failed that test.”

            Johnson, in an interview and in the op-ed, said he and Kramer have been under pressure by Democrats who support Rogers to vote for the Republican. But they chose a different route, one they say keeps them true to their ideals.

            “For many of us, there is dignity in leaving it blank,” they wrote.