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Here you go again. Not you personally, but everyone who says that you're either with us or against us. That didn't make sense, it doesn't make sense now, it never will, and it won't get Harris any more votes. If you don't believe me, ask Hillary Clinton. Her supporters said the same thing, and then she lost. At some point you have to face the reality that people can and do vote for third-party candidates, and then you need to decide how you're going to convince them that they ought to vote for your candidate, and usually that's effective if your candidate has some policies that the voters appreciate. Or don't try to get their votes and move on with life, that's okay too.
But maybe you're looking for someone to blame, in case Harris loses. You want to be able to blame those third-party voters. I'm not going to let you off the hook. If she throws away third party votes, she knew exactly what she was doing, she took the risk and it paid off or it didn't.
But even if we ignore that, you've also forgotten that many people don't live in swing states, and because of the electoral college, their vote probably is not going to impact the outcome. In that case, shouldn't they feel free to vote how their conscience dictates? But of course you didn't take this into account, because you didn't think about their situation.
But let's ignore the electoral college. Let's assume that everyone is equal on Election Day, that all of our votes count for something. It's well known that no one is asking for our vote the day after election day. As voters, we have power in the lead up to the election and in the election itself, if we have any power at all. But you want us to throw that away. Not only that, you keep repeating the same script every 4 years, which means we never have any power, and we never will, if we listen to you.
Obviously you personally did not write all of the arguments that I'm referring to above, but it's important for people to deal with all of the above arguments if they're arguing that third parties ought not exist or that nobody should even consider supporting them.