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No one is saying it's "the wrong time," like the people who say we can't talk about gun control after a shooting. What they're saying is that a third party candidate is fundamentally a waste of a vote, or worse, in a two-party system. It doesn't move the needle in the direction you want, it takes a vote away from the major party candidate who is closer to your ideals.
The problem is neither of the major candidates are even close to near my ideals. Like literally both sides are surviving on hate for the other side in my eyes. Like how many Kamala supporters you seen that aren’t essentially Fuck Trump, and how many Trump supporters you seen that aren’t essentially Fuck Kamala & Biden. I feel like I am taking crazy pills, because neither side is for the average person or even well liked. Meanwhile I keep being told, oh just learn to make a million concessions and support my candidate. When I resist, those same people claim I am some foreign operative who is trying to discourage voting, and if I am serious to revisit this issue next November like I have been for decades where each time I am told the same nonsense.
I guess you and I just disagree. Yes, for me there's for sure a "not Trump" aspect to Kamala, but she seems like the most progressive candidate we've had for some time.