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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOprah: If you choose not to vote, you are dishonoring your family and their legacy
"For anybody here who has an ancestor who didnt have the right to vote and you are choosing not to vote wherever you are in this state, in this country, you are dishonoring your family. You are disrespecting and disregarding their legacy, their suffering and their dreams when you dont vote."
Since every single voter in America has an ancestor who did not have the right to vote, Oprah's talking to YOU.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)It doesn't just apply to people who live in Georgia. I hope everyone hears it. She was spot-on.
mcar
(42,311 posts)lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,940 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,940 posts)Edit to add - She did do that remarkable scene in the film "Selma" that illustrated what people fought for -
Cha
(297,196 posts)Activists are pouring their hearts out!
qwlauren35
(6,148 posts)It cut off at the end, and I am determined to hear those last few words. She had a lot to say.
BumRushDaShow
(128,940 posts)(CSPAN usually runs the entire thing but the videos don't embed, which is why I went with the youtube one in my previous post)
Goodheart
(5,324 posts)I think of the many victims of slavery, and of Jim Crow for that matter, who would have walked through hell for the right to vote.... just to have a say in the fates of their children and grandchildren.
Oprah is entirely correct.
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)The radio advertisement says "vote Democrat from top to bottom," implying vote for no one, who is not a Democrat. What the Hell else would a Democrat voter do? btw, K&R