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Proud Liberal Dem

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5. What's really sad

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 10, 2018, 11:44 AM

Sep 2018

is that people like her have been brainwashed/conditioned/beaten down to *believe* that they can't/won't make a difference. Of course, part of the GOP mantra is that government "can't do anything right", so I'm sure that helps feed into the conditioning.

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On The Sidelines Of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans Don't Vote [View all] steve2470 Sep 2018 OP

And people whom suck are still in office Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2018 #1

exactly, if you don't vote, you have NO voice at all nt steve2470 Sep 2018 #2

What's really sad Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2018 #5

What an idiot. smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #3

They also don't vote because they have short attention spans SharonClark Sep 2018 #4

And if they don't vote, they conspiring to deny us our voices too...I don't put lightly w/ ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #6

listened to this in the car this morning handmade34 Sep 2018 #7

If you don't vote, you're doomed to be ruled by evil men and women meow2u3 Sep 2018 #8

Apparently, Too Many Americans Don't Understand... dlk Sep 2018 #9

It would help if all elections were held on weekends Calculating Sep 2018 #10

Vote-by-mail maxsolomon Sep 2018 #12

I think when we have politicians and celebs saying that there are "no differences" in the party... NurseJackie Sep 2018 #11

very well said! nt steve2470 Sep 2018 #14

A little off topic, but I wonder if Colin Kaepernick still thinks it didn't matter who won in 2016? CrispyQ Sep 2018 #13