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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I keep hearing "I am in a BLUE STATE!!!! My VOTE does not matter." [View all]OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)29. You've read my mind.
I've been mulling over starting a thread about this but anticipated unhinged, reactionary retorts. So I didn't bother.
Simply put, if you opt not to vote because you're in a "safe" state - or district - you're letting other people do your work for you. Were it not for them, it wouldn't be "safe".
It's ineffectual, selfish and lazy. And fraught with potential distaster should enough "others" adopt your corrosive attitude.
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While voting definitely matters, not voting is a form of voting also. It is NOT a passive action.
still_one
Nov 2015
#2
'Stop giving away our voice.' And yet some here are trying to silence ours! nt
Live and Learn
Nov 2015
#7
I give you John Lewis on what it took for African Amerians to be able to vote.. no wonder
Cha
Nov 2015
#15