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Originally Posted by JinnKai
discrimination is largely an unconscious process.
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An arguable point, for sure, and even if it were true (for everyone) voting is or rather should be a conscious act. I don't vote based on party, gender, etc. I make a conscious effort to study each candidate and what s/he proposes to do and the effectiveness of their proposal and whether their proposals coincide with my values. I think it is rather anti-intellectual to vote based on labels. As Chris Rock once said, anyone who decides who they going to vote for before they even hear the issues (or know a person's position on the issues) is pretty sad. (Not verbatim, but something to that effect.) I know people do it, but it's just not me. I don't assume that every 72 year old person, for instance, is going to be incompetent or behind the times. I have met 27 year old people who are incompetent and behind the times. If a 72 year old person was running and s/he was clearly incompetent and behind the times, then I would not vote for her/him, but not because s/he is 72, rather because they are incompetent and behind the times. I think it is more important to see where a person is rather than to assume where they are or will be. If that is a bandwagon, then I'm riding shotgun.