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Originally Posted by Elphaba
Sheesh... Where did I criticize anyone about how they choose to vote or not vote? I simply took MSD's post as a continuation point of the discussion.
Is this a better post for y'all?
*Vote*
Or do you see some sort of unfair criticism with one word of those that choose not to vote?  |
MSD said he can't support pretty much any of the candidates running for president, including all but one third party candidate, and explained that because of that he probably won't vote in the presidential race. In response, you "shout[ed] out loud" and told him to choose not to be another "passive whiner." I didn't even respond with any negativity, so I'm not sure why you took offense. I simply pointed out that there are a number of things
besides voting in the presidential election that MSD may or may not be doing to effect change, and so there's no reason at all for anyone to implore him to vote and not to be a "passive whiner" when he has no options to vote for that he supports. Being educated about not only the main candidates but also the the third party candidates and then making a decision that he can't support any of them is not being a passive whiner, it's refusing the put his name behind someone he doesn't support.
Perhaps you didn't mean your post to be in direct response to MSD, but in that case I wonder why you bothered to quote him, and why you
didn't bother yelling in your previous posts. On my end, the only way to read that is that you are yelling those things in response to what MSD said. If that's not what you meant, I'm sorry for misunderstanding but you should really think about how that looks when you're typing it, because it
appears as though everything you're saying is (unnecessarily) directed towards MSD, with a "you too, Shani" tacked on at the end.
Anyway, this is silly because we basically agree. I just don't like to see people assume that someone is not doing what they can to create change simply because that person doesn't feel comfortable putting their name behind an entire field of candidates. Someone who is educated enough about all the candidates to make the decision MSD has is not someone who needs to be told to "get active."