Oh hi internet. It's me again.
So, election day. First, let me start out by saying that if you didn't vote, and you're elegible to do so, you? SUCK MAJOR DONKEY BALLS.
You suck them like wowzie.
I actually had this conversation with a co-worker today (yes, us service people can actually have conversations that don't involved the words "can" "help" and "you"). He doesn't vote. In fact, he's going on 30, and he's never voted. Like ever.
WTF is up with that? I pondered it in my head for a little bit, then decided to ask him.
"Well," he replied in a slightly embarassed tone, "I never really saw much point in it."
It was at this point that I realized that I was picturing a little me inside my head. And little me was exploding.
People died for our right to vote. They. Died. As in, human lives were terminated for no other reason that they felt that we, the american people, should be able to choose who we will have in office to represent us. They thought that we should have the freedom to even choose whether or not we want to vote.
It's deep and
I get where he was coming from - hell, I used to be there. I didn't "get" voting until I was in my early twenties (insert a tear for my lost youth here). I figured, hey, what's the point? I don't follow politics. I doubt my vote is going to be the one to turn the tide.
Oh...stupid, stupid me. Hindsight is 20/20 and blah blah blah.
Basically, it boils down to this:
Sure, one person's vote can't change the tide. It's like saving pennies. One doesn't make a difference, but many do. We are that "many." And honestly, if one's refusing to vote for a reason, then I can dig that. Say they don't like the people up for election - I'm all down with that.
But...if you aren't voting just because you didn't feel like it? That's lazy.
Republican, Democrat, Independant - I don't freaking care. In this case, it doesn't matter what party you support. I heard that they thought that there would be a 50% turnout of voters this year.
It's disgusting.
And shameful. We have what other countries can only dream of, and we throw it all away for no other reason than "we didn't feel like it."
Don't bitch when people you don't like get elected. And don't bitch when taxes take a steep upwards hike, or when your neighborhood fall to shit. Or when that annoying pothole up the street that never gets fixed decides to flatten your tire, or when your kids are flunking school and can't get help from the teacher because hey, it's not in her pay grade.
Voting matters.
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