i've been writing a lot in my lj lately cause i've been reading some people's blogs and it makes me want to spew my own word vomit all over the internet
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Just as much as you think not voting is not supporting our messed up government, at the same time it is. You might think you're making a statement but you're just sitting around talking about how fucked up the world is and how it could be better.
I'm not saying your vote will count the way you want it to or will change the world or anything but it'll do more than sitting at home will.
i don't really see how not voting supports anything, also you don't really know anything about what i'm doing or not doing. just because i'm not voting doesn't mean i'm just lazy or not proactive. i'm not gonna vote for a guy who i don't like or want to see in power just so other people are comfortable that i'm doing enough or that it appears to other people that i'm not lethargic. i'm not trying to make a big statement, i'm just trying to figure out how to live my own life to reflect my beliefs, which is that government (not just our current government) is fucked up. bleh i should have known better than to write in my lj about this because now i feel like i have to prove something to people about myself. whatever.
I'm not saying it's wrong, I'm saying it doesn't help. Inaction does nothing. Inaction only hurts the cause.
I understand what you're doing. In your mind, a vote for president would be a vote for all the shit that Bush got us into, a vote for the worst in politics, a vote that would be going against your ideals and beliefs. In any other world, in any other election, I would understand. But not voting because you have some beliefs that you feel contradict your vote, especially as a female voter, as a person who wants a better world... not voting is stupid
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i'm not backing down, i just hate lj discussions. people make a lot of assumptions based off a few lines in a livejournal entry and it gets very frustrating. i like talking to people who disagree, i think it's important and productive, but i'd much much rather do it in person
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I'm not saying your vote will count the way you want it to or will change the world or anything but it'll do more than sitting at home will.
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I understand what you're doing. In your mind, a vote for president would be a vote for all the shit that Bush got us into, a vote for the worst in politics, a vote that would be going against your ideals and beliefs. In any other world, in any other election, I would understand. But not voting because you have some beliefs that you feel contradict your vote, especially as a female voter, as a person who wants a better world... not voting is stupid ( ... )
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