The most irresponsible, ignorant, childish, foolish, selfish, STUPID thing that an American citizen can do in this day and age is to ignore the state of politics in this country, and I don't care who knows I think so. This is especially true for young people.
Grow up.
Get informed.
Go vote.
I don't give a flying fuck if you think it's stupid or you don't feel informed or you don't care all that much. MAKE yourself care. Believe me, even if you don't see why it matters, IT DOES.
These are the websites outlining the issues for the two main guys:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/ Here's everyone else:
http://www.bobbarr2008.com/issues/ http://www.baldwin08.com/ http://mckinney-clemente.org/ http://www.votenader.org/issues/ At the very least; take 20 minutes out of your day to read a fucking website and figure out where you stand. Ignore the hype, tune out the news; just read the stands and choose what sounds best to you. Most of all, on November 4th, get off your ass, head over to Chinn library or wherever you're registered, and take 10 minutes to voice your opinion.
Prove me wrong. Prove that I don't have reason to be disgusted with this generation and everything it stands for. Prove to me that you have the guts to care about something other than your happy little bubble of ignorant isolationism.
Did I piss you off? Good. Go do something about it.