Privilege: Many Jill Stein Voters Have It, and Many Hillary Clinton Voters Do, Too

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As an outspoken supporter of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, I often get questions akin to the one Stein was asked at the Green Town Hall on August 17: "Given the way our political system works, effectively you could help Donald Trump like Ralph Nader helped George Bush in 2000. How could you sleep at night?" More often than not,

Comments

[mimblexwimble]

Voters don't necessarily need to be privileged as a people for the specific vote they cast to be a privileged vote, I think.

[moonshaz]

Could you please explain what you mean by that? In particular, what is  a "privileged " vote?

This is a sincere question. I haven't heard that expression before, and I honestly don't know what you mean. Thx!

[mimblexwimble]

Poor word choice, sorry. :(

I meant that if I voted for Jill Stein, that would be a vote of "self-indulgent privilege"--even though I'm a woman of color and part of a marginalized demographic. Basically, I don't think talking about the demographics of Stein supporters changes the fact that voting for her in this election is a vote of privilege. I just don't think voting for Clinton--right now, in this election--suggests privilege as much as voting for Stein does.

[moonshaz]

Okat, I get it now!  And I agrre :-) Thank8for the clarification.

[natyanayaki]

THIS