Really....?
I've never been hardcore into politics. But this election means so much to me, and to this country. There are so many things riding on this election, not just for me, but for the country, and for the world, and I just can't take that lightly. I know who I'm voting for, there's no doubt, and I don't agree 100% with his views, but I know that it's the right choice. For me, for the country, and everything that comes with that choice. And it scares me, and honestly...hurts a little that the 7 other people in my apartment, 7 of my closest friends, are voting the other way.
I understand it's their opinion. They see the issues, and answer the questions being asked in a way that is best for them, and is what they see as right. But what they don't see is how much that that decision...hurts me. I don't have a right to be hurt. I shouldn't feel...almost betrayed. I realize they are just as entitled to their opinion as I am to mine. But...wow...it sucks. They'll vote for the person that wants to keep my rights limited, in an effort to keep their morals in check. And I realize, in some ways I'm doing the same thing.
But my decision...my vote...my candidate doesn't hurt them personally. How does electing someone who gives women the right to chose hurt any of them. They've never had to make the choice. How does electing someone who, though he doesn't agree with homosexual marriages, sees the fact that two people in love deserve all the rights available to them, regardless of whether they fit a traditional mold, they can all marry whenever they want, at their convenience, and few people will stay in there way. Their vote...keeps me from being happy. From being able to lead the fullest life possible. And that...well...it offends me.
It's funny. I was just chastising Bradley for saying the fact that his boss was voting for McCain offended him, and yet...now I find that I am in the same position he was/is in. And I can't help but be offended. I can't help but be hurt. And honestly, I can't help but be a little angry. At them, at myself for not realizing this is the setting I'm in, and at the place and world I live in.
It just makes me want to be in Dallas all the sooner...oh yeah, by the way, since it's been a while. I'm moving to Dallas after I graduate. For several reasons. To be somewhere where arts are appreciated. Where I can make the money that teachers deserve to be making without sacrificing too much of my personal life to do so. Where I can walk down the street with my incredible boyfriend holding hands if I feel like it and not worry that I'm going to be scrutinized or even harmed because of it. Don't get me wrong, I understand that texas is a usually republican and somewhat conservative run state...it's still the south. But I just can't wait to exist in a setting where more than 14% of the people present think that everyone deserves the right to choose. I. Can't. Wait.
I love my friends. But this...decision. It kills me. It just kills me.
oy....
oh and yeah, the thing that started all of this? Abc News' match o matic. I thought it would be fun and interesting to see how my friends did on the quiz/link below...interesting yes...fun...not so much.
http://abcnews.go.com/politics/MatchoMatic/fullpage?id=5542139
Let me know what your results are, huh? I was for Obama 60%...agreeing with McCain on economy and split on immigration. It's an interesting quiz. You should all check it out.
:-/ I've never felt so a part of a decision. Part of the country and the political force behind it. But so much is riding on the next 4 to 8 years that i have to feel a part of it. I can't help it.
I understand it's their opinion. They see the issues, and answer the questions being asked in a way that is best for them, and is what they see as right. But what they don't see is how much that that decision...hurts me. I don't have a right to be hurt. I shouldn't feel...almost betrayed. I realize they are just as entitled to their opinion as I am to mine. But...wow...it sucks. They'll vote for the person that wants to keep my rights limited, in an effort to keep their morals in check. And I realize, in some ways I'm doing the same thing.
But my decision...my vote...my candidate doesn't hurt them personally. How does electing someone who gives women the right to chose hurt any of them. They've never had to make the choice. How does electing someone who, though he doesn't agree with homosexual marriages, sees the fact that two people in love deserve all the rights available to them, regardless of whether they fit a traditional mold, they can all marry whenever they want, at their convenience, and few people will stay in there way. Their vote...keeps me from being happy. From being able to lead the fullest life possible. And that...well...it offends me.
It's funny. I was just chastising Bradley for saying the fact that his boss was voting for McCain offended him, and yet...now I find that I am in the same position he was/is in. And I can't help but be offended. I can't help but be hurt. And honestly, I can't help but be a little angry. At them, at myself for not realizing this is the setting I'm in, and at the place and world I live in.
It just makes me want to be in Dallas all the sooner...oh yeah, by the way, since it's been a while. I'm moving to Dallas after I graduate. For several reasons. To be somewhere where arts are appreciated. Where I can make the money that teachers deserve to be making without sacrificing too much of my personal life to do so. Where I can walk down the street with my incredible boyfriend holding hands if I feel like it and not worry that I'm going to be scrutinized or even harmed because of it. Don't get me wrong, I understand that texas is a usually republican and somewhat conservative run state...it's still the south. But I just can't wait to exist in a setting where more than 14% of the people present think that everyone deserves the right to choose. I. Can't. Wait.
I love my friends. But this...decision. It kills me. It just kills me.
oy....
oh and yeah, the thing that started all of this? Abc News' match o matic. I thought it would be fun and interesting to see how my friends did on the quiz/link below...interesting yes...fun...not so much.
http://abcnews.go.com/politics/MatchoMatic/fullpage?id=5542139
Let me know what your results are, huh? I was for Obama 60%...agreeing with McCain on economy and split on immigration. It's an interesting quiz. You should all check it out.
:-/ I've never felt so a part of a decision. Part of the country and the political force behind it. But so much is riding on the next 4 to 8 years that i have to feel a part of it. I can't help it.