@MicroWave to politics English • 2 days agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square357arrow-up1723arrow-down1105cross-posted to: politicsunfiltered
arrow-up1618arrow-down1external-linkLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.com@MicroWave to politics English • 2 days agomessage-square357cross-posted to: politicsunfiltered
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•5 hours ago I am tired of blaming someone who gets 2% for when bad things happen. Blame the 30% who did nothing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 hours agoThat’s privilege talking. 100% turnout should not be a requirement, when we do not have, at the very least, a national holiday for voting. Voting is not as easy for everyone as it might be for you.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 hour agoHmm maybe. I agree it should be a national holiday and I agree that the current situation provides far more barriers for some groups than others. Do I think those things are solely or even primarily responsible for that map? No, I do not.
That’s privilege talking. 100% turnout should not be a requirement, when we do not have, at the very least, a national holiday for voting. Voting is not as easy for everyone as it might be for you.
Hmm maybe. I agree it should be a national holiday and I agree that the current situation provides far more barriers for some groups than others.
Do I think those things are solely or even primarily responsible for that map? No, I do not.