You shouldn't, though. And I'm not being combatative or anything: it's just that these things affect you and your life, so how can you not be concerned? If your country and life aren't worth fighting for, what is?
I understand some people are not combatative at all; they're very passive and just would rather not deal. But then you end up in a state of ignorance, left only to believe what bits and pieces you hear. And you're going to have opinions on those bits and pieces. Ignore it, sure... But then people vote, as if that makes sense after not paying attention, and... Well, the only vote that really pisses me off is an uninformed vote. Because I and millions of other citizens spend time and effort getting to know the issues of our nation only to have them cancelled out by someone who just heard this or that. Whose parents were repubs/dems before them. Whose friends say it's cool to hate GWB.
And I'm not coming down on you; not at all. I just... It doesn't compute with me that you're set to vote, but then acknowledge that you don't know the issues. Obviously, you have the right to vote. But that right has a lot of responsibility behind it; people died and are dying to protect that right, and it should never, ever be abused or treated lightly. But people never think of it that way.
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Date: 2008-02-09 12:39 am (UTC)I understand some people are not combatative at all; they're very passive and just would rather not deal. But then you end up in a state of ignorance, left only to believe what bits and pieces you hear. And you're going to have opinions on those bits and pieces. Ignore it, sure... But then people vote, as if that makes sense after not paying attention, and... Well, the only vote that really pisses me off is an uninformed vote. Because I and millions of other citizens spend time and effort getting to know the issues of our nation only to have them cancelled out by someone who just heard this or that. Whose parents were repubs/dems before them. Whose friends say it's cool to hate GWB.
And I'm not coming down on you; not at all. I just... It doesn't compute with me that you're set to vote, but then acknowledge that you don't know the issues. Obviously, you have the right to vote. But that right has a lot of responsibility behind it; people died and are dying to protect that right, and it should never, ever be abused or treated lightly. But people never think of it that way.