MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square383fedilinkarrow-up1737arrow-down1104
arrow-up1633arrow-down1external-linkLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square383fedilink
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months ago I am tired of blaming someone who gets 2% for when bad things happen. Blame the 30% who did nothing.
minus-squareFloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month 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-squarePhegan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAgreed. Be mad at the people preventing it.
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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.
Agreed. Be mad at the people preventing it.
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.