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iron_megalith on 06 July 2016
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Shadow1980 said:
iron_megalith said:

I don't agree with this idea. In voting wether it concerns the country or not, abstaining is a right. I don't want to be forced down to swallow a pill just because I'm lead to have an illussion that there are only two choices I can make.

Saying someone who sits out is just helping trump is downright wrong. There's something very wrong when you say, if you're not with us then you're the enemy. Not sure what exact word to use for it but that's kinda like false dichotomy.

However I believe if you abstain, you don't have the right to be very vocal about pointing fingers to those who voted such decisions.

An election is a zero-sum contest. There is a clear winner and a clear loser. The winner gets to occupy the White House as commander-in-chief and head of the executive branch from 2017 to 2020. The loser goes back to what they were doing If someone who would normally vote Democratic sits at home out of protest over their dislike of the party's nominee, that is one less vote for the Democratic candidate. If someone who would normally vote Democratic votes for the Republican candidate over their dislike of the party's nominee, that's not just one less vote for the Democratic candidate, it also helps the Republicans twice as much as sitting home would.

Elections are not a game. They are not a joke, even if certain nativist demagogues might make them seem that way. Whoever wins in November sets the tone for the next four years. They take the lead on foreign policy. They get to nominate Supreme Court justices. They choose which laws to pass and which to veto. These are life and death matters. This November we are choosing who becomes President of these United States. We must choose who we feel best represents us and our interests. If the idea of a Trump presidency appals you, then you don't sit on your ass on election day because Bernie didn't get the nomination, and you sure as hell don't vote for Trump. No liberal, progressive, or Democrat of sound mind would even risk someone like Trump getting anywhere near the White House. The "Bernie of Bust" people have completely lost their damn minds, and they have just five months to come to their senses and get the hell over it.

In what statement did I say it is a joke? 

Those I vote for, I believe in. If let's say I am eligible to vote for US Elections. I don't believe in Trump nor do I believe in Hilary. Saying to choose the best out of the two goes against the very nature of why I would vote. 

If someone believes in Hilary or Trump. That's their choice. Not mine. And if I don't believe in neither, then that is my choice.

Oh and the recent news about Hilary not being charged by the FBI is a far greater statement to this whole state of US politics. How sad.