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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Not nearly as much as voting for someone who, sincerely or not, panders to those who think it is acceptable to rob my fellow citizens of their civil and human rights to bolster their popularity. But I guess some things are more important than trying to change a long history of oppression and discrimination and protecting people from the denial of equal rights under the law.
You know how we all want to think "gee, back in the '50s and '60s, I would never have stood by while people perpetuated those separate but equal Jim Crow laws that treated black folk as second class citizens, 'cause it was obviously wrong, so I'd have been one of the [minority] who stood up and fought for what was right and just and refused to compromise (or let the people whose policies I endorse with my vote compromise) for the sake of short-term convenience and popularity"? Well, we, too, have that opportunity. What are you going to do with it?
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You forget that change didn't happen overnight. It
was gradual and
is ongoing. Black people have spent their lives and are currently spending their lives choosing between the lesser of two evils. That's how you effect change in this country. Vote for the lesser evil this time. Vote for an even lesser evil next time. And so on.
Voting for Nader means
less rights for homosexuals than if you voted for Kerry, because Bush doesn't give a fuck about homosexuals (among others). And make no mistake, voting for Nader is like voting for Bush. Kerry is the lesser of two evils.
Nader fucked everything up once already. You have the opportunity to tell him with your vote not to do it again. What are you going to do with it?
TM
