This reminded me of a political essay by a black voter in a swing state in 2016. He was a Bernie supporter who was voting for Hillary, and the other Bernie bros wanted him to vote for Bernie anyway. "I do not have the luxury of a protest vote," he said.
I do not understand people who say, "I don't see that much difference between the candidates, so why does it matter? It won't affect my life much anyway." Is that the very definition of privilege, if that's really true? And how can they NOT care about how the outcome affects other people's lives?
There are so many people in this country for whom the outcome of a presidential election is not, and has never been, simply "theoretical."
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Date: 2021-01-21 08:36 am (UTC)Yes!
This reminded me of a political essay by a black voter in a swing state in 2016. He was a Bernie supporter who was voting for Hillary, and the other Bernie bros wanted him to vote for Bernie anyway. "I do not have the luxury of a protest vote," he said.
I do not understand people who say, "I don't see that much difference between the candidates, so why does it matter? It won't affect my life much anyway." Is that the very definition of privilege, if that's really true? And how can they NOT care about how the outcome affects other people's lives?
There are so many people in this country for whom the outcome of a presidential election is not, and has never been, simply "theoretical."
Well said.