MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square363fedilinkarrow-up1730arrow-down1105
arrow-up1625arrow-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 days agomessage-square363fedilink
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours 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-down1·7 hours 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-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours 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.
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.