People died for the right to vote. I'm not just talking about soldiers, here.
I mean the people in places, in this country, where registering to vote sometimes meant that the night riders would show up and kill you. I mean the people who protested and who were beaten, jailed and sometimes murdered because they wanted the right to vote.
And it's "too much trouble" for you to drag your dead ass to the polls and vote?
Give me a break. Get up tomorrow, get dressed and go vote. Don't run your mouth about how awful the system is if you cannot take the time to have your say on the one day that you can.
Even now, there is a major political party who is trying to make it harder for the young, the old and the poor to vote. They are the intellectual descendants of the night riders.
Fuck them. And don't just say that. Go vote.
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I mention this periodically, but thanks for the reminder.
Great post. Bravo!
The New York Crank
Shared - I share a bunch of your stuff :)
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