Two reasons why I’m not as political as all my peers -
BARACK OBAMA IS YOUR NEW BICYCLE
HILLARY CLINTON IS MOM JEANS
(and she reported you to the RIAA, SNAP!)
Both of these are funny at first, though the tragedy when you realize it is that these two sites have again reduced politics down to the four-letter word that turns most people off in the first place. My hope is that these two sites were created by Republicans, because as a Democrat I would hate to think that one of my peers would purposely try to turn this historic race into a popularity contest.
Yes, I minored in politics at school - but I was more of a closet class warrior than anything else. I got a deep discount to go to a private college, so I wasn’t very vocal about my roots. And yes, I voted a few weeks ago in the CA Democratic Primary. And yeah, I read the articles from the National Affairs desk in Rolling Stone (and I used to read The National Review online, for the sake of understanding the otherside but haven’t done so much lately). So I am a bit biased, tho semi-informed.
But I’m not campaigning for any candidate in particular, making phone calls or telling my parents who to vote for in the PA primaries. The only political SWAG I own is a Tommy Carcetti For Mayor T-shirt (from the actual show MOFO’s, thanks Liam)
The unfortunate fact is that social change happens best through the bungled process of politics/government. Social change can start at the grass roots level but ultimately it needs to be finalized by turning into law, in which you would need the legislative branch of the government.
I truly believe that BOTH Hillary and Barack can be real agents of change. So while I respect your decision to stand behind your candidate, let’s not go slamming another candidate despite the fact the she (or he) has served you and this country for longer than you were alive. Don’t go hating the players when you know the game is already kinda fucked.
Bottom line - stop posting this kinda stuff on my Funwall, in my comments box and please stop IM’ing me this stuff during my working hours.
And seriously, if you’re not voting - to put this as nicely as possible - you should really consider what effect that might have on you and everything around you.
