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On voting

Absolving everyone not in the US, but I’m pissed:

Remember that John Waters quote,

“If you go home with someone and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them.”

Let’s do that for voting:

“If you go home with someone and they didn’t vote, or voted republican, don’t fuck them.”

The “didn’t vote” part is important. I’m more annoyed with those people right now- I expect the republicans to hate me; but these “no voting” people either had some ridiculous moral high ground, or were just too lazy to care about anyone but themselves, personally.

Voting is harm reduction, not a moral purity test. Voting doesn’t preclude you from doing whatever other activism you feel is justified- it’s not an either-or.