joncolbert:micdotcom:President Obama seeks to mollify an anxious nation and asks young peop
joncolbert: micdotcom: President Obama seeks to mollify an anxious nation and asks young people not to get cynical I love the man, but too fucking late. Cynicism is one of the exact reasons this shit keeps happening. People deciding it’s too late, they can’t do anything to change anything, everything’s set. Too cynical to get active, too cynical to vote, too cynical to even fucking try. That’s why this shit happens. Because, quite frankly, people just don’t care enough. Vote in the goddamn primaries so we can get a candidate that isn’t chosen by 10% of the fucking population. Vote downticket, vote for people who align close to your beliefs, vote. And don’t just vote, actively voice your opinions. The more people who use their voice, the stronger it becomes. Stop being so goddamn cynical and stop giving up. The young and liberal population is way too convinced that their voice doesn’t matter, that their vote doesn’t matter, that they don’t matter. It’s a bunch of fucking bullshit, because you do matter. What you believe does matter. Nothing happens when you don’t actively try. Put pressure on the damned politicians so they can’t just keep doing what they want. Not caring, not using your voice just gives them more freedom to ignore people’s rights and will. -- source link
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