VOTE!

[henry quirk]

"Lots of ways to participate man."

In the representative government you promote, only one really counts and you choose to abstain.

If voting is the process through which a citizen 'chooses' (how tax revenue is spent, who will represent him in-town, in-state, in-nation) then you're fallin' down on the job in a LARGE way, toad.

So: shit or get offa the pot...vote and be entitled to to lecture ill-fitting pieces such as myself, or, be a hypocrite and *ahem* shut the fuck up.

Me: I'd like it if you joined me on the Dark Side...we can always use another twisted soul in the Pit, but, if you're gonna walk with the angels, you gotta play the harp.

Simply: I demand at least a little consistency in the opposition. If you can't give me that, then what the hell are you good for?

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"civil war."

'bout damn time for one.

[tw]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

... if you're gonna walk with the angels, you gotta play the harp.

It explains why John Lennon screamed, "I got callouses on my fingers" when still alive.

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by tw

It explains why John Lennon screamed, "I got callouses on my fingers" when still alive.

blisters on me fingers

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

blisters on me fingers

Thank you

[henry quirk]

cuz I'm tryin' to convince a hypocrite to not be a hypocrite (coulda been french, spanish, esperanto, or the idiosyncratic marks I use when I write for myself...I used english cuz I'm communicatin' with you, which, I see is a waste of my time).

As you were.

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

I'm communicatin' with you, which, I see is a waste of my time).

The hell? I asked you one question, is that the limit of your tolerance for discussion?

[henry quirk]

Do I strike you as particularly tolerant, of anyone, or anything, at any time?

Here's the thing, toad: all this...

I don't vote because I believe that tribalism is by far our biggest current problem, and fighting it is more important than voting. Declaring myself outside of it by declaring myself a non-voter is a principled stand. Being on no side allows me to more fairly judge and criticize the excesses of all sides.

I don't vote because I am not 100% certain of the best policies to govern us.

I don't vote because I am not a great judge of character.

I don't vote because I am an anti-authoritarian moderate and never find anyone that represents me.

I don't vote because people generally vote by their personality type and I don't think we should be governed by anyone with my ridiculous personality type.

I don't vote because I don't care to stay fully informed about politics in a world where our sense-making establishments are broken and desperate to reach audiences that demand only the affirmation of their own point of view.

...is poop.

Again: you can't make a show of the glories of democracy and respresentative government and then opt out.

Well, yeah, you can but that just makes you a hypocrite (not principled or thoughtful or insightful or an example to be followed).

As you like.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

blisters on me fingers

Yelled RINGO STARR

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yelled RINGO STARR

He did not play guitar. He had an easy life. He only beat drums. He did not even have to play both a left and right handed guitar. And he had rings that prevented calluses.

But then all those Brits sound alike. Could be.