If you want to be that "certain type of person" that manipulates
facts or just outright lies to try and get your way during the campaign,
then that's fine. Okay, it isn't fine, but it's on us as a people and
an electorate to stay informed (self-informed, even) and expose lies.
But when it is time to vote, your time is done. The whistle has blown.
Your case is closed. Like the oh so many cooking shows on, it's
hands-up and no more working.
When I say that everyone should vote, I mean it. I mean that even the ignorant, the ill informed, and dare I say it, those who simply disagree with me should be allowed to vote. It is their duty, but more importantly it is their right.
Sorry if I get a little soapbox-y about it, but it means something to me. People fought and died, literally, so that people that look like me might have a chance to vote. So that all people could. It wasn't the beginning of that fight, and it likely won't be the end.
So it's not some game to manipulate an outcome when you do or say anything that might affect that right. It is a mockery of those people that put their lives on the line not so long ago. It is a mockery of the foundation upon which this country was founded. And beyond that, it is insidious and the lowest form of deceit. It is nothing short of treason. It is the very fundamental alteration of national politics and policies that certain people swear their opposition are trying to perform in office. And yet, it is the game they play.
Except it is not a game. It is not. It never was.
So go out and vote. Don't be dissuaded. Stay in line. Do your part. Speak your voice. Don't let those that would treat you as less than a person get away with it. Do... something. You have that right. You have that duty. And no one, try as they might, can take it away from you.
