George Carlin had it straight on abortion all those years ago...

[True Dough]

[johnp3907]

1. He didn't vote.

He was part of the problem, and I don’t care what the idiot said!

[Montauk6]

4. I gotta agree

Carlin had some deep insights on what was going on in the sociopolitical realm but he was SOOOOO out to lunch with the whole "don't vote, it only encourages them" mentality. (Not sure if he coined that saying but he certainly promoted it).

I searched this thread out having just seen that he's trading on Twitter for his standup rants against the pro-life fanatics. But what he failed to see was what gives these and other right-wing wackos their power is low turnout (no coincidence that they do all they can to suppress voting whenever possible).

CLEARLY voting matters to SOMEONE.

[johnp3907]

5. It's really frustrating.

I have friends like this. Really smart people who feel the way I, and most Democrats, feel about things but they don’t vote.

[Montauk6]

7. A dear friend of mine was the same way

For as long as I'd known him (and we go back to high school), he couldn't care less about voting, UNTIL TRUMP CAME ALONG! And wouldn't you know it, he registered and voted Democrat the first time in his life.

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2. Thank you. George Carling was a truthteller/near-mystic ahead of his time.

Sorry we lost him early.

[cilla4progress]

3. Truth!

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6. The man. nt