Mr. Fish Toon- The General Defection

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[Warpy]

1. Ah, Mr. Fish, but there are degrees of "worse"

and we saw what failing to vote for the lesser of two evils brought us during the Bush years.

[rhett o rick]

3. I think what some are saying is that voting for the lesser of two evils is only posponing

the inevitable. Kinda like continuing to pay into a ponzi scheme or bailing out the banksters. Some say we are going to get fucked in the end sooner or later, and it might as well be sooner while we are stronger.

Occupy something.

[Warpy]

4. While I have sympathy with that viewpoint

I really don't agree with it.

Were you female, you might not either.

[rhett o rick]

6. I am sorry but I dont understand.

Voting for the lessor of two evils has nothing to do with gender. It's a cop-out. It's saying that instead of insisting that I have a representative that represents me, I am willing to go along with this idiot because he/she isnt as bad at the other idiot. It doesnt do much to fix the problem.

[Warpy]

7. Were you female, you'd feel very differently about this

and you know it.

[corkhead]

2. Mr. Fish must have read the DU Terms of Service

Vote for Democrats.

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Good thing it is not election season yet

[whatchamacallit]

5. If this place starts censoring Mr. Fish

DU will have succeeded in depressing my turnout for this place and the Democratic Party.