BREAKING: 1100+ USDoJ alumni release statement condemning Barr & call for resignation

[PatrickforO]

35. That's a pretty big deal. I don't think it will stop Trump and Barr from

obstructing justice, but it serves as a challenge to wake up Americans to what is happening.

Seriously, I had a public notary come to my house last week to witness something. She was a really nice lady, had a good sense of humor, and was professional and knowledgeable enough in her field.

We got to talking and I lamented that many people in the US are very sophisticated about sports, can give you stats and even do some very in-depth analysis of how their teams are doing. Or can tell you just who might survive on the island in the Survivor show. If that is even still on. But these same people can't tell you how many houses our Congress has, or how many justices sit on the Supreme Court.

That was when she said that neither she nor her husband vote because they don't follow politics and because they don't, they know they are ignorant. So they do not vote.

I'm sitting there, mind reeling in a silent scream. She had no idea what a disgusting rotten turnip Trump is, and how criminal his whole administration is, and the things I said clearly didn't convince her. She left as determined to not vote as she came in.

So after she left I thought about the whole conversation. There are three kinds of ignorant voters, it seems:
1. People who are too lazy to follow events, and don't vote because they know they are ignorant (like my notary).

2. People who have good intentions, but are ignorant and basically pick an answer for each office. You know, the kind of people who, in high school, would not study, but then just pick 'c' most of the time. These are the folks who begin paying attention the week of, get lost in the complexity of the issues and don't really know what they are doing when they vote their ballots. These are mostly independent voters.

3. People who are propagandized through decades of fear- and hate-mongering from the right wing noise machine and vote ignorantly either to take down the liberals, or to prevent someone else from getting any public benefits, even if that means they don't get those benefits themselves. There's a book called 'Dying of Whiteness' out there that highlights a bunch of cases of that - sick old white guys that don't support expanding healthcare because they don't want the blacks to have it. Seriously. These are the hard-core racist, homophobic, xenophobic, white supremacist, bible-thumping gun nuts that make up Trump's base.

That's why letters like this open one are good, I think. The majority of Americans (God help us!) are in category '2' above. Basically decent people, if ignorant, and if they hear the truth, it will help them make more informed decisions when voting.