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frazzled

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17. And I think you have problems with conceptual thinking.

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 10:24 AM

Jun 2014

You are not an island and you are not some exceptional being who can rise above the rest to exclude yourself from counting as much as every other individual: if everyone considers their one vote unimportant, each of these single votes--or failures to vote--adds up to SOMETHING.

Democracy is not a personal expression but a societal aggregate of expression. Your one vote always has an impact. To think otherwise is to hew to some conservative libertarian notion of the individual, some kind of Randian ideal of the individual in society. It's destructive to democracy. So use it or lose it, bub.

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All the "I will/won't for vote ..." threads: Which actual Democratic presidential nominee since WWII [View all] pampango Jun 2014 OP

Given the chance to go back in time and change my votes? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #1

Really? DURHAM D Jun 2014 #3

No, but my one vote wouldn't have done that. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #6

Your one vote would have done that frazzled Jun 2014 #14

I think you have problems with math. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #15

And I think you have problems with conceptual thinking. frazzled Jun 2014 #17

If he has issues with conceptual thinking, you've missed the point of democracy. Chan790 Jun 2014 #23

Frazzled Shrugs frazzled Jun 2014 #36

...and this is why I accuse you of not understanding democracy. Chan790 Jun 2014 #37

Unbelievably selfish. You want everyone else to do the hard work ecstatic Jun 2014 #28

I'm doing the exact same thing you all are. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #32

+1 n/t Chan790 Jun 2014 #38

If Poppy had won a second term and the WH was open in 1996, Dole wouldn't have been the nominee. hughee99 Jun 2014 #30

"... I might have questioned my vote in retrospect, but not at the time of the election." pampango Jun 2014 #11

I was far more politically naive back then. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #13

I will NEVER vote republican! NEVER!!!! liberal N proud Jun 2014 #2

That's not the choice. The world isn't binary. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #7

Voting for third party candidate is like throwing your vote away liberal N proud Jun 2014 #21

You've just created another Clinton bashing thread. onehandle Jun 2014 #4

Yep. DURHAM D Jun 2014 #5

Really? It was intended as a "The Democratic Party nominates candidates I can vote for" thread. pampango Jun 2014 #16

There are at least two on that list. LWolf Jun 2014 #8

1948 - Truman the Disaster DerekG Jun 2014 #9

None of em. ananda Jun 2014 #10

Proudly supported every Democratic nominee since Carter and will continue to do so Rowdyboy Jun 2014 #12

These. Chan790 Jun 2014 #18

So you're one of the people who gave us George Bush MohRokTah Jun 2014 #20

I sincerely doubt any vote I cast for Socialists, Working Families or Greens in CT or MD... Chan790 Jun 2014 #24

It didn't. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #33

Roosevelt was LOATHED by the Left. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #19

I didn't vote for Humphrey or Obama. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #22

Why are you on this site? ecstatic Jun 2014 #29

Why not? I'm a Democrat. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #31

I would have loved to vote for McGovern IronLionZion Jun 2014 #25

I have voted for all of them since my first vote which was for Mondale. vi5 Jun 2014 #26

The problem with all these BS posts is... Historic NY Jun 2014 #27

That is my point. "The majority of Democrats" do a good job of selecting the party nominee. pampango Jun 2014 #35

One can just as easily make the argument that the majority has done an absymal job. Chan790 Jun 2014 #39

"They have nominated vastly superior candidates than those guys" (that the GOP nominated). pampango Jun 2014 #40

I'd have voted for all of them. WI_DEM Jun 2014 #34