Donald Trump just convinced me to vote for Hillary if the nominee

[RiverNoord]

37. You've got it backwards.

For some of us, 'giving up' would be voting for someone we really don't believe should be President of the United States.

I'm a Sanders supporter, but I made a decision way before he got into the race that, this one time, I won't force myself to vote for a system of political manipulation that I believe has come to dominate the Democratic party at its highest levels, a system that does not act in the best interests of the United States or its citizens.

You may have a very different perspective on the question of Hillary Clinton's suitability for the office of the Presidency. Fair enough. But my perspective is that, should I vote for Hillary Clinton, I'm 'giving up' concerning the importance of my vote as a United States citizen.

I've been a Democrat all my adult life, have always voted straight ticket, and have never, not once, voted for a self-identified Republican, period.

If Democrats are, forever, under pressure to vote for the Democratic nominee for the Presidency because the Republican alternative is so much worse, how will we ever effect change within the party? Ordinary voters, like me, won't have the slightest ability to influence the direction of the party when we believe it's moving in the wrong direction. If Hillary Clinton does become the President of the United States, I believe it will be a great victory for unelected party insiders who partner with big money and big media for the purpose of buying and selling political influence.

If I vote for that system, I'm giving it my approval. And I believe this is, perhaps, the last chance I'll have during my lifetime to take a stand against it.

You may disagree entirely with all of my conclusions, but if you keep on saying people like me are 'giving up,' or taking an easy way out (it's not, at all. It's damn hard.), you're just plain lying. If you intend to keep on saying things like that, be aware - you're lying.