General Discussion

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

2. Yeah, but it turned out that she was registered

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 08:39 PM

Oct 2017

See, I asked that question first. Then they started discussing the last election and volunteered the reasons why they hadn't voted. I believe her because she seemed genuine. I do admit there are a lot of students who are either apathetic or don't want to bother. The thing is, though, in CO we have voting by mail. All one has to do is register to receive a ballot in the mail. Pretty easy. I really think she chose to ignore the ballot because she was disappointed in her options. That is what scares the hell out of me. It was a giant snow job that convinced a lot of people not to bother.

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

87 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

My Student Showed Me How Pervasive and Powerful the Anti-HRC Campaign Was [View all] ProudLib72 Oct 2017 OP

Registering to vote and actually voting are two different things. Throck Oct 2017 #1

Yeah, but it turned out that she was registered ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #2

That sucks. One of my fondest memories is my dad handing me a registration when I turned 18, because bettyellen Oct 2017 #4

Is it illegal to tell them to research as much as possible DK504 Oct 2017 #3

THAT is a good question ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #6

And to check the bias of their sources right? Ninsianna Oct 2017 #9

One of my younger brothers relayed something to me. Blue_true Oct 2017 #5

My student was still convinced she did the right thing ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #7

It Feels Like Wilful Ignorance To Me Me. Oct 2017 #11

She's really just plain stupid. SharonClark Oct 2017 #13

Sigh Me. Oct 2017 #24

I know yall hate me because I am a white male but I do have some Jim Beard Oct 2017 #83

You Know Me. Oct 2017 #85

The female hate was on another thread. Jim Beard Oct 2017 #86

Hate Is Never A Happy Me. Oct 2017 #87

Yes and no ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #26

I Get What You're Saying Me. Oct 2017 #33

Yes, I thought about that, too ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #35

Not necessarily just the MSM forthemiddle Oct 2017 #73

Did you ask what she thought made HRC bad? karynnj Oct 2017 #16

I didn't want to press the matter ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #28

I get why you did not want to push things given her response karynnj Oct 2017 #30

I lost count of the people who said "but Hillary is just an awful person..... yellowdogintexas Oct 2017 #36

groupthink is the answer, and young people are especially suceptible to this, since their experience TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #39

Groupthink sounds fitting in this instance ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #45

a black lady told me that treestar Oct 2017 #63

That young Black man's logic is like saying Blue_true Oct 2017 #82

Um, that message was not coming from Dotard. Ninsianna Oct 2017 #8

Some were not "pretending to be the left." Theynwere the "left."They call themselves haveahart Oct 2017 #10

Like millions of other Americans, I'm proud to call myself a Bernie Sanders style progressive. jalan48 Oct 2017 #14

I am a Progressive. I do not apologize for my views lovemydogs Oct 2017 #15

Bernie also spread lies about Hillary. Because of that he is part of the reason we have Trump. wasupaloopa Oct 2017 #19

What lies did Bernie spread? jalan48 Oct 2017 #20

His attacking her for giving speaches to Wall Street means she was compromised wasupaloopa Oct 2017 #22

Everyone is is entitled to his/her opinion. jalan48 Oct 2017 #27

I give Hillary credit for that candid admission... if only she had realized it sooner. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #37

I'd like to believe that these were just true believers who got led astray, Ninsianna Oct 2017 #44

It's often phrased as the lesser of two evils.... Xolodno Oct 2017 #12

Exactly right ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #21

More like whack a mole.... Xolodno Oct 2017 #25

We need to figure out why Obama was a messiah ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #50

I think that was a personality issue. Peole liked his persona. LisaM Oct 2017 #80

Except voters increased Motownman78 Oct 2017 #32

yeah; obama was "cool" whereas hillary was cranky grama. young people do not always make decisions TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #40

Actually it can, Ninsianna Oct 2017 #46

The votes not recounted were due to election staff incompetence, nothing else MichMan Oct 2017 #58

They were due to faulty vote scanners, Ninsianna Oct 2017 #59

State law from 1956 prohibited it MichMan Oct 2017 #61

I understand. Ninsianna Oct 2017 #62

That one is especially dumb treestar Oct 2017 #65

With respect to Rush (the band) Takket Oct 2017 #17

Look at my post 21 ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #23

Why didn't your student have the critical thinking skills to reject the bull shit? wasupaloopa Oct 2017 #18

Similar to My First Thought erpowers Oct 2017 #55

25 years of anti-Clintonism from right and left radius777 Oct 2017 #29

It's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" except with propaganda, not aliens. betsuni Oct 2017 #31

The Follow-Up Question - it is NEVER asked CakeGrrl Oct 2017 #34

true. nt TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #41

When I've done this, I've found them "articulating" talking points verbatim. Ninsianna Oct 2017 #47

And not having lived long enough to witness ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #49

This is what negative campaigning is all about. Scruffy1 Oct 2017 #38

+1. And Republicans don't sit home. emulatorloo Oct 2017 #42

People who refused to vote in 2016 share the blame for what's coming. oasis Oct 2017 #43

Be fair now Oasis ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #52

If only there had been a candidate with good favorability rating & resonated with young voters, too JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #48

Yes, and equipped with some kind of supernatural anti-swiftboating shield. Hortensis Oct 2017 #51

This is why I want a list of the 10 million people that Facebook hammered with Russian ads Not Ruth Oct 2017 #53

Latest news is that it was actually 70 million N/T Steven Maurer Oct 2017 #66

Half of the amount of people that voted Not Ruth Oct 2017 #67

That is why I will never forgive Jill Stein and those who spread the lies and distortions still_one Oct 2017 #54

Can You Inform Them About Politics or Political Ideas? erpowers Oct 2017 #56

I teach composition ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #60

I frankly think that there was negativity against Hillary on college campuses during the primaries LisaM Oct 2017 #57

Was it just them or Congress and other offices too? treestar Oct 2017 #64

The entire ballot ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #68

+1 treestar Oct 2017 #70

Do you think it's down to a person's age or the campaign rhetoric ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #71

Yes good idea treestar Oct 2017 #72

Give them something to vote FOR rather than against NCDem777 Oct 2017 #69

Will you give her a fair grade? Just leave it alone. Politics don't belong in the classroom. LittleBlue Oct 2017 #74

Be assured that I definitely do NOT hold it against her ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #75

I dont see even an INKLING of the poster saying that Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #77

Politics doesn't belong in the classroom, but discussing civic responsibilty sure does. LisaM Oct 2017 #81

Big problem, they have been convinced that they only need to vote when a candidate Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #76

Look up at my post 50 about Obama as a messiah ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #78

Most voters under 25 are voting for the first time I think and they were Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #79

Ok, let's suppose the difference is the crap from the other side ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #84