'Tis the season...

[xp_spectrum]

So I finished my finals yesterday (mostly, I still have some assignments due) and sitting in my US Politics exam, I was reminded that it's election season again. Thank God.

So here's the deal. We aren't out of the woods yet. 45 might be gone and the Interim Dude is as useless as a soggy paper grocery bag (because of being Interim Dude), but that doesn't mean we can coast in November. So, here's a to-do list:

1) Enrol to vote. If you are already enrolled, make sure they haven't struck you off for some stupid-ass reason, like being a Democrat supporter.

2) Research! Look into your candidates. What are their stances on mutant rights? Human rights? Everything Rights?

3) When the time comes, GO VOTE! Help others get to the polling station. Organise your friends! All that good stuff.

This content brought to you by having had to write a paper on the Constitution and its Amendments, in excruciating detail.

Edit:

I know I sound naive. I know the system's broken and that things need to change and politicians suck. But what's the alternative? Go live on a mutant-only island that has blackjack and hookers and put up a "no flatscans" sign? Finish what Magneto started with the Great Headache and kill all the humans? Rise up and overthrow the government and take over the country?

It sucks that things are the way they are. But I don't want a war. And I don't want to sit by and complain about it when I might try to do something. So I'll do my best to work with the broken system we have, in the hopes that one day we might actually be able to fix it, bit by bit.

Comments

[xp_artie]

Oh my god. Do you have to have to be so earnest?

Here's how it's going to work:

Humans are pretty sure we're a threat somewhere between lone white male gunmen and uh what's a potential threat if you're a real bigot? Something like that.

You're unbelievably naive if you think the flatscan middle ground enough to get party nomination is going to want to be pro mutant in public. Maybe we can get someone who doesn't publicly advocate for interment camps or tagging all x-gene positive kids at birth.

"Go vote!“ why? Why should I take part in a system that oppresses and marginalises mutants? They - the fucking flatscan humans out there who the bulk of voters - would cheer if they could have every mutant depowered tomorrow.

If you think I'm going to go out and be a community organiser and encourage mutants to pick which boot they have on their neck or put a nice smile on and be a performing monkey for the humans so they get to see a nice, respectable non threatening mutant, then you've got another thing coming.

Seriously, screw humans.

[xp_spectrum]

You do you. I"ll do me.

[xp_artie]

Sure

[xp_echo]

Already enrolled. Let’s get this thing done.

[xp_echo]

Artie...You know that everything isn’t just about people like us, right? (Why am I being the voice of reason here? Stop it)

[xp_loa]

Hey, thanks for posting this reminder. Luckily I was able to vote in the primaries from here, so I'm super thankful for that.

Would you be alright if I posted this on my soc to remind others?

[xp_spectrum]

Sure, go for it. :)

[xp_skin]

You go, kid, and don't listen to Artie. If the best we can get for now is the guy who doesn't openly want us all locked up or dead, that's what we work with and bit by bit, it will get better.

And maybe I'll get to be America's first mutant senator after all. I had a plan before M-Day, might have to stretch it out a bit but I'm not giving up.

[xp_spectrum]

Stretching is your forte, after all. Looking forward to seeing you in office one day. ;)

And thanks. I appreciate the thoughts.