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'Tis the season...
May. 8th, 2020 05:52 pmSo 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.
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.
