Reply #66: Dogpile on the Wabbit [View All]

I was a disaffected voter once, a registered and deliberate non-voter, in some sort of apathy or protest or laziness. Can't decide in retrospect.

Now I'm what they call a "super-voter." Give me the freakin' blue ribbon; I'm doing my civic duty.

Neither stance has thoroughly convinced me that my individual vote makes a greater difference than the type of groundswell, grass-roots activity represented by participation in DU, or talking with a group of friends at the local saloon, supermarket, senior center or picking up that placard for a march, or writing a letter. While I've "helped elect" a few, I've also seen my time and care getting to know the candidates and making a semi-intelligent choice in all levels of government, seemingly wasted again and again. Witness 2000, most heartbreaking national fraud of all.

Sounds like you have a compelling reason to not enter into that part of the process. Raises questions others mercifully aren't asking. But whatever your reasons, the choice to vote or not vote is NOT the sole prerogative or qualification of citizenship. Do I smell some kind of self-righteous elitism in the air?

I'd be more interested in finding out how many of the good DUers trashing you have ever - e gads -voted Republican in the generals. Will that get you booted out, called stupid? If so, ignore me too, because I've done it MORE THAN ONCE when the only candidate with brain cells happened to belong to the wrong party.

See you 'round the dustbins!