Friday, May 20, 2016

#Bernieorbust is dumb as hell

Well, not really, but embracing it is a sign of privilege and pretty short sighted if you ask me, which you didn't, but I don't care.

The idea that Clinton and Trump are equally bad is not without merit, both are pretty much in the pocket of the rich in one way or another, both are kind sleazy, albeit in different fashions, and both will probably not succeed at getting a lot done during their presidencies, possibly. Again for different reasons, Clinton because the Republicans will refuse to work with her, and Trump because he doesn't really know how to do anything, and with any luck the rest of the government will reign him in when he tries really crazy shit.

On the other hand.

One candidate wants to keep Obamacare and increase the minimum wage, one candidate wants to deport eleven million people and build a wall with our southern neighbor and ally, one person claims to be for a woman's right to choose, one of them wants to ban two billion people from entering our country because of their religion, one person will select Supreme Court justices who will probably at least pay lip service to the law and justice, the other... will not. These differences may seem minor to you or me, given that you are almost certainly white, probably a male, and live in one of the most liberal cities in the country, but for anyone else living anywhere else, these differences are somewhat more major.

I don't have to worry about friends and family, or myself, getting kicked out of my home, I don't have to worry about being put in a camp for my religion, or that I won't be allowed to return to my country if I leave it, I don't have to worry that my chance of escaping violence might get forever cut off. Nor do I have to worry about being forced to carry a child to term that I did not choose to have, I even have insurance that isn't through the ACA, my life will probably not change significantly if Trump wins the presidency rather than Clinton, but a shitload of other people's lives will and that is why being able to say Bernie or bust is a privilege.

If you really care about other people in this country you will vote for Sanders in the primary, support him to the hilt, get mad at the people, Clinton included, who are fucking things up for him, then if he loses grit your goddamn teeth and fill in the box for Clinton in November you short sighted selfish prick.

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