thread: 2008-11-07 : Hope & Courage
On 2008-11-08, Brand Robins wrote:
Ron,
Three times in the last week I've had fights with folks because, when I asked them what they had done in a political situation, they said "voted, that's all I can do right?"
I swear, it seems for many people politics is not only primarily expressed in elections, it is singularly, solely, and exclusively expressed by the community in the single act of casting a vote.
Vincent,
I think the other big lie is that any single person or group of person ruins a whole country. God knows that Bush has done horrible things and been a poor leader, but the end of Bush does not mean a new era of joy and respect for America.
A lot of reflection, understanding, and fucking hard, heart-breaking work might mean that. But ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead doesn't work any more than electing a demi-god to fix the world for us.
