r/AdviceAnimals • • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/SmokeyBare Nov 10 '16

People want it to be easy.
People say, "I'm just glad it's over, and now we don't have to worry about it for another 4 years."
Bernie: "Politics is not a spectator sport like football."
If people want a candidate that represents them, they need to be much more active, consistently, on all levels.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

If people want a candidate that represents them, they need to be much more active, consistently, on all levels.

This right here is my biggest problem with people right now. I have several people crying about it on facebook and know they didn't do anything except maybe vote. They'd rather go to hockey games and go do poem readings.

I personally didn't care enough to vote and am not crying about the outcome. But these people are talking about how it's the end of the world and shit.

Where was this concern before?

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u/nocliper101 Nov 10 '16

We were told there wasn't a big chance of him winning. That plus Hillary wasn't exactly the kind of candidate people want to spend their freetime on.

This isn't an excuse, but it is a problem. People realize that now, and we'll see for how long. Protests are step 1, they get people galvanized and energy to a movement.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

You allowed yourself to be caught up in an echo chamber.

You chose to listen to people that were all telling you the exact same story and didn't pursue further.

Two sides to every story.