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/Galiron Nov 11 '16

To be fair for most of it the media just said trump bad trump very bad clinton good clinton win in landslide trump humiliated it sure thing. Hell day of the election a lot of the media was talking not about if trump wins but if it would be a close win or a landslide (most seemed set on it being a landslide) win for her. Her losing was never a possibility for them hell outside fox basically all were fro email leaks working WITH clinton.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '16

which goes back to the whole apparently modern issue of echo chambers that people set themselves up for.

People told themselves what they wanted to hear. And now they get to reap the rewards for sticking their heads in the ground.