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morrigirlAfter watching this video, posted as a bulletin by one of my old high school friends on MySpace, I realize we've reached the point in this election cycle at which I must voice my support for all the adults in this country who have decided, for whatever reason, NOT to vote in November.
People seem to forget that voting is a RIGHT, not an OBLIGATION. Just because you possess the right to do something does not mean you HAVE to do it. I have the right to bare arms, but do I own a gun? No, I don't, because that is a right I do not have the need or desire to invoke. Women currently obtain the right to safe and legal abortions as an extension of their right to privacy. Does that mean every woman who gets pregnant is OBLIGATED to go out and have an abortion? No, it means she can CHOOSE whether or not it is something she wants to go through with.
Not a single person residing in the United States is OBLIGATED to vote. Contrary to what all the talking heads say, voting is not mandatory. If you do not honestly think any of the major or minor party candidates would make a good president, you do not have to vote. Let me say that again: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE. If each individual vote is as important as the media would have us believe then why go and waste it on a candidate you don't believe in?
Unlike the celebrities in the aforementioned video, I am not being sarcastic or condescending. I firmly believe that if you do not want to vote then you should not be coerced into doing so, nor should you let anyone make you feel bad for choosing not to exercise your rights. Because the right to vote includes the right NOT TO VOTE.
I support every citizen in the United States who will not be voting on election day because they deserve just as much respect as those citizens who will be headed to the polls.
People seem to forget that voting is a RIGHT, not an OBLIGATION. Just because you possess the right to do something does not mean you HAVE to do it. I have the right to bare arms, but do I own a gun? No, I don't, because that is a right I do not have the need or desire to invoke. Women currently obtain the right to safe and legal abortions as an extension of their right to privacy. Does that mean every woman who gets pregnant is OBLIGATED to go out and have an abortion? No, it means she can CHOOSE whether or not it is something she wants to go through with.
Not a single person residing in the United States is OBLIGATED to vote. Contrary to what all the talking heads say, voting is not mandatory. If you do not honestly think any of the major or minor party candidates would make a good president, you do not have to vote. Let me say that again: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE. If each individual vote is as important as the media would have us believe then why go and waste it on a candidate you don't believe in?
Unlike the celebrities in the aforementioned video, I am not being sarcastic or condescending. I firmly believe that if you do not want to vote then you should not be coerced into doing so, nor should you let anyone make you feel bad for choosing not to exercise your rights. Because the right to vote includes the right NOT TO VOTE.
I support every citizen in the United States who will not be voting on election day because they deserve just as much respect as those citizens who will be headed to the polls.
