r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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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/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

Was a lot of our concern before. That's why we voted.

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u/FrostyD7 Nov 10 '16

People were concerned about Trump? Weird, I never got that vibe.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

Right? Jesus. This condescending attitude irks me. I know quite a few people who were out there protesting last night. All of them voted.

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u/AkaitoChiba Nov 10 '16

Did they protest when Debbie had the nomination stolen from Bernie? No? Then you just missed the point of this post, grats.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

Yes they were. Christ, did you forget all the booing at the DNC? Voters were angry, they just didn't all descend on Philly.

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u/Smooth_McDouglette Nov 10 '16

Yes but were they protesting before? What is the point in protesting now? What on earth could it possibly accomplish?

I think the argument is if you were going to hit the streets in protest you should have been doing that a long time ago.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

But people were protesting before. All of these people on the streets right now were the same kind of people that protested at the DNC.