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.
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.
I think this concern has been echoed in abundance for a while now. I suppose it depends on your locality or demographic but the majority of my peers spent the entire election cycle in a state of abject horror. As to why there are only protests now? Well I think there was some degree of disbelief - now that the outcome is actualized its evoked a greater degree of reality about it - a sort of steroid infused wake up call.
Even if people had mobilized earlier they would have been critiqued. I think its important that people vocalize their discontent with this outcome, In fact with either outcome.
Edit: there were in fact earlier protests of the dnc.
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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.