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"It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen."
-JRR Tolkien
If I see one more post like “I’m so proud my state turned blue” I might rage vomit. Those people are exactly what’s wrong with the nation, voting down a party line, loyal to a fault for zero reason.
If all you care about is “your party winning” whether red or blue, then you don’t really care about the nation at all. You only care about your opinion, which is most definitely not aligned with what’s best for America.
If you read this post and think I am being partisan, you are a fucking idiot. The point is that you should be looking at the CANDIDATE and their ACCOMPLISHMENTS instead of what ticket they are running. Perhaps then you’ll stop thinking binary (red/blue) and start critically thinking (multi-party).
When you “vote blue no matter who” or “vote red ‘til I’m dead”, this is the kind of bull shit you get. Stop voting down the party line and start voting critically. You’ll find that your “party” isn’t what you think it is.
we are not fucking doing this right now. not so close to the election, not when we are literally begging people to vote for biden.
is he a terrible person? yeah, yeah he is. is kamala harris any better? no, she isnt.
do we have even a morsel of a choice when voting?
waiting for a better candidate or throwing your vote away on a third party is the quickest way to ensure that you never get to make that choice ever again. voting anything other than blue in the upcoming election is the quickest way to ensure a fascist remains the leader of our country
the battered wife mentality americans have with their political system is so funny yet so fucking sad
And then the next election will come around and it'll be the same argument. Vote blue, because the Republicans are fascists. No, you don't get to question it. You don't get to demand better. You don't get to vote third party. You can only ever vote Democrat, and that means you have to accept the Democrat's table scraps.
The absolute brainrot of going from
"do we have even a morsel of a choice when voting?"
To
"Vote blue anyways"
Is absolutely astonishing, impressive almost if it wasn't so fucking sad.
All elections have consequences that are felt for years to come. At what point are you going to take a stand for what you believe?
Félix Vallotton, The Laundress, Blue Room, 1900
Granville Redmond (American, 1871 - 1935) Blueish Moonlight, s.d.
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons. Vase dedicated to Neptune. Late 1790s.
Jasperware.
State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia.
Wassily Kandinsky, The Blue Rider, 1903
Duchess of Cambridge Photo Challenge // August 2015
14/31 - Favorite BLUE piece of clothing worn by Catherine
