Stephen A. Smith goes IN on Colin Keapernick for not voiting

[...and some waffle fries]

Think of not voting like going to a restaurant and telling the waiter to "just surprise you", sure it might work out and you might get something you like. On the other hand, you may not get something you like, or even if it is a type of food you may like the chefs skill in actually cooking the food come into play.

Additionally, say you have a peanut allergy and the chef sends out ice cream with Reese's cups for desserts. Or you can't tolerate gluten and the chef serves you a wheat based dish. These are possibilities you could avoid by actually putting in an order rather than just rolling the dice.

Your one vote may seem like nothing in a pool of millions, but some precincts come down to margins of less than 100 regularly. If people don't vote there is a high percentage chance that their children won't vote. But look what happened when millions of people decided not to vote, a coalition was able to get their Presidential candidate in much easier because of individuals making the choice not to vote. Trump had one of the lowest winning % since Carter.

At local levels this is even more relevant.


Kaep had every right to not vote. What he did imo that was wrong was revealing that he did not vote. He is under a heavy microscope and he HAS a platform to be able to affect change in other ways. People like you and me don't have that kind of platform. Voting is the most effective way that most everyday people can impact the political process! But just from posters on here you can see that Kaep revealing he didn't vote has embolden others who also didn't vote. Little kids see that and think "Well if Kaep didn't vote I don't need to either", but not connecting the dots that he has influence that they will never have.

Wrong. Terrible analogies. No such thing as a bloodless revolution.

 

[DonKnock]

Nick Saban said he didn't even know voting took place Tuesday. Y'all gone chastise him

Yupp fucc him too

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Grass root level activism has been proven to work far better than policies that aren't designed to work for us.

No they don't......

 

[SoulController]

no excuse to not be involved in local selections and public questions. the 2 public ?'s in NJ shape millions of dollars and thousands of jobs. ive backed his movement, but hes a dikk for ignoring it completely

 

[calh45]

Cops been murkin nikkas with impunity with Obama. I'm asking how much worse can it get. I'm asking you what you think sir.

This article explains it and saves me from writing a novel - What Trump’s Win Means for Chicago and Baltimore’s Cops - The department of justice is headed by the Attorney General. They can't force a state/local prosecutors to pull charges against a cop nor can they force a grand jury to put charges on a cop, but what they can do is come in and essentially take over the department any time these reports happen, investigate them, then shut down all the bull shyt they've been getting away with and force them to change/get better.

When Trump appoints Guiliani he's going to undo all of that. At least with Bush you could see they felt the need to investigate as well, but Guiliani comes from a perspective that all cops are correct and any actions they do are just. It removes oversight to allow the ones that are shytty to go even further without fear of the feds coming in and taking over the department.

 

[Scott Larock]

What's with this trend of people not voting

I get being apathetic towards the government, and the shytty candidates........but you vote to try to change that

But if voting historically hasn't changed anything for us why vote? Atlanta was built off voting but off affluent blacks moving in and creating change with their pockets.

Politicians can and are always bought off voting doesn't change shyt Marilyn mosbley is very educated and smart but once them white folks threw money in her face she sold out quick for herself.

If Baltimore was affluent with black businesses all over the place then I'll agree with voting but voting when you own. Thing is stupid and dumb.

All that sentiment shyt is dumb and proved to do nothing, Obama couldn't do shyt and he was black.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

But if voting historically hasn't changed anything for us why vote? Atlanta was built off voting but off affluent blacks moving in and creating change with their pockets.

Politicians can and are always bought off voting doesn't change shyt Marilyn mosbley is very educated and smart but once them white folks threw money in her face she sold out quick for herself.

If Baltimore was affluent with black businesses all over the place then I'll agree with voting but voting when you own. Thing is stupid and dumb.

All that sentiment shyt is dumb and proved to do nothing, Obama couldn't do shyt and he was black.

Breh read from post #254 and down

 

[Ronnie Lott]

no excuse to not be involved in local selections and public questions. the 2 public ?'s in NJ shape millions of dollars and thousands of jobs. ive backed his movement, but hes a dikk for ignoring it completely

What did he ignore completely?

 

[Rocket Scientist]

MLK,Medgar and them marched to vote, these guys lost their lives !.They made our grandparents (if your black) recite alphabet backwards just to vote..I may not have a platform like Kap but all we have is a vote.Its like being a customer who complains on how bad customer service was in a restaurant,yet instead of telling the restaurant about your bad experience,you just sit home and complain about it.

 

[Nigerianwonder]

Think of not voting like going to a restaurant and telling the waiter to "just surprise you", sure it might work out and you might get something you like. On the other hand, you may not get something you like, or even if it is a type of food you may like the chefs skill in actually cooking the food come into play.

And you think this amount of variability exist in our 2 party system? This hypothetical restaurant would only have 2 things on the menu.. a greasy hamburger or a greasy cheese burger. Both will kill you if you keep eating it.. the one with cheese is just more appealing. Neither would be a "surprise" since you already know what your gonna get.

 

[Kd35brah]

He lives in California, his vote wouldn't have meant shyt.

Was going to be a Blue state no matter what. Hillary got the electoral votes from CA anyway.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Honestly, I think we need to get into the business of paying off politicians like all other groups do.

 

[Kd35brah]

It would be like getting mad at Westbrook for not voting for Clinton in fukking Oklahoma.

Red state no matter what happens.

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

What's with this trend of people not voting

I get being apathetic towards the government, and the shytty candidates........but you vote to try to change that

I work so that everyone can have fair access to that vote. Whether I vote or not is not reflective of the activism work bc it is a personal decision, a liberty. With all that he has done, who are we to say how he should take a stand?

 

[DonKnock]

Wrong. Terrible analogies. No such thing as a bloodless revolution.

Are you ready to die for the cause?

Cause millions of people aren't ready to die for the cause, but voting is something they CAN do. Not everyone is built for that, why would you not want a multifaceted approach.

You need people like Kaep, you need people like Micah, but you also need people to go out and vote!