Trump and the Convention and Where We Go From Here – Whatever
Friday, July 22nd, 2016Trump and the Convention and Where We Go From Here – Whatever:
I like John Scalzi’s political commentary a lot. I don’t see much to disagree with here.
To my followers, most of whom are younger than me, I want to say something. I’m going to try not to say it too often, but I think it’s worth getting on the record for whatever teency amount of good it might do.
Please vote.
As a group, your political views are much better than those of fogeys like me (not me in particular, necessarily, but my age/race/gender cohort, who embarrassingly are by far the most likely to be voting Trump). It gives me hope for the future that so many of you (really, an overwhelming majority of you) see through his shtick.
The problem is that too few of you actually vote. As you age more and more of you eventually will, but for now, with your lives full of more pressing concerns than endorsing a crufty old political system, too few of you do.
We (all of us; fogeys, millennials, everyone in between) need to make an effort this time. It isn’t an ordinary election. Trump’s victory or loss, and the size of that victory or loss, will have effects that echo down through the rest of our lives. You’ll look back on this election when you’re gray and embarrassing. You’ll look back in pride or regret, but I guarantee you’ll look back.
Future you wants you to play your part.
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