tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558669846298144145.post7821358001371593162..comments2023-05-09T10:03:57.938-04:00Comments on DRYDEN DAILY KAZ: Post Selma: How Are We Doing?KAZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003077552609056100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558669846298144145.post-16804650207320586262015-03-10T09:56:25.197-04:002015-03-10T09:56:25.197-04:00I don't think people had time or resources 50 ...I don't think people had time or resources 50 years ago, either—or any better choices at the ballot box. But they managed to resist actively and nonviolently, with acts of witness and boycotts that often hurt them more than they hurt the oppressors. Shrugging off that sacrifice is sad and a little petty. I know Piven's theories about the demobilization of the electorate, and I get the problems, but at the end of the day, if you don't vote, someone who doesn't represent your interests will, and we'll end up with the idiots who now run the country.KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003077552609056100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558669846298144145.post-58793804271604856702015-03-09T20:07:35.853-04:002015-03-09T20:07:35.853-04:00Late night typing.
s/b "Or someone might NOT...Late night typing. <br />s/b "Or someone might NOT feel that the electoral choices offered to them are representative OF THE possible range of reasonable points of view."<br /><br />Many people do not have the time or resources to make those personal choices. I recommend Francis Fox Piven's Why Americans Don't Vote (Pantheon, 1988, ISBN 978-0-394-55396-2); please find it in your mail shortly.mlutwaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558669846298144145.post-15662617620129723372015-03-09T08:49:00.087-04:002015-03-09T08:49:00.087-04:00Not quite sure what this means. Stop voting for in...Not quite sure what this means. Stop voting for incumbents, help find candidates in your neighborhoods, work to get money out of politics. Still all personal choices.KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003077552609056100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558669846298144145.post-57277514236940244322015-03-08T20:42:23.182-04:002015-03-08T20:42:23.182-04:00Or someone might to feel that the electoral choice...Or someone might to feel that the electoral choices offered to them are representative to possible range of reasonable points of view.mlutwaknoreply@blogger.com