Ok. Sounds like a documentary. I don't do documentaries anymore.
They put together a limited set of evidence that seems quite
logical at first, then it "jumps the shark" and if you're not
watching the shift carefully, suddenly your thinking how they'd
like you to think and at the end, you're almost required to
agree completely with what they say. I went to a school with a
heavy film dept. Hampshire College, Amherst MA. I didn't finish
the school nor did I go to filmmaking. However, my friends were
taking classes. One of the easiest types of people to fool is
the intellectual. Music, mood, images, logic. They're so busy
thinking logically that they miss the emotional manipulations.
It's a film technique. == tbh, I don't get involved much in
politics this early in the process. I _should_ but my idealism
has given way to skepticism too much to involve myself in
promoting or convincing or mudslinging campaigning with people.
I wait until the primaries are over. Then I start really
thinking about it. When I close the curtain, I decide then. ==
Oh I agree. The guy says everything I want to hear and I believe
he believes it and logically, I should be campaigning with signs
and convincing people. Thing is, I know what the prez can do and
what the prez can't do... and I know what happens to
revolutionary programs once the president that follows HIM comes
in: they'll dismantle a lot of it to make THEIR marks. At the
same time, a lot of great stuff (and bad stuff) will stay
around. I guess I've spent so many years having NOBODY that
represents "me" up there... when I finally "got one", my
idealism is too worn thin for me to actively participate. That
being said, that means people like YOU _HAVE TO_ keep doing what
you're doing. I can't do it. Call it hypocrasy or laziness as
you like, but the point is: you're wasting your time with me.
Put the energies towards promoting him towards victory with
people who will join you. I can't. If I put my heart into it,
I'll be broken hearted and give up voting. I like voting. I
don't have the stamina either for the enthusiasm of hope or the
potential for defeat. That's me though. But it's more than
likely you have a supporter in me, so I'd suggest shifting
energies to others who you _can_ budge into joining you in the
rallying. == That's precisely why I can't campaign for him. I
vote in almost every election cycle. I believe in being a good
citizen and voting. Not for everybody but for myself. But
putting all my eggs in would kill that and considering the
importance of voting on local elections (where they *do* make
the biggest differences), my 'not voting' _will_ make a local
impact that _could_ be felt directly. == There's a very real
chance that if Sanders loses, Trump will win because of the
exiting of the Sander's supporters en masse from the voting
pool, leaving Clinton with very little and Trump with everybody
else. == Agreed. I'm starting to realize that part of the
message that *I* have to bring out in this campaign process is
to Sander's supporters to not spent too much time debating me or
trying to demonize Clinton but rather fight FOR his campaign,
because: a) debating with me is a waste of time/energy because I
already agree in principle. b) The greater need is to get more
Sander's supporters rather than trying to take away from
Clinton's camp. What happens I've noticed is an echo chamber
effect. "Clinton sucks!" "Yeah, she sucks!" "Here's all the ways
she sucks: ". The thing is: those words and arguments can
EQUALLY be used by Trump supporters, Cruz supporters, any other
supporters. But what's unique about Sanders? THAT'S where the
efforts need to be imo. == Of course. That's politics. She's
been in it a long time and knows the game very very well. It's
actually one of her strengths: It's one of the things that got
her the black vote in SC. The black vote in SC was primarily
made up of black women who likely know that you have to play
dirty and fight dirty to win in a man's world and I think that
appeals to them. She does represent them so to me their vote for
her is very logical and rational for them. ==
