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In reply to the discussion: My swan song, come get your grave dancing on, if that's your thing. [View all]Orrex
(63,168 posts)Last edited Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:21 AM - Edit history (1)
Who is yours?
See, because I'm a grown-up, I recognize that there is more at stake in this (and every) election than my own personal BFF candidate, and because I haven't attached my ego to either nominee, I don't take it as a personal insult when people choose not to vote for "my" candidate.
I do not "feel" either candidate, nor do I drape either in sappy messianic imagery. I will vote for whichever candidate keeps the Republican out of office, because (much like Sanders) I am easily able to distinguish between Clinton and Trump/Cruz, so she'll get my vote if she's on the ballot, just as Sanders will if he's the nominee.
To judge by the many insults thrown at me, it appears that some of Sanders' more spirited cheerleaders can't accept anything less than a wholehearted embrace of Sanders. They've imagined thselves as the only true Democrats, the lifeblood of the Democratic party, and the mechanism for ushering their imagined Savior onto his fitting pedestal.
If he's on the ballot, then hell yes I'll vote for him, and I won't post some fit of public GBCW onanism to congratulate myself for my unique and precious wisdom.
Because I understand that it's not all about me.