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A tweet from the George Takei Twitter account which states:
"A Democrat was in the White House when my family was sent to the internment camps in 1941. It was an egregious violation of our human and civil rights.
It would have been understandable if people like me said they’d never vote for a Democrat again, given what had been done to us.
But being a liberal, being a progressive, means being able to look past my own grievances and concerns and think of the greater good. It means working from within the Democratic party to make it better, even when it has betrayed its values.
I went on to campaign for Adlai Stevenson when I became an adult. I marched for civil rights and had the honor of meeting Dr. Martin Luther King. I fought for redress for my community and have spent my life ensuring that America understood that we could not betray our Constitution in such a way ever again.
Bill Clinton broke my heart when he signed DOMA into law. It was a slap in the face to the LGBTQ community. And I knew that we still had much work to do. But I voted for him again in 1996 despite my misgivings, because the alternative was far worse. And my obligation as a citizen was to help choose the best leader for it, not to check out by not voting out of anger or protest.
There is no leader who will make the decision you want her or him to make 100 percent of the time. Your vote is a tool of hope for a better world. Use it wisely, for it is precious. Use it for others, for they are in need of your support, too."
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The last paragraph I find particularly powerful and something more people really should take into account.
Do the Democrats have a candidate whose worst feature is a single incidence of baby-robbing, or are they just going to run war criminals for office again?
The Democrats have a year to sort themselves out, but so many people in these comments seem to assume that they won't even try. Its weird that all these supposed Democrat voters have such little faith in the party that they'd rather try and persuade me to vote blue no matter who than call their reps and demand they do better.
Considering Republicans don't have literally Hitler as the candidate (just Hitler lite™), my comment was meant to be hyperbolic.
And honestly, does anyone think there'll be any meaningful change? Are you optimistic they'll change?
Besides, I'm not even American, I couldn't possibly vote Democrat. Though I could vote Republican funnily enough.
As Americans, due to the influence of your country you have more responsibility than many other people on this planet.
The climate will not survive another four years of Trump.
I'm not optimistic, and haven't been since before I saw the American public buy "they hate us for our freedom".