tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post116259628807214970..comments2023-10-29T11:06:08.502-04:00Comments on The Flibbertigibbet: A pox on all their housesLetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15613580066013000070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-1162859563357730852006-11-06T19:32:00.000-05:002006-11-06T19:32:00.000-05:00Yes Leta, please do vote! I'm not sure you're ful...Yes Leta, please do vote! I'm not sure you're fully aware of the hell suffragettes were put through from the 1890s to 1910s in order to earn all women in the US the right to vote. <BR/>If you have no idea what I'm talking about, please see the HBO DVD "Iron Jawed Angels." When suffragettes were jailed at Occoquan in the 1910s for picketing outside the White House, they protested by not eating. In retaliation, their jailors force-fed them, not with IVs, but with funnels and hoses jammed way down their throats. Not only disgusting, but horribly dangerous.<BR/>To honor their bravery and accomplishments, please vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-1162836269502321542006-11-06T13:04:00.000-05:002006-11-06T13:04:00.000-05:00I will quietly urge you to consider voting anyway....I will quietly urge you to consider voting anyway. A sad fact is that many smear ads are designed solely for the purpose of driving down voter turnout while motivating your "core constituency" to vote. This enables small motivated groups to sneak past apathetic majorities, and as a result you get schools that teach creationism (among many, many other ills). <BR/><BR/>Vote. In keeping with your later post, I'd urge it to you as the right thing to do even if a particular instance might not be pleasant.<BR/><BR/>RigelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-1162827799534633172006-11-06T10:43:00.000-05:002006-11-06T10:43:00.000-05:00My husband opened the door to a Democrat volunteer...My husband opened the door to a Democrat volunteer who was going door to door in our neighborhood the other day. He made exactly this point to her - all we're seeing is these negative ads, with not one word about where the candidates stand on various issues. He started asking the volunteer what she could tell him about the candidates' stands; she either didn't know or was so taken aback at being asked that she couldn't answer. (Poor thing; nothing like my husband when he starts ranting. He's civil, but he does go on.)Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242503212913962081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-1162688726882169132006-11-04T20:05:00.000-05:002006-11-04T20:05:00.000-05:00Very good point about the local elections being mo...Very good point about the local elections being more civil. I think the crux of that is similar to the problem of internet trolls and abuse...distance.<BR/><BR/>Those local political opponents not only have to face each other in person to present their respective cases, but, in all liklihood, must peacefully co-exist in the community regardless of the outcome of the election. That would lead to at least assuming an attitude of civility, no?<BR/><BR/>Whereas, with increasing distance, you get an increasing "Us vs. Them" mentality. And you're right on the money: It stinks.<BR/><BR/>We're in the interesting position of not receiving local television channels, so we're living in Arkansas, but being exposed to the political advertising local to California, New Jersey, and New York.ninjapoodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10322256509244988323noreply@blogger.com