# Fuck it...I'm not voting... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-im-not-voting/271664 "2004-10-28T13:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-im-not-voting/271664/121 "2004-10-31T09:42:11Z")
You voted for Badnarik because of the tone some anti-Bush people took? At least in part? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-im-not-voting/271664/122 "2004-10-31T14:46:36Z")
I believe he said he voted for Badnarik because “he didn’t make me feel sick to my stomach at the mere thought of voting for him”, implying that Bush and Kerry did. Why did you choose to formulate a strawman and react to it with a “wow”? Would you vote for a candidate, the mere thought of whom made you sick to your stomach? ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-im-not-voting/271664/123 "2004-10-31T14:55:19Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > …and because of the constant vitriol againest Bush… (sic) ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-im-not-voting/271664/124 "2004-10-31T18:33:14Z")
> [@sevastopol](#): > > You voted for Badnarik because of the tone some anti-Bush people took? > > At least in part? Wow. Bush was off the table months ago, Kerry never impressed me, and the “Bush=Nazi” shit from the Kerry camp/supporters killed what little interest I had in voting for him. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-im-not-voting/271664/125 "2004-10-31T22:51:22Z")
To clarify, I was really annoyed by the following attitudes I’ve been seeing far too much of. 1. “I don’t understand how anyone could be undecided” or “Undecided people are morons.” So if you find both choices as pretty damn bad, why is it so horrible to be undecided? I was undecided for a long while, until I decided that I couldn’t vote for either one of them. 1. “Voting third Party is Wasting your vote” This assumes that my vote implicatly belongs to somebody other then myself. Just because I don’t like your opponet does not mean my vote belongs to your guy. If he wants my vote, he needs to convince me to give it to him on his own merits, not by insulting his opponet. Fearmongering goes both ways. 1. “I don’t understand how anyone could vote for the other guy” People see things different ways and have different priorites and just because somebody voted differently then you does not make them evil or stupid or brainwashed. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-im-not-voting/271664/126 "2004-11-01T10:09:43Z")
> [@sevastopol](#): > > > [@HPL](#): > > > > …and because of the constant vitriol againest Bush… > > (sic) And is a conjunction. If a person says, I don’t like Jeffrey Dahmer because he is a serial murderer and wears yellow shirts, it’s pretty disingenuous to respond, “You mean you don’t like Dahmer at least in part because he wears yellow shirts?”. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-im-not-voting/271664/127 "2004-11-01T11:57:22Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > And is a conjunction. If a person says, I don’t like Jeffrey Dahmer because he is a serial murderer and wears yellow shirts, it’s pretty disingenuous to respond, “You mean you don’t like Dahmer at least in part because he wears yellow shirts?”. You think so? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-it-im-not-voting/271664/128 "2004-11-01T12:19:09Z")
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