# Fuck You, Voters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 3, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326 "2010-11-03T14:09:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/181 "2010-11-04T01:44:02Z")

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> [@woodstockbirdybird](#):
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> Because you’ve never been in the position, you think it’s a fantasy. Fairly hateful.

But he’s a **Starving Artist**!!

Guess that’s one of those ironic handles, like Curly for a bald guy (nyuk nyuk). Guess we should rename him Obese Oligarch.

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**Author:** ![Genericuser234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@Genericuser234](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genericuser234)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/182 "2010-11-04T01:46:15Z")

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> [@shot from guns](#):
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> you have voted for lies, and fear, and hatred, and ignorance. They knocked the truth around, and tarted her up, and sent her to walk the streets as their whore. And you thought she looked a little bit like that girl you had a crush on in high school, so you handed the man $20 and didn’t ask questions and took her up to a dark, filthy room, where you fucked her on a bare mattress and tried not to notice she was crying.
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must… Not… Fap!

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**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/183 "2010-11-04T02:38:17Z")

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Originally Posted by shot from guns :

you have voted for lies, and fear, and hatred, and ignorance. They knocked the truth around, and tarted her up, and sent her to walk the streets as their whore. And you thought she looked a little bit like that girl you had a crush on in high school, so you handed the man $20 and didn’t ask questions and took her up to a dark, filthy room, where you fucked her on a bare mattress and tried not to notice she was crying.  
Bulwer-Lytton winner!

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/184 "2010-11-04T02:51:45Z")

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> [@Clothahump](#):
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> Oh, listen…another broke-dick dog chimed in on the howl.

I’ve known a lot of Texans in my life. Some were good people, but most were loudmouths and cowards just like you. Just keep hiding behind Rand’s apron strings, you fucking limpdick.

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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/185 "2010-11-04T03:03:44Z")

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> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#):
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> Sorry, **Randy** , some of us have actual work to do.

Just saw this post. Those dicks just keep poking through the wall, don’t they?

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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/186 "2010-11-04T03:04:48Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> I’ve known a lot of Texans in my life. Some were good people, but most were loudmouths and cowards just like you. Just keep hiding behind Rand’s apron strings, you fucking limpdick.

Keep howlin’ . . .

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/187 "2010-11-04T04:11:31Z")

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> [@Rand\_Rover](#):
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> Just saw this post. Those dicks just keep poking through the wall, don’t they?

Cute workaround.

Do you eat lots of bananas? Slowly and lovingly?

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**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/188 "2010-11-04T06:06:38Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> I thought this election was supposed to be all about limiting government, getting it out of the areas where it doesn’t belong. So why did Washington keep government-run liquor stores?

Who the fuck knows. There was a small campaign against saying it would hurt local wineries as they would then have to compete against hard alcohol on supermarket shelves. But that was seriously about it. Oh yeah, I guess I saw a sign that said, “I-1100, too extreme for Washington” as if it’s completely radical to let adults buy alcohol at the grocery store.

> [@tds1273](#):
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> I swear to gods that if Rossi gets elected, it’ll be war against the east-side.

I’ll feed you intel. ☹ He ain’t winning though.

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**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/189 "2010-11-04T10:59:16Z")

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Fuck anyone who doesn’t bother to vote.

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**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/190 "2010-11-04T12:12:43Z")

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> [@Duke\_of\_Rat](#):
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> Why do you hate America?

It didn’t vote exactly the same as my ballot.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/191 "2010-11-04T12:50:38Z")

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> [@bup](#):
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> It is indeed strange, but also the only thing that keeps me from jumping in front of a train, that liberals lose about 90% of the battles but win 90% of the wars.

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

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Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Notebook, 1935

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/192 "2010-11-04T13:50:15Z")

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The Tea-party schmuck by me had blue lawn signs with a red star in the middle. I was wondering for a while [where I’d seen a star that same size and color](http://www.blueskyamusements.com/our_midway/concessions/machine_gun.jpg)before. Now that he got trounced, I need to grab up a few before they all disappear because I know next year I’ll be taking the family to Wildwood…

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**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/193 "2010-11-04T13:55:51Z")

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> [@Starving Artist](#):
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> Apparently a belief in self-reliance and individual responsiblity has become another of those things which are so evil that they don’t deserve tolerance either.

I do believe in self reliance and individual responsibility. But I don’t believe that death should be the penalty for failing to be economically successfull. 45,000 people die in this country every year consistant with your vision of “self reliance”. When a belief, carried in to practice, results in scores of dead bodies and needless suffering, I think that belief should be reconsidered.

We give health care to convicted murderers, child molesters, and terrorists in prison. If we have enough humanity to give health care to these low lifes, are those guilty of the “crime” of being poor not also worthy of our compassion?

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/194 "2010-11-04T14:15:03Z")

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> [@Blalron](#):
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> I do believe in self reliance and individual responsibility. But I don’t believe that death should be the penalty for failing to be economically successfull.

See, right there is a sentiment I’ve been pondering lately. I have trouble deciding if I’m more in line with Libertarians or Democrats. I strongly, strongly believe in personal responsibility. So I had a real dilemma on my hands, because things like the Health Care Bill felt right despite that conviction.

So I finally figured it out. I am fine in most cases where someone learns a painful lesson by making a shortsighted decision. If you fuck up and have to struggle for a while, I don’t care. But when it comes to things like Welfare, or Health Care, the penalty for fucking up without a system in place can be death. And one, that’s too harsh a penalty for a mistake or a failure to prepare for bad luck. Two, more importantly - to paraphrase Jim Carrey in Batman Forever - If you kill’em, they won’t learn nothin’. One might counter-argue that their NEIGHBORS will learn a lesson, but I’ve got thousands of years of human history to refute that.

So, yeah.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/195 "2010-11-04T14:31:55Z")

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> [@anya\_marie](#):
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> Fuck anyone who doesn’t bother to vote.

I bothered. Not a single person I voted for won. Can’t I get fucked too?

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/196 "2010-11-04T15:09:35Z")

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Oh, you’re fucked alright.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/197 "2010-11-04T15:18:03Z")

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> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> Though I’m not a Republican, I’m not upset. If the Repubs actually _ **do** _ defund Obamacare and shrink the size of the government, then it’s a good thing.

Sure they’ll throw out healthcare and the people will still have nothing because they won’t bother to fix what they say is wrong with it, they’ll just throw it out. Then they’ll waste more time trying to throw out other policies he put in place so they can get back to raping the environment and they’ll also try to find dirt on Obama so that they try and impeach him. And once again nothing will get done for the people because the two parties will be fighting each other like a bunch of naughty, selfish entitled brats on a playground.

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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/198 "2010-11-04T15:31:59Z")

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> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> Sure they’ll throw out healthcare and the people will still have nothing because they won’t bother to fix what they say is wrong with it

When it comes to HC, there is nothing for the federal government to “fix.” The federal government just needs to stay out of HC.

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**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/199 "2010-11-04T15:41:06Z")

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> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> When it comes to HC, there is nothing for the federal government to “fix.” The federal government just needs to stay out of HC.

That isn’t true. You obviously don’t understand the issues, so maybe you should take a moment to brush up on them before you make yourself any worse?

Government run healthcare is vastly more efficient than our system. This is a fact. If you choose not to believe facts because they conflict with your ideology, you’re simply not an honest person.

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**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326/200 "2010-11-04T15:50:22Z")

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> [@Lobohan](#):
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> That isn’t true. You obviously don’t understand the issues, so maybe you should take a moment to brush up on them before you make yourself any worse?
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> Government run healthcare is vastly more efficient than our system. This is a fact. If you choose not to believe facts because they conflict with your ideology, you’re simply not an honest person.

Could you define “vastly more efficient?” I’ve only heard anecdotes about the wait times in Canada, for example.

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