Election Day!!
Ah! It is finally here! I feel like a kid on Christmas morning! Election! Election!
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Ah! It is finally here! I feel like a kid on Christmas morning! Election! Election!
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November 4th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Ah, when the adultist inside each of us leaks out…
Take a moment to consider those around you who can’t vote because the electoral process routinely and systematically disenfranchises them by neglecting their right to political self-representation by denying them the right to vote. They often “feel like a kid” because society constantly reinforces that discrimination, at school, at home, at church or synagogue, at the community center, at city hall, or… in the election booth. For them, well, “Election! Election” can sound like the chanting of an angry mob that wants to put children and youth in their place.
I understand the excitement - we all feel it - and I don’t want to be poo faced or put a wet blanket on anyone’s fire. But should we really be perpetuating adultism like this?
November 4th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Well I don’t think adult guilt is a better alternative. Elections are exciting, even for many of the disenfranchised who may be frustrated they aren’t able to participate (and rightfully so) but are still excited to see the results from today. So I don’t think it is improper to be excited about elections, or democracy, or voting, nor does it preclude having an awareness of the many people out there who can’t vote today.
November 4th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Oh, I was excited, but it was laced of course with the usual bitterness I get on election days: it’s the 2008 presidential election and we STILL haven’t lowered the voting age, and our young friends STILL have to sit on the sidelines, and Chip Sinton, perhaps the most informed and dynamic and clever person on the planet, can’t go to the polls because we’re still 8 weeks from his 18th birthday. :doitnow:
But aside from that… yay! Election Day!
November 5th, 2008 at 1:27 am
Its cool big man - no worries. You rawk and I [heart] Alex.
November 9th, 2008 at 6:48 am
I voted. Illegally, as it were. But by the end of the day, my preferred candidate had alleged that Obama might turn out to be an “Uncle Tom.”