zeogold: I'm not saying we can do anything about it now. I just know that we could have done better. Of course what matters is the future, but perhaps we can take this as a lesson.
I get what you're saying. What I'm trying to point out to you is that the lesson is
not about the candidates that stood out as the only two viable choices, but about
why they were the only two viable choices, and what that says about the crossroads we currently find ourselves in.
Yes, I voted. No, I did not choose either candidate. Which I'm doubtless sure will lead you/others to say I wasted my vote, which is a completely different discussion altogether. I voted third-party since it's the only thing I could do with a clear conscience, and I value my morals above all else.
Well, you guessed right. You absolutely wasted your vote and are exhibit A as to why fence-sitters are useless and only ever end up favoring one side or the other through their inaction. This wasn't a mock election at school for people to virtue-signal their morals - it was a pivotal moment in American history, and voting for any candidate other than Clinton or Trump was the equivalent of voting for Harambe and showing how little you could bring yourself to care about the election.
pearnon: You still don't get it. You don't get how much bigger than two figures this all was about, and how both perfectly -
perfectly - embodied that conflict
Nirth: Do you have a decent article that discusses this particular issue?
If you're curious,
this article sums up the whole thing rather nicely.
Trilarion: The thing is that leaders always set examples. If the elected president does it, so can you. Racism can thrive when coming from the top. Doesn't have to though. There might be enough decent people around. To be fair, already four years ago some people expressed their dismay at "that nigger" being elected again. The difference to now is that this time they can feel morally right having a majority of the electoral college behind them. So some more might feel encouraged.
You might have a point... had Trump said
anything disparaging about
any race, or made it a campaign issue. As it is, you're just swallowing the lies and misrepresentations hook, line and sinker.