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[โ€“] ComicalMayhem 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To quote DBZa's Android 16:

"But there you stand, the good man, doing nothing. And while evil triumphs, and your rigid pacifism crumbles into blood-stained dust, the only victory afforded to you is that you stuck true to your guns."

Life isn't some black and white fair tale story where if you stick to your guns hard enough everything will turn out ok. Sometimes you have to abandon your principles to protect them.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago

"...doing nothing"

voting is literally the political opposite of doing nothing.

"your rigid pacifism crumbles into blood-stained dust,"

this quote is irrelevant; it is a wildly inaccurate analogy for actively voting.

"Sometimes you have to abandon your principles to protect them."

pffffff hAHaha sorry Chamberlain, but especially in politics, self-righteous groveling submission isn't as honorable or as effective as the fearful snakes hissing in your ear assure you it is.