Lately, everyone seems to be talking about blogging and politics. The subject has received quite a bit of press (most of which I found less than interesting, actually), and a few of the blogs I read have had mentions of the subject. My sister wrote about how she really doesn't want to talk about politics on her blog, for fear of offending/alienating her Republican friends. Janet, my sister's friend, has blogged already about politics a couple of times. Mostly on a very personal level, but still, opinions were expressed.
I'm of two minds about the subject. I understand my sister's position (though I'd bet most of my friends aren't Republicans. Or conservative even.) but I can't help but talk about politics. It's important, dammit! Not politics the game, but what happens when you vote. It's important, and if I stopped believing in that, I think this country would be in a dire situation. I think for me to lose faith in the system, a lot would have to go wrong. And I think a lot of people would argue that the last election was proof that a lot did go wrong. That's valid. My point is, though, is that at heart, I just care that you vote. I have hope that you'll make a sound decision. I want you to make the same decision as me. But if you don't, as long as you vote, then I don't care.
I was tossing around this idea of having an election night party. I thought it would be fun, and since it is my sister's birthday, I thought I could make it a birthday party too. Now, I've sort of decided not to do this, based on any number of factors, but the whole idea was to get people to vote by making attendane conditional on voting. It's still not a bad idea, but I just don't thinkI can execute it. Not in this tiny apartment.
So are there any conclusions to this post? Not really. I think that if it is important to me, I'll blog on it. And politics is important to me. Try as I might, I just cannot leave off because of the risk of someone taking offense.
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