Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 03:56 PM Feb 2016

Vote your conscience, not your fears.

This is the primary. We should vote our consciences, our better selves and not our fears.

We should vote our courage. There is time to vote fear later.

This is the time when we mold our party, as voters as a group, into the ideals that we dream for our country.

Many in our party have allowed the crazy right-wingers to wield our fears against us and push us to their side.

We need free tuition for state schools -- all of them.

We need single payer insurance. It will save us money and improve our health in the long run. It will be worth it.

We need a saner foreign and military policy.

We need family leave.

We need stronger Social Security.

We need a greater democracy.

We need more Americans to vote.

To vote for less than what you believe in because of your fear is the very definition of cowardice.

Vote your faith in DEMOCRACY not your fears.

4 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Vote your conscience, not your fears. (Original Post) JDPriestly Feb 2016 OP
My conscience overrides my fears. n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #1
what scares me most is climate change and ecological collapse tk2kewl Feb 2016 #2
You are so right. JDPriestly Feb 2016 #4
I will vote my conscience in the Primary Shadowflash Feb 2016 #3
 

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)
2. what scares me most is climate change and ecological collapse
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 04:08 PM
Feb 2016

republicans, not so much

there is simply no time left for incrementalism when it comes to the keeping the planet hospitable for humans

Shadowflash

(1,536 posts)
3. I will vote my conscience in the Primary
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:07 PM
Feb 2016

and also in the general.

If it means voting third party in the general, then so be it.

I'm not going to vote for who sucks less.

Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»2016 Postmortem»Vote your conscience, not...