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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 37708" data-attributes="member: 35">One could argue that it&#039;s equally pompous and pointless to reject Trump&#039;s Presidency because it won&#039;t change anything.&nbsp; But you don&#039;t express your views to change the situation, you do so to express how upset you are over the outcome.&nbsp; Expressing my opinion is not going to reform the Democratic or Republican parties, but I still exercise my right to free speech in order to show the contempt I have for them.All of these &quot;unelectable&quot; third party candidates just might become electable if the people start voting how they want instead of how the media tells them too.&nbsp; People need to learn how to think for themselves.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been a registered Democrat since I turned 18, but I&#039;m not going to continue voting for candidates that have sold out their values.&nbsp; I vote for most good, not least bad, and let the chips fall where they may.I obviously would have voted Democrat had Bernie Sanders been the party&#039;s nominee, but that&#039;s because I vote based on the candidate and not on the party.&nbsp; I guess that makes me an Independent now.&nbsp;People on the Internet are not going to make me feel ashamed because I voted for Jill Stein.&nbsp; In that sense, I don&#039;t care what they think.&nbsp; That said, I&#039;m still going to defend myself against criticisms about my vote.It wouldn&#039;t make me feel better in the least.&nbsp; I just wish I could post here without being ridiculed over my discussion points and my vote.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 37708, member: 35"] One could argue that it's equally pompous and pointless to reject Trump's Presidency because it won't change anything. But you don't express your views to change the situation, you do so to express how upset you are over the outcome. Expressing my opinion is not going to reform the Democratic or Republican parties, but I still exercise my right to free speech in order to show the contempt I have for them. All of these "unelectable" third party candidates just might become electable if the people start voting how they want instead of how the media tells them too. People need to learn how to think for themselves. I've been a registered Democrat since I turned 18, but I'm not going to continue voting for candidates that have sold out their values. I vote for most good, not least bad, and let the chips fall where they may. I obviously would have voted Democrat had Bernie Sanders been the party's nominee, but that's because I vote based on the candidate and not on the party. I guess that makes me an Independent now. People on the Internet are not going to make me feel ashamed because I voted for Jill Stein. In that sense, I don't care what they think. That said, I'm still going to defend myself against criticisms about my vote. It wouldn't make me feel better in the least. I just wish I could post here without being ridiculed over my discussion points and my vote. [/QUOTE]

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