Post #1629505
2026-03-13 02:45 UTC
@benroyce @fathermcgruder After 50 years of activism and all of these disappointments, I have stopped looking to electoral politics as the main focus for transformative change. That comes from organizing in communities. Forcing elected officials to do the right thing. If you vote for the right people, they’re more likely to give in to the demands of communities, or do the least to block them. So I vote for the best possible available candidate and keep organizing. 3/
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@jbluespruce@mstdn.social 2026-03-13 04:52
@benroyce@mastodon.social @fathermcgruder@jorts.horse One more comment: when the US was founded only white male property owners could vote. Women had to fight for the right to vote. Even though Black American men were guaranteed the right to vote by the 15th amendment and Black women by the 19th amendment, civil rights activists had to fight for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. People have died for the right to vote. Who are any of us to throw away that right? It’s disrespectful. 4/