I expect a bloodbath on Election Day. Why? Ever since Obama's taken office, people have been hell bent on voting him out at the very first opportunity. On the other side, people have been hell bent on keeping him in office. In the 2010 congressional elections, the anti-Obama crowd succeeded somewhat; the Democrats lost control of the House and lost their grip on the Senate, so they at least succeeded on that front. But what difference does it make when Congress themselves can't get their approval rating out of the mid teens?
Here are some stupid things that people do when they express their political views. I'm guilty of doing them too; so it's not like I'm trying to be holier than thou.
1. Talk about it on Facebook
It's probably worse than not knowing where your candidate stands. I've got friends who support Barack Obama and friends who support Mitt Romney. Unfortunately, very few of them can articulate why they support their guy namely because they don't bother to read up on the issues and instead piggyback what was said on FOX News or MSNBC, leaving them with practically no opinions of their own. If you're so proud to have freedom of speech, then why are you basically being FOX or MSNBC's mouthpiece? Doesn't sound so free, does it?
Also, I've noticed people defriending others because of differing political views, another proof that the word "friend" is used way too loosely nowadays.
What I did instead: Do you know what I did on all the political posts on Facebook? Made jokes about it. Because laughing is less stressful and more entertaining than expending your energy to prove why Obama is such a socialist or how Romney is going to set America back 50 years.
2. Not being aware of the issues
Probably the same as the first, but with less devastating consequences: you only make yourself retarded, while if you talk about it on Facebook, you're basically advertising how retarded you are. The biggest thing that Obama promised but didn't really deliver on? Jobs. In all fairness, he did create jobs, but there's still a lot more work to be done and some people basically stopped looking. There will never be zero percent unemployment, but we sure can do a hell of a lot better than 7.9%.
What I did instead: Became aware of the issues by researching them, because only you can do that, not some idiot who happens to be on television.
3. One-issue voters
Probably the dumbest reason to vote for a candidate, ever. For anyone with a brain, you will notice that Obama and Romney can agree on some issues. I've had people tell me they would vote for Obama or Romney because of one issue. There's obviously a lot more than one issue they're running on, so why vote on just one?
What I did instead: Figured out which issues mattered to me the most and went with the guy who would address them (hint: it's not Obama or Romney).
4. Mixing in religion with politics
Voting for a candidate because they belong to a certain religious group is probably the second dumbest reason to vote for a candidate. Who gives a damn if Obama is a Christian or a Muslim, or if Romney's a Mormon? Will they honestly mix religion and politics when they take office and do everything in the Bible/Koran/whatever the hell Mormons read? This is a representative republic, not a theocracy, and there is separation of church and state for that very reason.
What I did instead: Didn't give a fuck what religion they belonged to. Does it matter if the candidate can do the job?
That's just four I can think of right now, I'm tired as fuck and I will probably update this (or maybe even make a new blog post entirely) after Election Day.
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