2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm calling for a boycott of the Presidential Inauguration January 21 [View all]lbrtbell
(2,389 posts)What's being a mom, or a woman, or African-American got to do with anything? What about childless people, men, or people of all other races?
To demonstrate how irrelevant all that is, look how stupid I appear by saying this:
"As a childless woman of Celtic descent, I can no longer stand by and watch John McCain stir up trouble for his own personal gain. I'm calling for a boycott of C-SPAN because they air footage of him speaking."
It's not about gender, race, age, or how many kids you have. It's about the Democratic Party, which is inclusive of all races, both genders, all religions, and LGBT people. Young people, Latinos, women, men, ALL Obama supporters stood around for hours to vote for a second term. Your post discredits the efforts of everybody who is not exactly like you.
None of us is a special snowflake. We are all Democrats. If you have a problem with what elected Democrats are doing, pick up a phone or write a letter to contact them directly.
Boycotting companies is one thing, but boycotting an event? The only thing that would accomplish would be to embolden the Republicans, so they could say, "See? He doesn't have a mandate!"
tl;dr - No thanks, I won't join your circular firing squad.