Reply #27: That wasn't the intent

[PurityOfEssence]

Sometimes it's hard to separate the two. It's an ongoing riff around here, and even though you didn't flatly state that it bugs you that we'll look like whiners or fools, that's how it came across. As long as we let ourselves be cowed by people who poo-poo anyone who intimates that conspiracies might exist, the reactionaries can do whatever they please. We shouldn't care so much what people think of us; if electronic voting isn't fixed, we'll never be allowed to win unless something so horrible happens that they can't throw the particular election.

Here we are again, four years after MAJOR evidence of manipulation, and we're going into an election with unsecured machines and many more of them. There's no way anything can be done before this election; it's simply too late.

They don't laugh at us as much for running from the term "liberal" or not addressing economic fairness by their mere barking the term "class warfare" as one would to heel a dog as they do for our not being willing to address unverifiable electronic voting. If people are so lefty-image conscious that they don't want to be laughed at, the latter should sting much more than the other two.

If the harshness stings you personally, remember: your initial post was a tad combative too and dismissive too.