Shame Tactics to Get Out the Vote?

 

About a week or two ago, ads started showing up on X and YouTube. The organization behind this ad campaign to get veterans to vote is called the Vet Voice Foundation. Recently I discovered that the Vet Voice Foundation is also sending out flyers via snail mail, so I got curious as to who these people are at the Vet Voice Foundation. I just wanted too see who it is that thinks trying to shame people into voting is right. 

A simple Google search reveals that Vet Voice filed a lawsuit against an attempt to reform the voting process in Washington State.  The Stranger, a Seattle based left wing news outlet (print and on-line), wrote a sympathetic piece about this lawsuit. A brief visit to the Vet Voice website reveals they consider fighting "misinformation" a campaign, a mission if you will. Click here to view their statement on this issue. So, the people using shame tactics to get veterans to vote are Leftists. Yet another example of their lunacy. 

If You Want Me to Send You Something, Use Email!!!

Ah, the many insights brought about by my experience working in a call center! It's been an overall positive experience, even with the occasional "problem" customer calling in from time to time. This is because it has given me a window in which I can see and even study human behavior. Why should I, or anyone else, want to study and observe human behavior? For me, the answer is to better understand the huge mystery which is myself and my behaviors, and, to be an effective call center employee.  

An Open Letter to Trump Haters

Your vile hatred of Donald Trump is totally evil, for given the good that this man has done, you embrace a monstrous injustice. You call good, evil, and so condemn yourself to a living hell on Earth, because that's all you're about, really-you're about tearing everyone down to your level of depravity and mediocrity. Your ethical systems are exactly in reverse, which does not bode well for you. I also see the smirk on your face when you talk about Trump and his supporters-over 80 million people. In fact, I suspect that you despise the idea of justice, for it condemns you as a metaphysical killer.  He has been falsely charged of crimes, falsely accused of inciting an insurrection, falsely accused of fraud, attempts were made to bar him from state ballots (most famously in Colorado), and fucking shot, narrowly avoiding assassination. You cheer all of this on, against an innocent man. A man loved by literally millions of people around the world for what good he has done, and can still do. And you, you vile piece of shit, hate a man deserving of admiration and respect. Some of you are voicing concerns that Trump and his supporters will embark on a revenge fest against his haters should he win. Given the fact that they tried to silence him by bullet, could you blame him? You should worry about justice being served on you, because you are guilty of wanting an honest man dead. I don't believe Trump will do that, he'd be inclined I think to seek healing and reconciliation with these people, but they do not want healing and reconciliation. They want death, violence, and chaos. 

The verdict is in, Trump haters. You have been found guilty of moral treason, by the court of objective reality. No judge has convicted you, rather, what is the truth convicted you. You supported Trump's persecutions. You traded the truth for a lie, and now you're worried about the consequences? Good! 

The Beautiful Simplicity of Christianity

Rule 2: "Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping."

-Jordan B. Peterson, from Twelve Rules for Life

Jesus has told us that the best way to live our lives is to love God with all our hearts, and to love others as we love ourselves. That is a challenge for me, because I am an arrogant elitist sometimes, thinking proudly that I despise the entire human race and all its' foibles, making me better than everyone in the room with me. Not because of anything superficial, rather, because that's how fucking awesome I think I am. Eventually, I wind up boring, and alienating, everyone I meet. No wonder. Most people can spot a selfish jerk immediately. 

Don't Work for Others All Your Life

Probably the thing that sucks the most about not having enough money to quit working for someone else is...working with people. Why? Because up until the point you met them at work, all of your co-workers were total strangers, complete unknowns. Even after working with them for a while, you'll still know very little about them. Of course, some work places are more close and family-like, but hey! if you don't fit into their family, you're just not in the family, and probably should look for work elsewhere. I always wondered at employers who try to "foster a welcoming environment", and also speak of their hired help as "family".

Don't Tell Me to Vote

OR ANYTHING ELSE, for that matter, but let's focus on "the vote". Commercials urging me to vote are everywhere these days. One even tried to shame me into voting by mentioning that  my friends and family could look up whether or not I voted. So let's get the record straight, OK? Voting may be a right, but it is not a duty; it is a discretionary privilege. Nothing more. And if you think you can shame people into doing what you want them to do, then you are the same kind of cheap thug who tried to shame people into wearing masks. Try logical persuasion, no, wait, that would require effort on your part.

An Apology to Alcoholics Anonymous

SO, AA was right all the time, patiently sitting back watching me foam at the mouth while I railed on and on about their inconsistencies and what-nots.