I hear you, and you are right and realistic when it comes to federal elections, because these days both parties are so bought off by big money that it really doesn't matter much who controls DC. Because Wall Street, corporate America, the rich, and the MIC win every time, no matter which major party comes out on top. What does matter tho, is people continuing to share their opinions with each other wherever and whenever possible, outside of the corporate media, because that is the only chance we still may have of getting out of our stranglehold of the duopoly. We still have the collective ability, tho it's very unlikely to happen, of collectively waking up and voting out the two major parties from power in DC. I am very pessimistic of it happening soon enough to save our country, much less happening in my lifetime, but that doesn't mean I will quit advocating for it.

I could go on all day and night as to why this post is the essence of the most clever authoritarian propaganda designed to destroy democracy I think any dictator would be proud of. It's also the most juvenile, immature rebellious tripe I've ever read an arrested pseudo-intellectual adolescent spout. You take "freedom of speech" to a whole new lower level of wasted opportunity and malicious intent. I would say grow the F up but it might be wasted. You'll likely spend the rest of your life enamored with yourself and the damage you can do to society by way of telling everyone they don't matter.

Accurate.
I would've said exactly the same thing. You got here first.

@darren316 what's your motivation for this? Did some woman reject you because of politics?

@darren316

Nobody wants to read a wall of words.

Illinois. One of the 30 or so states where that delusion is reasonable.

For me it's not reasonable. I live in one of the 20 or so mostly western states whose voters have the direct initiative, referendum and recall. We can make laws; we can repeal laws our legislators have made; we can remove people from the offices to which we elected them. We can also amend the state constitution; two decades ago, after our legislators behaved badly, we limited their terms.

If you like, go to [ballotpedia.org] and search on illinois ballot measures.

Illinois voters can amend the state constitution, but that's like using a twenty-pound sledge hammer when a tack hammer can do the job.

People not from Illinois can enter their state's name and "ballot measures"

Every person is a multi-faceted, contradictory creature. We all have things that interest us, and pursue multiple ideas and trains of thought. Being a human being, we have desires tour thoughts.o engage in contacts and dialog with others. We have burning issues which we wish to express and get feedback on. We also have things which upset us and stick in our craws. That is why we engage in the conduct you criticize.

I am not on the site to whine about religion. I am long past that and most of the people on this site think similarly.