Did you know that voting for a third-party candidate, whether it’s the Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson, the Green Party’s Jill Stein or Deez Nuts, you are actually showing your white privilege.
This is the supposed logic that Charles Dunst of Paste Magazine arrived at in a column published last week entitled “The Abhorrent White Privilege of a Third Party Vote.”
Dunst opines that voting for a third party will get Donald Trump elected in November, and this will cause a tidal wave of oppression for minorities. One example is that blacks will suffer from higher jobless rates than the rest of the population if Trump sits in the Oval Office (not the minimum wage, of course).
Another example is that Muslims will endure even more hate crimes than they do now, writing: “Hate crimes against Muslims have increased along with Trump’s poll numbers.”
And, therefore, voting for a third party rather than Hillary Clinton spotlights your supposed white privilege.
“This piece is aimed at the Johnson and Stein voters – voters who proclaim Trump disgusting, but not enough to ensure he isn’t elected, apparently. Inherent in that vote is a degree of privilege. Privilege to know that even if Trump is elected, you won’t feel the direct results.”
After reading this piece, you will not question your white privilege. You will not even question who you will vote for come Election Day. Instead, you will ask the question: what the heck are governments teaching kids in school these days?
Tom Woods summed it perfectly:
“Since I consider it a moral imperative to oppose SJW victimology at every turn, I can only conclude: we must (1) vote for Gary Johnson while (2) carrying a pumpkin spice latte (3) inside a jack o’lantern.”
Now that’s politically incorrect!
Something to think about. Parents spend a lifetime educating between right and wrong, and instilling moral values in their children. When children misbehave or do the wrong thing, parents correct and sometimes punish their children. They certainly don’t REWARD them for their bad behavior. This misbehavior is not condoned by parents, it’s certainly not expected in adults, but yet in 2016 it is tolerated by some in presidential candidates.
If you don’t condone it, then why in the world would you vote FOR it? You are sending a CLEAR message that you REWARD criminality, corruption, deception, lies, and vulgarity. Is that what you represent? Is that the kind of leader you want REPRESENTING YOU, your FAMILY, or your COUNTRY? Look in the mirror and ask yourself if this is the kind of example you want to set for your children. The world is watching.
Is this really the BEST that WE as a country can do? Is this really the BEST WE can offer our children’s future? Or have we, based on polls and media manipulation, simply turned the presidency into nothing more than a horse race by simply trying to pick who we think will win? If that is the case, stop and think of what it is you are actually “winning”. More wars, bigger government, higher taxes, larger debt, or simply put, more of the same.
Imagine instead of being stuck with having to choose for the lesser of two evils, of actually having the option of choosing NO EVIL instead. Don’t let FEAR or manipulation choose who you vote for. This election, instead of voting AGAINST someone you despise or find repulsive, vote FOR someone you can be proud of. A wasted vote is voting for someone that you DON’T believe in, or simply not voting at all. Your vote should be about what’s best for, and who represents you, your ideals, and your interests best.
Gary Johnson served as governor in New Mexico, which at the time, was in a state of fiscal ruin and decay. After his two very successful terms, he left the state with new roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, and a BILLION dollar surplus – all without raising taxes one single cent. As a matter of fact, he actually CUT TAXES 14 times! He was a Republican in a heavily Democratic state, who was re-elected in a landslide.
Proven Leadership, A Problem Solver, Painfully Honesty, and Full of Integrity. A president you can be proud of. This election, I am PROUDLY voting for Gary Johnson.