The Presidential election season has already
started, and it looks to be a season based upon sound bites, ad hominin fallacies,
and a lot of assumptions; not to mention a very expensive election.
The candidates will be after your vote, or in some
cases depending on the color of your skin, age, state, or how you label
yourself; they will simply be expecting
you to vote for them.
We have very little true choice with our current presidential
election process, usually it is the lesser of two evils, and that is scary. The
Republican Party of today is more like the Democratic Party of yesterday (study
your history, the party of Lincoln is gone); and the Democratic Party does not
truly know where it stands except they feel entitled to and are expecting the vote
of people of color. These are not assumptions, there are enough facts if you do
the research yourself, and I am about to make a point.
Candidates on both sides do not clearly discuss and
define issues because they think we are stupid, instead what they try and do is
simply woo you into voting for them without giving any substance. Some
candidates feel that if they insult you enough you will vote for them out of
sheer fear, some candidates think that because they never had to work for your
vote before than they do not have to now.
News flash, the people are not stupid, we see
through the lies and deceptions, and I would like it to be known that you still
have to earn our votes. Do not assume that because someone is labeled “conservative”
they will vote for a Republican, especially if you are spewing hate and bigotry
in this increasingly diverse world (you do not know their life’s story). Do not
assume that because someone is labeled “liberal” or because they are
African-American, they will vote for a democrat; you still need to campaign in those
neighborhoods and convince them.
So as the political circus begins, politicians, here
the words of this educator: YOU NEED TO EARN OUR VOTES!
Good luck and may common sense be with you.
Dr
Flavius A B Akerele III
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