2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If you fought against Hillary Clinton after the Democratic convention, [View all]musicblind
(4,562 posts)Just as we will always remember the monsters who voted Nader in 2000 and therefore have the blood of hundreds of thousands on their hands; just as we remember those who stood by after Kristallnacht and disapproved but remained silent, just as we remember the bystanders who helped to murder Kitty Genovese and the onlookers who failed to stop the caning of Sumner. Just as we remember the enablers, the equivocators, and the responsibility diffusers, we will also remember the vengeful arrogant 'purity' voters who put their own self-righteousness above the lives of the many.
To accidentally enact a monstrosity is bad, but to knowingly allow one is worse.
These people will never be forgotten. Their names will be etched into the edifice of time, not as the 'pure and righteous' that they hoped, but as the selfish, the indulgent and the egocentric.
Selfishness always has a justification and it is always wrong.
I voted for Sanders during the primary, but I voted for Clinton during the general election.
There are some here who may even harbor a secret happiness that Clinton did not win, because for them... it was all a game of "I Told You So." It was all about their personal revenge.
Those are the monsters hiding behind the mask of basic human decency.
It is our duty to never forget, because if we forget, then history will repeat itself the next time a Nader comes along.