Do you think its silly when a person who didn't vote whines?

Answer 1

If you didn't walk the walk you can't talk the talk.

Answer 2

Very, but I always vote. A lot of my oldest friend's were old enough to go to a war and not enough to have any say in it. I don't like politics's lately. Especially at the presidential level. Seem's more about greed and power than serving the country. 2000 was such a bad joke it actually had me thinking we need a constitutional admendent doing away with the electoral college. But I thought it over and it has proved very adaptive and durable over the year's. That did not mean I ever thought the best people won that one. And I consider myself (R). I would have voted for Colin Powell as president then though. You know he has already been one of the first to resign in basic disgust.

Answer 3

Often, sometimes, but not necessarily. It is possible to predict the outcome of a vote, regardless if you know who is going to win, in many cases, thus making the vote meaningless. Look alike candidates, with canned rhetoric, and superficial differences that, in the end, pander to the same constituency in roughly similar ways.

Answer 4

I don't think it's silly at all. I think it is a clear sign that an individual in our society feels helpless and used. It is pathetic and sad that in the supposedly freest country in the world, there are people who do not understand their rights or how to exercise them. It proves that the fundamentalist right wing conservative agenda is working like gangbusters. All that it takes is for evil to flourish, is for good people to do nothing. That isn't silly, it's tragic!

Answer 5

No. One who didn't vote is still affected by policies, and has a right to complain about things he/she doesn't like.

I often can't find an announced candidate I can support due to the fact that I support nonlethal alternatives to both capital punishment and abortion. I usually write in the name of an activist who belongs to a consistent ethic group ( http://www.consistent-life.org/ ) or someone who has voiced similar opinions, but I can understand if someone else who doesn't vote thinks that is a waste of time. I may vote for Joe Schriner ( http://www.voteforjoe.com ), but he has no chance of winning, so I can't say voting gives me more right to complain than someone who is out there every day raising awareness of things he/she feels are wrong.

There are ways to work for change in addition to, or instead of, voting. Complaining is one of them, especially if one suggests constructive alternatives to what they oppose.

Bernie,
http://www.yaktivist.com
Polite Discussion, Respectful Disagreements regarding nonlethal alternatives to Abortion, Death Penalty, Lethal Weapons.

Answer 6

They can whine all they want. Amazingly their whining accomplishes just as much as the whining of someone who did vote, nothing.

Answer 7

No. To express your feelings about the current leader is something natural. It is part of the freedom of speech. He is influenced by the leaders that were elected by others, but it's not like he has another choice than to be used by them. If the person feels that what's going on in his/her country is not right it's his right to say so and he should say so. If freedom of speech is denied then.... I should start building my own bunker and buying some guns.

Answer 8

A person who didn't vote for a certain candidate or issue, yet complains after the fact has already received his or her just reward. Their candidate and/or issue lost.

Answer 9

Yup!
On the simplest level, it's like not telling your spouse what you want for dinner when she asks--and then complaining when it isn't what you want!
Or not telling the taxi driver where you want to go, then being pissed because he drove you to the airport instead of the mall...
If you don't vote, you have business complaining.

Answer 10

they are still citizens, and have the right to complain. even tho the person did not vote the elected official is still their representative. Presumably, they are tax paying citizens. They can't complain about voter fraud.

Answer 11

Absolutely. If you don't vote or write your reps., you have no cause to complain. You had your chance to say something and didn't and now it is too late.