It’s not rhetoric I want in my candidate, or invented lives and embellished pasts, faux images and focus-group-tailored soundbites. I want to elect a free man, someone who stands flat-footed and leans into the cross-current of moral drift with conviction and courage. If he’s out there, he has my vote. And if a two-party system denies a righteous man opportunity to stand for justice then the system itself is the evil we need to oppose.Read the rest.
Friday, October 05, 2012
Not Voting?
Thabiti Anyabwile, with a provocative post answering objections to his previous post articulating why he is choosing not to vote in this election. Here is his conclusion:
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Try and square this stance, and the reasons for that stance taken by Mr. Anyabwile with that taken by Dietrick Bonhoffer for example. Mr Anyabwile ought to be thankful it’s only his vote he is choosing to lay on the line and not his very life - a choice that is very easy to make when all he has to do is to avoid the voting booth and not the hang mans noose.
Totally agree with Steve and his comment.Mr Anyabwile ought to be thankful it’s only his vote he is choosing to lay on the line and not his very life - a choice that is very easy to make when all he has to do is to avoid the voting booth and not the hang mans noose.
Evil will overcome us when we choose NOT to vote or speak out against it.
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