Revolution

While much of the public has been voting for the last couple of months, tomorrow is the long recognized voting day. The day that the decision is made as to whether or not the incumbent will stay, or the challenger will be victorious in many different races, with the race for president being the biggest. Unfortunately, no matter who takes the office this time around, nothing will change.

Most of you who will go out and vote tomorrow, or who have voted already, have chosen either in thought or in fact one of the two widely publicized candidates that everyone knows about. This is your right as guaranteed by the Constitution, just as it is my right to choose to vote for someone I believe might actually make a difference, as opposed to members of the two parties who are more interested in maintaining the status quo than they are about actually serving the people as they were meant to. Sadly, while those who choose to aid in the continution of this nations downfall will only be blasted based on the fact that they voted for those "damn republicans" or "damn democrats", I will be condemned for the death of the republic for upholding my own set of ideals, and choosing not to simply vote for the lesser of two evils and whoever is most likely to win.

I choose to take a step off the beaten path. I choose not to vote for either evil, but for a chance at helping this nation survive. Do I expect my candidate to win? Sadly, no. Because my candidate of choice had neither the backing of major corporations, nor the backing of the government as is the case with the two major candidates. He stood no chance against the massive media coverage the other parties could bring to bear. I choose to take a stand against a system that has become stagnant and corrupt regardless of the criticism I may receive as a result.

Will I look at those who chose the mainstream candidates with disdain or hatred because they failed to see things my way? No. I will accept the disdain they seek to pile on my shoulders with pride and the strength that comes from knowing I did not shame myself by choosing a leader simply for their chances of being elected or because all that matters is getting the incumbent out of the white house. I chose a leader who would have actually made the changes necessary to save our nation and bring it back to the greatness it knew at its founding.

I will also seek to share my views, my knowledge with those open enough to look for answers outside of the two party prison we have been brainwashed into believing is the only option we have available to us. I will teach, without derision, condescension, or anger. I will be patient, understanding, and willing to allow others to do what they deem best, because they are free to do so. I will answer anger with reason, mockery with pride, and force with silent resistance.

Berate me for standing up as a solitary voice in the sea of madness that is our political system, and I will simply pity you for your inability to look past fear and ignorance to see the path that must be taken to ensure our survival as a nation.

We need a revolution. Not of guns and blood, but of ideas and realizations. We need to wake up to the knowledge that to continue down this path is to set a match to our beloved constitution and watch as our freedoms become nothing more than ashes blown about on the winds of history.

I, for one, will not let that happen.