"Democracy is the worst form of government - except for everything else!"
(Winston Churchill)
Say anything negative at all about Hillary Clinton on Facebook, and you'll see very quickly why the secret ballot is critical, and why this election may not even be close.
The way the Democrats put it, people are ashamed to be Trump supporters because he's - well - you know the standard list of politically incorrect accusations. Racist, Islamophobe, homophobe, stupid, etc..
But I think a more accurate point of view is that Hillary's supporters are venomous, vile, profane shamers and bullies, who troll the internet and pounce on any hint of support for Trump. For people who supposedly shun aggression, they have no problem cursing, brow-beating, disparaging, shaming, bullying, or just shouting down anyone they think "deserves" their attacks.
I have no doubt that these trolls would rain retribution on anyone working for them for supporting (in this case) Donald Trump. Which is why the secret ballot is so damn important to true democracy. We have to be free to vote the way we want to vote - not the way the union wants us to vote - not the way the crazed "Progressive" you work for wants you to vote.
Just running the gauntlet of last-minute campaign workers outside the polling place is bad enough. Can you imagine if they could demand to know how you voted? Or your boss? Or some ignorant, Socialist Millennial troll who wants to send you to the Re-Education Camps..
"Democracy is the worst form of government - except for everything else!"
(Winston Churchill)
Say anything negative at all about Hillary Clinton on Facebook, and you'll see very quickly why the secret ballot is critical, and why this election may not even be close.
The way the Democrats put it, people are ashamed to be Trump supporters because he's - well - you know the standard list of politically incorrect accusations. Racist, Islamophobe, homophobe, stupid, etc..
But I think a more accurate point of view is that Hillary's supporters are venomous, vile, profane shamers and bullies, who troll the internet and pounce on any hint of support for Trump. For people who supposedly shun aggression, they have no problem cursing, brow-beating, disparaging, shaming, bullying, or just shouting down anyone they think "deserves" their attacks.
I have no doubt that these trolls would rain retribution on anyone working for them for supporting (in this case) Donald Trump. Which is why the secret ballot is so damn important to true democracy. We have to be free to vote the way we want to vote - not the way the union wants us to vote - not the way the crazed "Progressive" you work for wants you to vote.
Just running the gauntlet of last-minute campaign workers outside the polling place is bad enough. Can you imagine if they could demand to know how you voted? Or your boss? Or some ignorant, Socialist Millennial troll who wants to send you to the Re-Education Camps..