Tt post mon jul 27 2015

MIJeff posted at 12:22:11 AM on Jul 27, 2015:
All I can say is if you didn't vote, you have absolutely no right to complain about who gets into office.

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Maybe that's true in the Michigan Territory, but in the United States of America, non-voters do have the right to complain.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

• freedom of speech = right to complain about government
• petition for redress of grievances = right to complain at government, which can take multiple forms

But neither of the above requires the government to listen or respond. Which is probably why some believe that voting is a good exercise, since we know that the replacement is always a direct opposite and better solution compared to the defeated incumbent.

Don't buy the myth that voting is an important way to improve a community.

Regardless of who is elected mayor of Toledo, that person will do some stupid things. It happens all the time. Hence the reason for not voting.

And why do people who don't live in Toledo have an interest in Toledo's mayoral election?

I think that I understand this:

Toledo non-voter have no right to complain about who gets elected mayor, but suburbanites who cannot vote in Toledo elections are allowed to complain about who gets elected mayor of Toledo.

I'll quote EconCat88 who is Toledo's most famous artist, media mogul, philosopher, and activist.

"There was some lady from Sylvania Township that had plenty to say about the negativity of my videos, and I find it somewhat ironic that somebody from Sylvania Township would have anything to say about Toledo, because frankly, all you folks that have ran to the suburbs over the last 30-40 years, you’re actually as responsible for these problems as anybody."

"Why don’t you come down here, buy one of these dumpy houses, refurbish it, move into it, and put Toledo back on the path to whatever your version of recovery is?"

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