Can you see where I'm coming from?

This is my opinion. I know I’m going to get flamed for it, but here it goes. I don’t understand why people get SO PASSIONATE about a particular candidate or about their particular political ideology in general.

I completely lack interest in and commitment to the United States’ democratic process and refuse to pick a side in this election.

The way I see it, even if someone like David Duke (someone I’m pretty sure we can all unanimously disagree with) were elected president I honestly doubt I would notice a dramatic difference in my day to day routine and way of living.

Perhaps the reason I just can’t seem to pick a side is that I can always see both sides in things.
I can understand the case for more government and likewise I can understand the case for less of it.
I can understand “spreading the wealth around” and I can also understand keeping the pure free democracy that has existed all these years (people in the Great Depression were embarrassed to accept government aid…)

My point is that I’m an extreme relativist and I don’t know what to believe. I believe that the media and those who you surround yourself with shape much of your opinion. Even so, people like to consider themself a maverick and a free thinker for what they believe in.

Sure, I have an opinion on the issues and see things a certain way but I think it’s extremely naive to think there’s one way to do something and every other way is incorrect. I’m not committed enough to my opinion to say that everyone should think this way and people who don’t agree are not as informed/intelligent/open-minded or whatever.

I’ve seen a lot of strong devotion to one side and the other on Fluther and I just wanted to say that I refuse to put my faith in politics. A good politician is still a politician.

Am I just lazy or what? Can you at least see where I’m coming from?