This article is mainly being written as a response to the female student who stopped me on the walk from my first class of the day last Thursday to my second one. Having back to back classes at Case means I have a fifteen-minute gap between classes. From Crawford Hall to Guilford House it’s a close walk, and I usually make it to class with about one to two minutes to spare. Last Thursday as I was on my walk a female student stopped me and asked me to register to vote. The get out to vote movement has taken a large hold on campus and this is not the first time such an incident has happened to me. I fully support their cause more people should get out and vote and exercise the right they have in the political system of this country. However, with little time to spare and already being a voting member of the glorious state of Tennessee, I politely told her that I was already registered in another state and was not interested in registering in Ohio. A polite and completely appropriate response and I continued on my way.

Now is where the reason for this article occurs. Said female student refusing to accept my reasoning began to follow me along my walk. She began to ask me why I would not rather vote in a swing state that matters and have my vote make a difference in this election rather than throw my vote away by voting in a predetermined state such as Tennessee. She followed this with a question of who I was voting for and a negative barrage on the republican candidate of this election who will not be mentioned by name. This is where I have a problem. I do not care what opinions you have on any subject in this world, I really don’t. But what I will not stand for are lies and questionable arguments. You can believe anything you want in this world as long as you are honest with yourself and do not use said questionable arguments to validate your beliefs.

So as this young SJW believing she was going to make a difference on that day no matter what she had to do, was still berating me I turned and politely explained to her why she was wrong. First off, Ohio is not a swing state. Other than the 2000 and the 2004 elections every other election back to 1916 would have had the same outcome no matter which candidate won Ohio. 3 times since 1916 is not a lot of evidence to support the claim of Ohio being a swing state. Also, with the current state of this election, there is no chance of the republican party winning the presidential election, even if they win Ohio, Florida, Iowa, and every other toss up state at the moment, so no state is really a swing state if we already know the outcome. Secondly, she used the tactic of appealing to me through by bad mouthing a candidate and saying I could help keep said candidate from being elected. Even though I agree with her, I am not voting for the republican candidate, that is not how you should appeal to people to get them to vote. I do not care who you are voting for and I still think you should go vote. Do not push your own agenda onto a good cause. Thirdly, don’t talk badly about my home state. Yeah I know Tennessee is going red but I don’t care. That is my home and I want to cast my vote in my home and I will not be scrutinized for it. Plus, Tennessee is ten times better than Ohio anyway so get out my face with that noise.

So to all of the young activists out there: if somebody is on a time crunch to class and they tell you they are already voting, just be leave it be.