Horrible PSA: It’s Okay to Bully Kids If Their Parents Didn’t Vote?
25th October 2016
Schoolyard bullying: it’s never okay. Unless, of course, the victim is the offspring of a non-voter. Then the kid probably deserves it—or should at least blame his dad for not caring enough about politics.
That’s the confusing message behind a new get-out-the-vote video produced by Civic Innovation Works, a mysterious organization without much of an online presence. The video recently appeared on my News Feed: here it is.
The best part is the bully shouting, “your dad sounds like a total nihilist,” as if that’s some kind of put down. In reality, any politically-informed human being who isn’t flirting with nihilism as a result of the 2016 campaign should have his head checked.
‘My dad voted Republican, while he was alive.’