"my demand for a candidate to speak to them should NEVER be shut down because I am using what little power I'm afforded to *my* best interests."
but i'm not doing that
you are
if you don't vote
look man, you do whatever the heck you want to do. don't vote, vote 3rd party, vote trump, vote biden. whatever. i have zero control over you
i see this as just us engaging on a topic. none of our interaction here is about me controlling you