You ' re right , rather than voting by the ideals we ' ve brought them up with , let ' s make sure our children instead learn to scrape the bottom of the barrel and accept whatever is handed to them with a smile , because even though we ' ve always taught them that is wrong , sometimes betraying American ideals is worth it to get a shitty candidate no matter what you do . If you give me a choice between strawberry and butter pecan ice cream I don ' t like either very much , I might be willing to pick the one I hate less . But I don ' t have to call either of them my political leader , and i shouldn ' t have to compromise my integrity by signing my name to approve a political platform I strongly disagree with , just because I strongly disagree with the opposing platform somewhat more . I would be proud if my kids chose , after doing their due diligence , to vote third party , NotA , or even intentionally didn ' t vote which is a signal our system doesn ' t respect , but a signal nonetheless . There is never shame in holding to ideals , especially in our country , founded on such lofty political ideals from the start . Edit operating opposing , stupid autocorrect