A Conservative Said Elections Don’t Affect Your Life; Twitter Wasn’t Having It

Conservative Catholic blogger Matt Walsh can always be counted on to say the worst possible things at any given moment, and he didn’t disappoint today, dropping this nugget of wisdom on Twitter while so many Americans were heading to the polls:

Elections are important but, no matter who wins, 99.9999 percent of your daily life and existence will be completely unaffected by the results today. Just a bit of perspective.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 6, 2018

Because nothing says “I got privilege” quite like “It won’t affect me, so it can’t possibly affect you.”

Of course voting matters. Everyone who has a stake in the election — whether we’re talking about civil rights, church/state separation, or the ability to check corruption in this White House — knew exactly what was on the line. White evangelicals knew it too.

But before you lose your faith in humanity, read these glorious replies:

Congrats on being a white male

— Tom Payne (@justanactor) November 7, 2018

Correct take, votes 2016 made 100% difference to kids who were separated from their parents and caged.

— Orrite Then (@OrRite_Then) November 7, 2018

This, friends, is called callous privilege.

— EQ Vote Blue! (@foodieque) November 7, 2018

My mom got insurance through Obamacare for the first time in years and got a colonoscopy where they found a pre-cancerous polyp, so, uh…no. My mother is alive because of elections.

— The Wombat Resists (@UrsulaV) November 7, 2018

Your 99.9999 percent does not, then, include:
health care
clean water
breathable air
freedom from violence
education
the well-being of our neighbors
the future of our climate
trade with other countries
tax rates
ability to obtain contraception
social security.
Enjoy your bubble.

— David George Haskell (@DGHaskell) November 7, 2018

Another reminder that although privileged white men run the country and dictate the outcome of all of our lives, they just so happen to have the least empathy and self awareness. �

— Octavia Butler knew… (@Nikyatu) November 7, 2018

This is fucking stupid. You’re a fucking stupid dude.

— Evan Handler (@EvanHandler) November 7, 2018

Only if you’re a healthy straight white male. Sit down.

— � Meg Bee Ruining Thanksgiving Again (@onedankmom) November 7, 2018

This may be the most massively self-centered, unaware thing I've ever seen on Twitter. And you're competing with Donald Trump.

— Ichabod (@Toobigtomail) November 7, 2018

That sounds about white

— Sebastian Peitsch (@SPeitsch) November 7, 2018

There’s not much more I can add to the brilliance — and sheer obviousness — of these tweets. The election may not impact Walsh’s life, but it’s clear he has little compassion for or awareness of all the people whose health and safety really are on the ballot. You’d think the Bible would tell him something about caring for others, but I guess that’s just another book he hasn’t picked up.