Democracy makes me feel like a dick

One thing that I find annoying of the many is when I get talked down by the majority. I am behind democracy (or at least I think I am) but it can be incredibly upsetting when everyone I'm talking with disagrees with me. It happens so often now, with everything from politics to whether Ricky Gervais is a twat (I think he's very good, but few others seem to), that I begin to doubt myself and wonder whether I actually know anything. This can be very oppressing, as unlike the whiny little bitch bags that many refer to as teenagers I am happy to admit that I enjoy it when people appreciate the same things as me, as it means I can have at least a little social life. Thus when no one agrees I feel isolated, like a Sikh in a mosque.

This is the main reason why I tend to avoid politics. My sister can tell me off all she wants, but I don't want to vote until a) I can find the time to feel incredibly strongly about a certain issue being brought up and b) I can find a candidate or party that blows me away with their appealing if a little flawed policies. And it's hard to do this when the only thing I have ever got right in politics is when I commented that I can never be right in politics; someone will always attack my opinion and make me feel like a dick for even trying to sound like a give a shit about what I was trying to argue. It was proven when my sister had a go at me for not wanting to vote yet: if I decided to vote then someone else would say I was wrong to do that. My response, therefore, is "fuck that".