Beware White Men Saying Your Votes Don't Matter

I admit that I went through a period in my life when I did't vote, and I'll own up to this: It was pure laziness hiding behind the ignorance of "my one vote doesn't matter." But as I got older, I realized that if I don't vote, who am I to protests anything our legislators, councils, mayors, governors, and presidents do?

So, when I read Andrew O'Hehir's essay on Salon.com essentially