vote and shut up?

"Electoral politics dominates the imaginations of people in the United States to an unparalleled degree. Whenever the question of social change arises, one is always pointed to the ballot box: if you don’t vote, you can’t complain, which is to say, vote and shut up. One might argue that there is no more strategic target for direct action than the conventions, which represent the total hegemony of the two-party system."

I will not shut up and I will not vote-thereby giving legitimacy to a system that is not ideal. i am not a blind young idealist. do not stomp on me, join me.  you do not have to refuse to vote, do what you want but make sure you do not simply vote and shut up. yell when they try to silence your voice. acceptance is not democratic.