08-18-2018, 12:25 PM
(08-18-2018, 11:56 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Citizens who want to restrict other citizens from voting based on their incomes, their ages, their locales, their perceived political leanings today..............strike me as the same types of discriminatory-minded people would have fought against voting rights for blacks and women back in the day too.
On an interesting side note, back when she was a college student, Sarah Huckabee (Sanders) worked with the ACLU to fight against being restricted from voting in her college campus district.
She attended a conservative religious college and eventually won the legal right for the student body to vote in their college district, which pushed the Republican candidate to victory. https://psmag.com/social-justice/when-sa...ing-rights
However, I doubt that she'll defend college students' rights to vote in their college districts now that it's perceived that the restrictions primarily affect left-leaning young voters.
I hope she surprises me and doesn't do a full partisan about-face on the issue. Her argument was the right one 20 years ago and it remains so, in my opinion.
Whilst I am NOT a citizen, I absolutely do not agree that people who are not in any given year earning more than the government gives them, should be able to vote. However now i want YOU to make a case why you believe I am a racist and sexist. Give it your best.
Oh, that was not what you were saying? Of course it was. You are saying that my opinion on believing that people who are receiving from the government more money than they earn outside of work are by virtue of their government receipts, more likely to vote for more benefits, means that I am more likely to discriminate against black people for some reason. YOU are calling me a racist and sexistand I would like to know your reasoning.
Whilst you are at it, could you tell me what my race is? Could you tell me what my dealings have been with people of different races? Maybe you could tell me what dealings I have had with African American people?
If you are struggling with these integral questions, there is possibly a good reason.