Absolutely not at all. I don’t think that is a good correlation in any case. What I am saying is that there is a difference between putting hurdles in someone’s way and expecting they put some minimal effort and interest into something. One is not the same as the other.
Registration is not hard. And there are ways we can make it even more accessible to people who have a hard time getting around, but I don’t think automatic registration is needed or a net good. Like I said, people don’t respect things they get for free.
Has anyone proposed weighting votes by race? If not, consider it proposed. I would like to see African-American votes count 5x(12% of the population vs. 60% white), and hispanic(but not Cubans) votes count 3x. I’m hoping my proposal and my “End Racism” leotard will gather me enough social justice points to pick up some sweet, fat, purple-and-green-headed pussy at the next George Floyd rally.
If you read my article upthread, you would see Blacks votes several times more in early voting than Whites. And I also saw complaints of reaching too far into history (unsure who posted) as being unrepresentative for today.
So where are Blacks actually being denied voting? Again I will restate that minority GOP voting is 3x greater % of GOP total than 25 years ago.
This all smacks of white Liberals needing to stir a pot, while everyone else has just moved on.
They aren’t being denied. But changes are made in a lot of peoples opinions to attempt to make it more difficult for people to vote. That’s why these things can get struck down (again see North Carolina). It’s about purposefully trying to create barriers that may limit certain amounts of people voting. I mean hell even some Jim Crow era laws weren’t fully denying blacks people from voting. Just trying to make it tougher for them to limit black votes.
Again if we look at Harris County from this election it isn’t that Republicans were saying that people couldn’t vote. They were just surprised at the number of people voting in a Democratic area. So they quickly threw a Hail Mary to try and stop that method of voting. Because turnout in a Dem county isn’t a good thing.
You can’t just go out and say these people can’t vote. Need to be sneaky.
Not to beat a dead horse here, but I want to be VERY clear on a few things.
For those of you who insist that @mufasa didn’t call me a racist yesterday, please re-read this exchange in full. Explain to me how I should have interpreted his words in a way that doesn’t involve him directly lumping me in with Jim Crow Segregationists, with the added flair of implying that I’m part of some grand conspiracy that has absolutely nothing to do with “integrity”.
Of course, @mufasa specializes in broad, sweeping statements that require no proof, explanation or evidence. That’s a given. That doesn’t mean he gets to lump me in with Jim Crow Segregationists and have it accepted as a given without evidence. For anyone unaware, Jim Crow Segregationists are among the worst Americans in living memory. They were the racist scum I referred to in my post. I don’t like being lumped in with that lot, as I don’t support any of their policies, objectives, or values.
I will continue to extend a big old FUCK YOU middle finger to anyone who wants to issue drive-by accusations of racism but can’t muster up an ounce of guts or brains to back a single word of it up. This phenomenon is rampant in society and if I’m to do anything here on the forums, it will be to challenge people who casually spread this kind of hate and division.
Racism is a serious accusation. Back it up or stop leveling it.
Judging from the current state of media one would have to believe either every single thing the Republican party does is specifically motivated by their closeted racism and general disdain for brown people OR every issue is projected through a lens to make the public think they are.
Edit: After thinking about it you can substitute “Republican party” with “Democrat opposition.”
I mean you’ve clearly stated how you viewed the comment so I’m not sure what good this is but I didn’t view his comment as calling you racist merely saying that he viewed some of the proposed laws in that manner. I guess I feel that if someone is going to call someone racist they would just say it. I mean part of the problem is obviously people disagreeing with the terms or if association makes one racist. I also think you have to consider yourself in support of Trumplicans or whatever he said in order to think that of yourself. I also think it’s very possible to support policies that some view as racist without really being a racist. Again a lot of people simply don’t agree with what some view as it and some do. I don’t see that changing it’s just one of those terms that has the level of ambiguity. And it’s changed undoubtedly over time.
I dunno I didn’t view it as calling you racist when I first read it. I don’t believe that was his intention but he can speak for himself. I’m merely saying how I read it when I first came across it. And it’s not without precedent again a federal court threw out North Carolina’s voting laws saying they targeted minorities. I think we’re being incredibly naive if we don’t think both parties have a history of doing anything they can to sway votes in their favor and I don’t see this changing.
At the same time we have a party that has assaulted our elections unlike any other in history supporting a candidate who has done nothing but talk election conspiracies consistently with very few people in his party calling him on it. Remember the illegals that kept him from winning the popular vote? Remember the voting commission and our Kansas boy Chris Kobach is going to find all this stuff? Nothing.
The dude cried and cried about election fraud long before an election even happened. And we all know why. He HAD to have an excuse if he lost. He had to hedge that bet. And all the screams of voter fraud and what do we have? Well we have some found cases of Republican voter fraud in 2020. We have numerous lawsuits dismissed. We had recounts happen no results changed. We had stated suing other states because they were sad at how their people voted. We had lots of election officials and numerous Republican ran states saying voter fraud didn’t happen. Then we had the same guy get on a call with a Republican and tell him to find 11,000 votes. And now we’re going to see unprecedented efforts apparently by Republicans in Republican controlled states to make changes I guess in the name of election security.
The election wasn’t stolen. Despite the Presidents best attempts to do so after the loss. Hell Republicans largely did well in 2020. Yet we all act shocked that the guy with consistently low approval ratings didn’t win. It’s nonsense. The potential for Trump’s loss was overwhelmingly obvious. He wasn’t running against anyone nearly as unpopular as Hilary. And he was consistently one of the least popular Presidents since polling became regular.
We’ve had racists on here some hardcore types especially years ago. You don’t have anything in common with them.
I did not call…or even imply… that @twojarslave was a racist. I have no control over what somebody wishes to think.
What’s ironic about his tirade was that just a few days ago he spoke about “being in my head” as he proceeds to jump to conclusions that I did not make.
I have a lot of work to complete, so I will post more later. But I felt it necessary to jump in and respond.
One last thing (and I best make it VERY clear this time that I am NOT talking about @twojarslave)…I’ll let the Trumpublicans and Trump apologist and sycophants live in their World and I’ll live in mine. While I’ll continue to post my thoughts and feelings…I’m done trying to “convince” anybody…they can find their own “facts”…
