voter ID laws are being used for voter suppression

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lol wow. They try to explain why voter ID laws are racist & in the process they blatantly ridicule black people. The people in the video aren't ignorant, they're just flat out stupid.

Black people, Hispanics, Muslims, etc.

They are all pawns in a game. The game of hypergamy.

Unattractive white women lashing out at white men. Who could have foreseen that society's swamp donkeys would wreak so much havoc?

 

[Philo-Publius]

I am not at all surprised that you can only communicate ideas using pictures of super heroes. That is exactly what I've come to expect from you based on the quality of thought you brought to this thread. Well done, you special guy.

I know. It's as though I never use words and only ever communicate with pictures of super heroes. I noticed that too. What's up with that?

 

[Scrody]

You've made your determination to be ignorant quite clear. You don't have to struggle to be witty, too; we already assumed you fail at a lot of things in life.

"We?" Don't assume the mob's with you on this. Voter identification laws aren't racist. Come at me bro

 

[JosephDredd]

I asked you straightforward questions. My attention span is too short to indulge intellectual cowards conversational discourtesy. Cheers.

It's a real shame I can't spend time discussing this subject with someone who never once discussed anything in the OP. A real shame.

 

[JosephDredd]

"We?" Don't assume the mob's with you on this. Voter identification laws aren't racist. Come at me bro

I feel disbelief and hilarity that the person to come to his defense manages to be even more dense in even less words. But at least you never started out by proclaiming that you're an idiot who refuses to learn, so you have that going for you.

 

[JosephDredd]

I know. It's as though I never use words and only ever communicate with pictures of super heroes. I noticed that too. What's up with that?

Oh, well if it really is a mystery that has been plaguing you your entire life...

Spoiler

... go back to where you proclaimed that you dismissed everything that doesn't agree with you. You have a brain biologically, but you don't really have a brain, if you see what I'm saying.

Once you realize that, you'll have the answer you seek.

 

[Scrody]

I feel disbelief and hilarity that the person to come to his defense manages to be even more dense in even less words. But at least you never started out by proclaiming that you're an idiot who refuses to learn, so you have that going for you.

You're disappointing.

 

[woodguyatl]

Huh. Thanks for informing me.

That would drive me nuts. I’d feel trapped not at least having the ability to (legally) get in a car and drive wherever I wanted, even if said driving sucked until getting out of NYC

Agreed. I'd feel trapped not being able to drive a stick-shift in case of emergency.

 

[HockeyBjj]

Agreed. I'd feel trapped not being able to drive a stick-shift in case of emergency.

Lol. Funny you mention that. Just bought a stick shift subaru cause it was much cheaper used and I can pull a fishing boat with it much better than a stupid cvt

Been trying to get the wife to learn to drive it just in case of an emergency. She’s hesitant unfortunately

 

[woodguyatl]

Lol. Funny you mention that. Just bought a stick shift subaru cause it was much cheaper used and I can pull a fishing boat with it much better than a stupid cvt

Been trying to get the wife to learn to drive it just in case of an emergency. She’s hesitant unfortunately

Luckily, my Father-in-Law is an old British sports car enthusiast so my wife learned to drive in a MGB. Good luck (seriously) with convincing her.

 

[MMAViewer]

You really are absolutely retarded aren't you. I'm happy he lost, he was a horrible candidate.

Lol, you are spinning this as a smear campaign and you support Trump, now you say "I didnt even want Roy to win" , yeah I'm the retarded one.
I can't begin to tell you how that hurts coming from a trumpet.

 

[panamaican]

Wouldn't know. I'm a functioning adult with a driver's license. Pretty sure though the answer isn't inscribed in stone so what would you like to see? I'd envision people who can't/don't drive simply getting the customary state issued id. Of their own volition of course. Nobody gonna force 'em to vote.

My opinion is pretty simple. If a document is good enough to get you a driver's license or state ID then it should be good enough to let you vote. Something can't be good enough to prove your identity and then, on voting day, suddenly it's no longer good enough.

Voting is a basic right, it's not a privilege. So access should be as simple as possible. I have the same opinion on the 2nd Amendment. Another basic right and I think that licensing requirements there are overblown as well.

As a parallel, every time people start talking about putting more barriers between interested firearm owners and the purchase of said firearms, pro-gun people rightly recognize that it is often driven by the desire to restrict gun ownership. But if I point those same people to voting, they suddenly are strong proponents of more government hurdles on exercising basic rights.

To me, it doesn't make any sense. A right is a right. Fewer restrictions on exercising rights is good. More restrictions on exercising rights is bad. The specific right being discussed shouldn't change that math.

 

[panamaican]

Voter: Can I vote with Document A?
Poll Station: No. Document A doesn't prove your identity. For that you need Document B.
Voter: Okay. How do I get Document B?
Poll Station: First you have to prove your identity and we'll give you Document B for free!
Voter: Great!!!! How do I prove my identity?
Poll Station: By providing us with Document A.
Voter:

 

[palerider500]

How can people of intelligence possibly be still arguing this issue?

Voter ID laws SHOULD be enforced and doing so does not make a country or person "racist"

 

[flashNsmash]

'but it's racist to expect blacks to...'

 

[Higus]

A long time ago @PrinceOfPain asked me how I could have a problem with voter ID laws, not understanding that they sound like common sense on the the surface, but have only been used to strip Americans of their constitutional right to vote.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/opinion/roy-moore-alabama-senate-voter-suppression.html



That's not so bad, you say; they just need to get the proper ID to vote. How unreasonable is that? Well, many states are deliberately choosing to accept ID that they know GOP voters are likely to have and that Democrat voters are unlikely to have or rejecting ID that democratic voters are likely to have. For instance, Texas will accept a concealed handgun license to vote, but not a student ID from a post-secondary institution.

http://fortune.com/2016/11/07/minority-voters-election/



https://www.huffingtonpost.com/benjamin-todd-jealous/the-state-of-pennsylvania_b_1821445.html



And it's not just voter ID laws. Some states allow voters to be challenged. The voters then need to either go home and come back again with different ID (and most people don't have the ability to spend 6-8 hours casting a fucking vote -- which is deliberate, because in these same districts voting locations are being shut down to create long line-ups and other unfavourable conditions) or they need to go and find a friend who will sign an affidavit confirming their identity.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/s...ennsylvania-polls-voters-trump-clinton-214297



https://www.americanprogress.org/is...aws-cost-americans-their-voices-at-the-polls/



https://alliedprogress.org/research/somethingspa/



https://www.mediaite.com/online/rep...omplaints-today-are-coming-from-pennsylvania/



https://www.americanprogress.org/is...aws-cost-americans-their-voices-at-the-polls/



https://theintercept.com/2016/10/27/voter-suppression-is-the-real-election-scandal/



Finally, there's the fact that the Republican judge who signed the law into being said it's not being used as they expected, but simply being used to strip voters of their right to vote.

https://www.thenation.com/article/j...-id-laws-constitutional-says-he-got-it-wrong/



And, finally, if you want to simply see a collection of GOP lawmakers openly talking about how they're using these laws to suppress Democrat voters, here are two excellent articles full of their quotes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/...eraging-voter-id-laws-for-political-gain.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-admit-voter-id-laws-are-aimed-at-democratic-voters

Just wanted to say thanks for putting together a well made OP. Good job!

 

[phipps66]

I was recently asked to show an ID to vote for my town's budget referendum. I gave the woman my name and address and gave her my ID, which showed a different address, not even from the town i live in. She looked at it, handed it back, I went and voted. It was almost like I was 17 again, trying to get into a bar with a fake ID. Sure I handed in an ID, totally invalid, but by golly an ID was checked.

 

[luckyshot]

Black people, Hispanics, Muslims, etc.

They are all pawns in a game. The game of hypergamy.

Unattractive white women lashing out at white men. Who could have foreseen that society's swamp donkeys would wreak so much havoc?

Spoiler

The World According to Right Wing Nut Jobs
Liberals are made up of two groups:
a) Unattractive lesbians
b) Hollywood elite

 

[Philo-Publius]

Oh, well if it really is a mystery that has been plaguing you your entire life...

Spoiler

... go back to where you proclaimed that you dismissed everything that doesn't agree with you. You have a brain biologically, but you don't really have a brain, if you see what I'm saying.

Once you realize that, you'll have the answer you seek.

Spoiler

You're not really saying anything relevant, but in your own brain (that you can apparently have biologically but also not have) you believe you are actually saying something relevant by posting other people's articles.

 

[phipps66]

Being asked to present my ID is to vote is akin to a cop asking if he can search my car.

Why should I?