another day and we have two of the palest pastiest privileged lefties crying about their usual stuff in another thread.

thor screaming that minorities cannot follow directions
heinrich randomly inserting brutal and violent crimes against minors

it really is a sickness for these two

Lots of things that are totally unacceptable get passed in a Democratic fashion. I don't find the argument that "it was passed Democratically, therefore it supports Democracy" to be all that convincing.

there's a simple 2 stage test for democratic. Is it supported by a majority of the population of a given area, and did the representatives in that area then vote for the popular thing. that's democracy. even if the thing itself is an attack on the democracy or democratic process itself.

in this case, the democrats, seemingly on the side of making a more fair democratic process that encourages more votes to be counted, are not acting democratically.

but overall the thread has devolved to polarized finger pointing, because i think most people agree skipping out on votes is a generally cowardly practice.

Okay, so you've made a definition of "democratic".

So what?

I don't think it's cowardly to have a warrant out for your arrest if you return to your home state because you're using the rules to obstruct something you see as very very bad for your electorate or for the democratic nature of the process. Strategic retreat isn't cowardly. Obstructing the process and arguing against the merits are not mutually exclusive.

This post was edited by NetflixAdaptationWidow on Jul 14 2021 12:47pm

not only is that factually wrong, it would also not justify the disenfranchisement of voters - just because they have been historically disenfranchised, lol.

had there been ANY kind of widespread / systematic voter fraud in ANY of the states that republicans launched initiatives to RESTRICT VOTING ACCESS, i could see how they would at least be able to make a halfway credible argument about trying to "secure" the elections. FACT, however, is that no such thing happened ANYWHERE.

and again, everybody (apart from maybe some completely deluded conspiracists) already KNOWS that. everybody KNOWS the quiet part of those legislations, everybody is painfully aware of what this is really about - it's just that one side desperately has to pretend this is about something else, because voter suppression is literally the only way for them to remain relevant...

I didnt make it, its basic english.

if they end up in jail or kicked out of office for their actions i'll be happy to retract calling them cowards, they're still idiots, but they can be brave idiots if that happens.

elsewise they're virtue signaling for voter rights, not on the merits of this law because as black noted its a rollback to pre-covid metas afaik, but because voter rights is a buzz phrase they HAVE to fight for automatically. even if the enemies arent really at the gates. most voters rights initiatives have merit, sometimes u just end up in jail fighting for something that's stupid.

USA != democracy, we are more of a constitutional republic. Elected pathetic democratic representatives trying to leverage more than they have.

can we have democracy even if we aren't a democracy? the democrats are acting undemocratic in pursuit of more democracy in our undemocracy.

Well yea, but TRUMP RUSSIAA

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