You are using the phrase “active suppression” in a way I have never seen it used before. Extending the use of the phrase to describe these sort of political ta

You are using the phrase “active suppression” in a way I have never seen it used before. Extending the use of the phrase to describe these sort of political tactics has a downside. It waters down the emotional impact of the phrase when being used to describe, say, the poll tax or grandfather clauses in the US South. Real voter suppression. And thus, in a backhanded sort of way, dilutes the honor of those early civil rights workers who fought, and sometimes died, so that everyone got a chance to vote. Why would you want to do that?