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An ability to distinguish between illegal and legal immigrants as well as local and national elections is exactly the sort of thing that voters should be well-i

An ability to distinguish between illegal and legal immigrants as well as local and national elections is exactly the sort of thing that voters should be well-informed about. Honestly, this lack of ability demonstrated in your comment nullifies most of the ranting you have built up afterwards. I suggest you seriously examine how much of a "pressure head" of resentment you have built up based on these equivalents of software bugs. Running a linter over your other assumptions might also help a bit.

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uejfiweun 5y ago
This seems pretty condescending and disrespectful. I know the difference between illegal and legal immigrants. I don't know the exact details of the NYC law, but I don't have to, because I'm across the continent. I'll give you a suggestion too - if you want to win independent votes, then stop insulting independents.
- quadrifoliate 5y ago
  > This seems pretty condescending and disrespectful...I don't know the exact details of the NYC law, but I don't have to, because I'm across the continent. I'm suggesting that you be properly informed about things that are influencing your voting. If you're irritated about the NYC law, it seems prudent to get the basic facts right about it before drawing a conclusion. > I'll give you a suggestion too - if you want to win independent votes, then stop insulting independents. I don't want to win anything; and I'm not part of any political campaign. I elect representatives who I generally agree with, and leave things in their hands. If you generally want to vote to take the country in a good direction, I suggest you vote based on a complete understanding that's not influenced by loud-voiced commentators. Alternately, you can choose to be a low-information voter whose vote is easily "won" by some random person posting lies on the Internet, in which case elections turn into more of a shouting match about how much you can smear the other candidate and less about pertinent issues. If you are wrong about one of your assumptions, it's possible you're wrong about others as well. I'm trying not to say what those are; because that just leads to more nitpicking and arguments – things that we already have way too much of on the Internet. In summary: "Do your research before voting" is my nonpartisan and hopefully reasonable suggestion. I'm sorry it's coming across as disrespectful.

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uejfiweun 5y ago

This seems pretty condescending and disrespectful. I know the difference between illegal and legal immigrants. I don't know the exact details of the NYC law, but I don't have to, because I'm across the continent. I'll give you a suggestion too - if you want to win independent votes, then stop insulting independents.

quadrifoliate 5y ago
> This seems pretty condescending and disrespectful...I don't know the exact details of the NYC law, but I don't have to, because I'm across the continent. I'm suggesting that you be properly informed about things that are influencing your voting. If you're irritated about the NYC law, it seems prudent to get the basic facts right about it before drawing a conclusion. > I'll give you a suggestion too - if you want to win independent votes, then stop insulting independents. I don't want to win anything; and I'm not part of any political campaign. I elect representatives who I generally agree with, and leave things in their hands. If you generally want to vote to take the country in a good direction, I suggest you vote based on a complete understanding that's not influenced by loud-voiced commentators. Alternately, you can choose to be a low-information voter whose vote is easily "won" by some random person posting lies on the Internet, in which case elections turn into more of a shouting match about how much you can smear the other candidate and less about pertinent issues. If you are wrong about one of your assumptions, it's possible you're wrong about others as well. I'm trying not to say what those are; because that just leads to more nitpicking and arguments – things that we already have way too much of on the Internet. In summary: "Do your research before voting" is my nonpartisan and hopefully reasonable suggestion. I'm sorry it's coming across as disrespectful.