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Good for them, of course. The cynic in me, however, can help but notice that that's a lot of people whose voting rights have just been restored.
by thsksbd 3y ago
Good for them, of course. The cynic in me, however, can help but notice that that's a lot of people whose voting rights have just been restored.
- pseudosavant 3y agoAnd the cynic in me wonders why you think people having their voting rights rightfully restored is bad or suspect?
- thsksbd 3y agoI don't think it's bad. What made you think I think that? I do think our current president is a swine of a human being who cares nothing for others but his immediate family. Evidence for this is that he himself is largely responsible for our draconian drug laws when it suited him politically, and now as his progressive wing is deserting him (for excellent reasons) he's politically motivated to do the right thing in view of an election he'd in a pickle to win. I don't mind people voting rights restored with good reason. I do mind people who use others as a means to an end.
- pseudosavant 3y agoI don't mind people's voting rights being restored for any reason. It is too fundamental of a right to infringe, especially for small things like weed possession. I'm not even convinced we should take felon's voting rights.
- ericcumbee 3y agoprobably not as many as you may think. If I am reading the federal statutes right simple possession in most cases is a misdemeanor. it also targets the district of columbia which votes so heavily democrat it does not really matter from an electoral perspective.