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Wow, I hadn't even thought of that for that question. Disgustingly genius. The person administering the test can simply tell the person who took the test the

by kelnos 2y ago

Wow, I hadn't even thought of that for that question. Disgustingly genius. The person administering the test can simply tell the person who took the test the opposite interpretation of however they answered, and that's it for their ability to vote.

malfist 2y ago
What's even worse about this is this test wasn't given to everyone who wanted to vote, only those who gained their right to vote after the civil war. White people were "grandfathered" in, literally.
jakelazaroff 2y ago
It reminds me of the Simpsons episode with the spelling bee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sn5wyBDxn4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sn5wyBDxn4 > "Your word is 'weather'." > "Which one? Can you use it in a sentence?" > "Certainly! 'I don't know whether the weather will improve.'" (obviously the joke doesn't work as well written out)
- KingMob 2y ago
  "Me fail English? That's unpossible!"
- usea 2y ago
  Also the Simpsons scene with the Smokey Bear statue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-q-3fPYw_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-q-3fPYw_Y > "Only who can prevent forest fires?" [You] [Me] > Bart selects "You". > "You pressed 'You', referring to me. That is incorrect. The correct answer is 'You'!"
tharkun__ 2y ago
A prime example of why "unionization" is good: You only need two people to do this differently and be told the opposite by the administrator (preferably the same one but not necessarily) and you've proved that it's BS. That's all theory of course and in practice I bet people did talk about this afterwards and figured out it's BS and it didn't help either way. But it's easy to "find out" (and then try to do something about it) if you stick together. But if nobody sticks together on it and tries to do better for themselves by themselves, everyone does worse for themselves in the end.
- KingMob 2y ago
  > But it's easy to "find out" (and then try to do something about it) if you stick together. You're kind of describing the civil rights movement.
  - BartjeD 2y ago
    And forgetting the KKK
jeffbee 2y ago
Great, and now that you realize this you also realize why all these other right-wing schemes to suppress the vote are also unconstitutional. If you put some random jerk in a position to deny someone the right to vote based on ID card or signature rules, you have created a system for discriminatory disenfranchisement.
- kelnos 2y ago
  I think I've already got a pretty good handle on the modern-day disenfranchisement techniques, thank you.

by kelnos 2y ago

malfist 2y ago

What's even worse about this is this test wasn't given to everyone who wanted to vote, only those who gained their right to vote after the civil war. White people were "grandfathered" in, literally.

jakelazaroff 2y ago

It reminds me of the Simpsons episode with the spelling bee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sn5wyBDxn4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sn5wyBDxn4 > "Your word is 'weather'." > "Which one? Can you use it in a sentence?" > "Certainly! 'I don't know whether the weather will improve.'" (obviously the joke doesn't work as well written out)

KingMob 2y ago
"Me fail English? That's unpossible!"
usea 2y ago
Also the Simpsons scene with the Smokey Bear statue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-q-3fPYw_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-q-3fPYw_Y > "Only who can prevent forest fires?" [You] [Me] > Bart selects "You". > "You pressed 'You', referring to me. That is incorrect. The correct answer is 'You'!"

tharkun__ 2y ago

A prime example of why "unionization" is good: You only need two people to do this differently and be told the opposite by the administrator (preferably the same one but not necessarily) and you've proved that it's BS. That's all theory of course and in practice I bet people did talk about this afterwards and figured out it's BS and it didn't help either way. But it's easy to "find out" (and then try to do something about it) if you stick together. But if nobody sticks together on it and tries to do better for themselves by themselves, everyone does worse for themselves in the end.

KingMob 2y ago
> But it's easy to "find out" (and then try to do something about it) if you stick together. You're kind of describing the civil rights movement.
- BartjeD 2y ago
  And forgetting the KKK

jeffbee 2y ago

Great, and now that you realize this you also realize why all these other right-wing schemes to suppress the vote are also unconstitutional. If you put some random jerk in a position to deny someone the right to vote based on ID card or signature rules, you have created a system for discriminatory disenfranchisement.

kelnos 2y ago
I think I've already got a pretty good handle on the modern-day disenfranchisement techniques, thank you.