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Jim Crow was bad because it targeted people in the basis of a characteristic that didn’t matter: skin color. That doesn’t mean that all restrictions on voting a
by rayiner 9mo ago
Jim Crow was bad because it targeted people in the basis of a characteristic that didn’t matter: skin color. That doesn’t mean that all restrictions on voting are bad. If the restriction is based on a characteristic that does matter, like intelligence, that’s completely different.
- buellerbueller 9mo agoIf you are a citizen, subject to the laws and the taxes, you should get a vote: no exceptions.
- rayiner 9mo agoWhy? To what end?
- buellerbueller 9mo agoI am certain, because you use IQ as a metric for who you think should vote, that you are smart enough to puzzle out a steelman argument for my position. Use that big brain of yours and try it, you might learn something about humanity (and humility)!
- rayiner 9mo agoThere’s lots of potential reasons. I’m trying to figure out which one you’re invoking?