The reactionary right wants to return to 18th century voting rights, when only white male landowners could vote.
But suuurrre... the left that wants to protect everyone's voting rights is 'radical'.
That mf'er doesn't even live in the US. He's not a US citizen. Why does anyone give this guy's opinion oxygen? He's really terrible.
@MeidasTouch
We were taught in grade school (I'm 60 in Feb) that is why we have an electoral college; to prevent mob rule. We weren't taught the vote was intended only for land owners, but that's how it was in ancient Greece, and how it was in the early days of the United States. A broad right to vote in the US was only obtained in the mid 20th century by protest and lobbying.
The founding fathers demonstrated a malleability in their thinking in how they arranged for the Constitution to be amended. This is proof that we should reinterpret the Constitution for our times, no matter who might be promoting a policy of 'Constitutional Originalism'.
In any such discussion as this, there are two very important matters that must be recalled:
1. The Constitution was never intended as a protection from private citizens. It was intended always as a protection from over-reach of the federal government.
2. The Bill of Rights is special. They are fundamental, and untouchable (see the first point, repeat as necessary).
You will pay your $8 if you want to vote in polls. (Not a poll tax, but as close as Twitter could get.)
Blue checks, blue bloods, same difference.
@MeidasTouch Yeah, the Nazi site is run by fascists.
That's why I don't use the Nazi site anymore.
@MeidasTouch Ankh Morpork was a democracy with one man, one vote.
That one man was the current ruler of the city. – Terry Pratchett.
Crazy that a “resident of Malaysia who has amassed his social media following by playing a neo-conservative American provocateur” loves to espouse the ideals of the Founding Fathers.
de profundis inferni
@MeidasTouch Amazing how they are never the mob that shouldn't be able to vote... how interesting 🤔
But yeah... that's horrible and beyond sucks.