“There are people who think women shouldn’t vote, that their brains are not as rational as men’s”
-Both of these are arguable. Donald Trump (a great guy) was liked by women much less than Jeb Bush (Jeb Bush) before the primaries started. That’s a big piece of evidence in favor of the “women shouldn’t vote” argument, although this and previous election cycles have suggested to me that old people shouldn’t vote (more likely to support Hillary, Romney, over Sanders, Paul) and educated people (more likely to support Rubio over Trump) shouldn’t vote, either. The last especially makes a lot of sense. Most of politics isn’t actually evaluating positions, but status-signaling. There is no prima facie reason the right to vote shouldn’t be restricted to just the few capable of exercising it.
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@niv
argh, you stole my answer. Wasn't quick enough.
I'd like to settle the Glanducracy : everyone that does not vote for me, is banned from voting.
Both Drumpf and Bush were and are less liked by women (I bet) than Hillary or Bernie. That's a big piece of evidence in favor of women voting.
So, in short, people who don't vote like you shouldn't vote? F**k "of the people, by the people, for the people", it should only be "of me, by me, for me"? What if I did the same? I.e. people who don't vote for socialists shouldn't vote. As Bernie is barely a socialist, and the others are all right-wing, only his most left-wing supporters would vote. Still like the method, dearie?
Using the expression "prima facie" has pushed you into the "educated people" box. Sorry, your right to vote has been revoked.
Nazis are stupid enough to vote for him though. Know your fanbase.
There's an old women harassing protesters at a recent Trump event that made the news, she was Seig Heiling in his honor. Kinda blows those perimeters. Nazis of all ages love Trump, the Republican party and being bitches.
Smart voters aren't supporting any of that clown car.
Actually, I would rather say that it is young, uneducated men that should not be allowed to vote.
"[E]ducated people [...] shouldn’t vote, either. The last especially makes a lot of sense. Most of politics isn’t actually evaluating positions, but status-signaling."
Did he just proudly admit that he is an idiot who does not care about what the candidates actually want, only about who screams the propaganda he wants to hear the loudest? I am pretty sure he would have voted for Hitler, too (in this case, the comparison is entirely appropriate).
Even worse: They are at the rise even here, winning more seats than the SPD in Baden-Württemberg and nearly 25% percent in Sachsen-Anhalt (and 16% to the SED successor party). Why are humans so stupid? Why is their memory so short?
And this is why I cannot understand, let alone agree, with Americans thinking that Holocaust denial should be protected as free speech. Democracy has the right, no, the duty, to protect herself against her worst enemies: demagogues.
GOP males are less rational and there's nothing rational about bigotry, sexism, prejudice, intolerance, sociopathy and being a big orange lump with a dead fox acting as "hair".
Also; Rational need the Intuitive.
Guys like Pithom, Trump, the GOP and Wingnuts in general reject the Rational and "Think With Their Gut and Emotions". Don't give me that "rational" jazz!
"Most of politics isn’t actually evaluating positions, but status-signaling. There is no prima facie reason the right to vote shouldn’t be restricted to just the few capable of exercising it."
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No Representation without Education, then.
"Everyone who disagrees with me shouldn't get to vote!"
Why do you hate freedom so much? Oh right, because you're a child who never grew up and doesn't like sharing.
educated people (more likely to support Rubio over Trump) shouldn’t vote, either
The jokes just write themselves.
"...educated people (more likely to support Rubio over Trump) shouldn’t vote, either. The last especially makes a lot of sense."- No, no it doesn't. Not at all. Not even the slightest. It has never been nor will it ever be sensible to do such a thing. The sense of such a statement will never be greater then none at all. The parrot is dead.
The City Counsel would like to remind you that all those who vote incorrectly will be sent to the abandoned mine shaft outside of town. On the bright side the abandoned mine shaft now has HBO, though the Sheriff's Secret Police recently announced their plan to execute one prisoner a day until all incorrect votes STOP.
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