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Post by ManAboutTown on Feb 5, 2021 6:35:51 GMT 14
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Post by Kamala-Hunter 2024 on Feb 5, 2021 6:48:59 GMT 14
Pretty straight forward. There are no 'both sides' to our right to vote. The Board is being packed with Lunsford acolytes and will push as far-right as they can. It will get much worse if allowed to continue.
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Post by RedTails on Feb 5, 2021 7:01:27 GMT 14
My commentary on this is that local politics has been seemingly turning into national politics mainly due to Michael Lunsford/LCAT/Citizens for a New Louisiana. That's not a good thing.
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Post by Kamala-Hunter 2024 on Feb 5, 2021 7:23:17 GMT 14
If the GQP put in half of the work they do on making it harder for people to vote and actually work on legislation to make the lives of citizens better, they would not have to work so hard!
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Post by Duggie35 on Feb 5, 2021 13:10:21 GMT 14
I keep hearing folks say that voting needs to be made easy. First of all I need someone to tell me what makes it hard for people to vote now.
All you have to do is become a legitimate citizen of the USA, provide proof of citizenship, register to vote, and then show up and cast your vote. Mail in ballots should be available by request only (which has been in place for a while in most States), not by mass distribution.
Is voting really hard or are some just too lazy or indifferent to do so? If that’s the case, they don’t really need to vote!
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Post by berryjaldwin on Feb 5, 2021 14:35:47 GMT 14
I keep hearing folks say that voting needs to be made easy. First of all I need someone to tell me what makes it hard for people to vote now. All you have to do is become a legitimate citizen of the USA, provide proof of citizenship, register to vote, and then show up and cast your vote. Mail in ballots should be available by request only (which has been in place for a while in most States), not by mass distribution. Is voting really hard or are some just too lazy or indifferent to do so? If that’s the case, they don’t really need to vote! This punk gets it. |
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Post by ManAboutTown on Feb 5, 2021 14:37:40 GMT 14
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Post by ManAboutTown on Feb 5, 2021 14:44:23 GMT 14
I keep hearing folks say that voting needs to be made easy. First of all I need someone to tell me what makes it hard for people to vote now. All you have to do is become a legitimate citizen of the USA, provide proof of citizenship, register to vote, and then show up and cast your vote. Mail in ballots should be available by request only (which has been in place for a while in most States), not by mass distribution. Is voting really hard or are some just too lazy or indifferent to do so? If that’s the case, they don’t really need to vote! Well first of all, you obviously don’t know much southern history about voting rights. Second, voter suppression is well documented, even today. It happened in a pretty gross way just last mid terms and Kemp was caught doing it in GA. That’s just one example. This info is easy to find. It’s just that the political climate and media relationship with its customers have deteriorated to a point to where people don’t believe actual facts anymore. It’s all “fake news” if it’s in the Times, WAPO, etc. |
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Post by Duggie35 on Feb 5, 2021 17:51:28 GMT 14
I keep hearing folks say that voting needs to be made easy. First of all I need someone to tell me what makes it hard for people to vote now. All you have to do is become a legitimate citizen of the USA, provide proof of citizenship, register to vote, and then show up and cast your vote. Mail in ballots should be available by request only (which has been in place for a while in most States), not by mass distribution. Is voting really hard or are some just too lazy or indifferent to do so? If that’s the case, they don’t really need to vote! Well first of all, you obviously don’t know much southern history about voting rights. Second, voter suppression is well documented, even today. It happened in a pretty gross way just last mid terms and Kemp was caught doing it in GA. That’s just one example. This info is easy to find. It’s just that the political climate and media relationship with its customers have deteriorated to a point to where people don’t believe actual facts anymore. It’s all “fake news” if it’s in the Times, WAPO, etc. I agree that in the past, voter suppression did exist. But that is history and today, anyone who is eligible to vote and wants to vote has no reason not to do so. As a matter of fact, voting today is so easy, even some dead people vote! |
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Post by thefan on Feb 6, 2021 5:39:46 GMT 14
Well first of all, you obviously don’t know much southern history about voting rights. Second, voter suppression is well documented, even today. It happened in a pretty gross way just last mid terms and Kemp was caught doing it in GA. That’s just one example. This info is easy to find. It’s just that the political climate and media relationship with its customers have deteriorated to a point to where people don’t believe actual facts anymore. It’s all “fake news” if it’s in the Times, WAPO, etc. I agree that in the past, voter suppression did exist. But that is history and today, anyone who is eligible to vote and wants to vote has no reason not to do so. As a matter of fact, voting today is so easy, even some dead people vote!This x10!! |
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Post by cajunaxe on Feb 6, 2021 6:02:40 GMT 14
Well first of all, you obviously don’t know much southern history about voting rights. Second, voter suppression is well documented, even today. It happened in a pretty gross way just last mid terms and Kemp was caught doing it in GA. That’s just one example. This info is easy to find. It’s just that the political climate and media relationship with its customers have deteriorated to a point to where people don’t believe actual facts anymore. It’s all “fake news” if it’s in the Times, WAPO, etc. I agree that in the past, voter suppression did exist. But that is history and today, anyone who is eligible to vote and wants to vote has no reason not to do so. As a matter of fact, voting today is so easy, even some dead people vote! Absolutely! I have no problem with allowing Mr. Foster to speak, had they invited someone from the minority community that did not share all of his opinions. But from what I understand, this option was not offered by the Library or considered. A fair and balanced discussion is something we should all thrive for in the end. |
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Post by ManAboutTown on Feb 6, 2021 7:21:23 GMT 14
I agree that in the past, voter suppression did exist. But that is history and today, anyone who is eligible to vote and wants to vote has no reason not to do so. As a matter of fact, voting today is so easy, even some dead people vote! Absolutely! I have no problem with allowing Mr. Foster to speak, had they invited someone from the minority community that did not share all of his opinions. But from what I understand, this option was not offered by the Library or considered. A fair and balanced discussion is something we should all thrive for in the end. A “fair and balanced” discussion has not been offered to the minority parties involved... pretty much ever. This is the height of hypocrisy. Where have all the “fair and balanced” warriors been all these years? Even so, if the arguments are so “far left” and ridiculous, why so much anger (which is really fear) and animosity over them? At worst, it’s a bit of wasted time for free. At best, it’s a funded history lesson on a topic that is woefully under taught. |
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Post by cajunaxe on Feb 6, 2021 9:38:46 GMT 14
Absolutely! I have no problem with allowing Mr. Foster to speak, had they invited someone from the minority community that did not share all of his opinions. But from what I understand, this option was not offered by the Library or considered. A fair and balanced discussion is something we should all thrive for in the end. A “fair and balanced” discussion has not been offered to the minority parties involved... pretty much ever. This is the height of hypocrisy. Where have all the “fair and balanced” warriors been all these years? Even so, if the arguments are so “far left” and ridiculous, why so much anger (which is really fear) and animosity over them? At worst, it’s a bit of wasted time for free. At best, it’s a funded history lesson on a topic that is woefully under taught. Oh? That's a broad brush your painting there buddy. Have you been to college campuses all around the country, can you attest to that fact, or is it just your opinion from your wokeness? Is any minority going to speak at Durpre Library that may not share Mr. Foster's view on modern voting in this country? Let me answer that for you, NO! No one is debating history here, but not everyone agrees with his theory that the modern civil rights movement accomplished very little in changing voting rights for minorities. |
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Post by ULvictory on Feb 6, 2021 9:47:39 GMT 14
Well first of all, you obviously don’t know much southern history about voting rights. Second, voter suppression is well documented, even today. It happened in a pretty gross way just last mid terms and Kemp was caught doing it in GA. That’s just one example. This info is easy to find. It’s just that the political climate and media relationship with its customers have deteriorated to a point to where people don’t believe actual facts anymore. It’s all “fake news” if it’s in the Times, WAPO, etc. I agree that in the past, voter suppression did exist. But that is history and today, anyone who is eligible to vote and wants to vote has no reason not to do so. As a matter of fact, voting today is so easy, even some dead people vote! Take a two hour drive down to New Orleans on Election Day. They have buses for people who don't have means of transportation to get to a polling place. As far as the whole library grant debacle, I'd be ok with it as long as there's no biased activism involved. In today's political climate, that is a hard thing to do on either side. If someone wants to talk about voting rights, talk about voting rights and its history. But don't add the typical "here is what I think about it" spiel in the presentation. It takes away from the actual history lesson. |
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Post by ManAboutTown on Feb 6, 2021 13:51:43 GMT 14
A “fair and balanced” discussion has not been offered to the minority parties involved... pretty much ever. This is the height of hypocrisy. Where have all the “fair and balanced” warriors been all these years? Even so, if the arguments are so “far left” and ridiculous, why so much anger (which is really fear) and animosity over them? At worst, it’s a bit of wasted time for free. At best, it’s a funded history lesson on a topic that is woefully under taught. Oh? That's a broad brush your painting there buddy. Have you been to college campuses all around the country, can you attest to that fact, or is it just your opinion from your wokeness? Is any minority going to speak at Durpre Library that may not share Mr. Foster's view on modern voting in this country? Let me answer that for you, NO! No one is debating history here, but not everyone agrees with his theory that the modern civil rights movement accomplished very little in changing voting rights for minorities. You managed to dodge my questions and talk about things I never mentioned in my comment at the same time. Even managed to get the word “wokeness” into a pretty general idea. Pretty damn impressive. I don’t need to visits colleges across the country to understand what is going on here. Also don’t have to be all that bright to understand that voting rights, voter suppression and the very recent past are all very intertwined. In fact, all one really needs to do is read the names of the people involved in the “protest” and context will come flooding in. Lunsford? Bruster? Give me a break.. |
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