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Fam_Fam posted...

god forbid the majority get their way in a democracy

1.) I agree that they should have their voting rights restored, but this idea that public policy votes should always be respected is ridiculous. There's a reason we have representatives:

The tyranny of the majority (or tyranny of the masses) is an inherent weakness of majority rule in which the majority of an electorate can and does place its own interests above, and at the expense of, those in the minority. This results in oppression of minority groups comparable to that of a tyrant or despot, argued John Stuart Mill in his 1859 book On Liberty.[1]

A representative's job is to weigh the will of his or her electorate with the good of the country and all people within it. They often do clash.
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Well allons-y, Alonso!