Poll of the Day > Republicans argue they can't win a fair election in front of SCOTUS

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/supreme-court-gop-attorney-defends-voting-restrictions-saying-they-help-n1259305

Seriously

Because it puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats, said Michael Carvin, the lawyer defending the state's restrictions. Politics is a zero-sum game. And every extra vote they get through unlawful interpretation of Section 2 hurts us, its the difference between winning an election 50-49 and losing an election 51 to 50.

Maybe they should try not being assholes to big chunks of voters because of their race

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Shame.

Further embracing of victimhood from the right

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They can't. That's why they restrict voting and heavily gerrymander their districts.

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Crazy how people repeatedly try to restrict democracy and suffer zero consequences for it

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I wish the judge had said "maybe this is a sign your party needs to end"

I will never comprehend liking the Republicans over the Democrats even if you hate the Democrats.

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ReturnOfFa posted...

I will never comprehend liking the Republicans over the Democrats even if you hate the Democrats.

http://i.imgur.com/e8BZWf0.mp4

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Blightzkrieg posted...

http://i.imgur.com/e8BZWf0.mp4

hehehe

even though the statement is true, it has become so common as to be reductionist, and is usually used as an excuse to bow out of thinking about things. I'm sure some people mean it sincerely, so I won't judge them too hard if they can actually articulate some thoughts behind it. But it's sad that discourse has become taglines and posting pictures of the taglines lol.

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ReturnOfFa posted...

I will never comprehend liking the Republicans over the Democrats even if you hate the Democrats.

I hate both parties. I like the Republicans more because they tend to be simply ineffective in comparison to the Democrats who actively hold and strive for things I disagree immensely with.

We live in a society rife with class inequality in which the wealthy lord over the common man and stifle any attempts for them to grow beyond their means while regulating them to poverty. They advocate for minimum wage increases while increasingly shipping jobs overseas to take advantage of slave labor and opposing bills that attempt to end such practices. They talk about social healthcare without questioning if the expenses in place should even exist regardless of social or private healthcare. I've got a ton of issues with both parties but more with the left than right... But that doesn't mean I like the right either as they're a bunch of ingrade idiots who can't even go 'it's wrong to force people to wear masks but you SHOULD be wearing one and it's not some damned conspiracy to make us all submit to islam or whatever the crazy crackpots are shouting!' Instead it's a choice between 'YOU SHOULD WEAR TWO MASKS EVEN WHEN IN YOUR OWN HOME!' and 'I REFUSE TO WEAR A MASK BECAUSE I'M AN INCONSIDERATE JERKWAD HIDING BEHIND FREEDOM!'.

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Unbridled9 posted...

Instead it's a choice between 'YOU SHOULD WEAR TWO MASKS EVEN WHEN IN YOUR OWN HOME!' and 'I REFUSE TO WEAR A MASK BECAUSE I'M AN INCONSIDERATE JERKWAD HIDING BEHIND FREEDOM!'.

It literally is not that, youre letting yourself be bamboozled into thinking that the extremism seen online is anything more than a very vocal minority on each side.

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Unbridled9 posted...

I hate both parties. I like the Republicans more because they tend to be simply ineffective in comparison to the Democrats who actively hold and strive for things I disagree immensely with.

We live in a society rife with class inequality in which the wealthy lord over the common man and stifle any attempts for them to grow beyond their means while regulating them to poverty. They advocate for minimum wage increases while increasingly shipping jobs overseas to take advantage of slave labor and opposing bills that attempt to end such practices. They talk about social healthcare without questioning if the expenses in place should even exist regardless of social or private healthcare. I've got a ton of issues with both parties but more with the left than right... But that doesn't mean I like the right either as they're a bunch of ingrade idiots who can't even go 'it's wrong to force people to wear masks but you SHOULD be wearing one and it's not some damned conspiracy to make us all submit to islam or whatever the crazy crackpots are shouting!' Instead it's a choice between 'YOU SHOULD WEAR TWO MASKS EVEN WHEN IN YOUR OWN HOME!' and 'I REFUSE TO WEAR A MASK BECAUSE I'M AN INCONSIDERATE JERKWAD HIDING BEHIND FREEDOM!'.

I feel you, but I feel like you're using a lot of 'their' talking points, IE media, Democratic, Republican. Anything bad I see the Democrats do, I see the Republicans doing even moreso (cheap overseas slave labor, never ever considering healthcare, deregulation, supporting the right to discriminate, overseas bombing).

I just think there's too much awful stuff to keep in check with the Republicans. The Democrats will try to help the disadvantaged in their own conceited ways, and will maintain the status quo. I see pushing for better as far, far easier under Dems than Republicans.

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Unbridled9 posted...

I hate both parties. I like the Republicans more because they tend to be simply ineffective in comparison to the Democrats who actively hold and strive for things I disagree immensely with.

We live in a society rife with class inequality in which the wealthy lord over the common man and stifle any attempts for them to grow beyond their means while regulating them to poverty. They advocate for minimum wage increases while increasingly shipping jobs overseas to take advantage of slave labor and opposing bills that attempt to end such practices. They talk about social healthcare without questioning if the expenses in place should even exist regardless of social or private healthcare. I've got a ton of issues with both parties but more with the left than right... But that doesn't mean I like the right either as they're a bunch of ingrade idiots who can't even go 'it's wrong to force people to wear masks but you SHOULD be wearing one and it's not some damned conspiracy to make us all submit to islam or whatever the crazy crackpots are shouting!' Instead it's a choice between 'YOU SHOULD WEAR TWO MASKS EVEN WHEN IN YOUR OWN HOME!' and 'I REFUSE TO WEAR A MASK BECAUSE I'M AN INCONSIDERATE JERKWAD HIDING BEHIND FREEDOM!'.

lol at least you have the courage to admit you love the awful things republicans stand for.

Unbridled9 posted...

I hate both parties. I like the Republicans more because they tend to be simply ineffective in comparison to the Democrats who actively hold and strive for things I disagree immensely with.

We live in a society

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BlackScythe0 posted...

lol at least you have the courage to admit you love the awful things republicans stand for.

What, in particular, are you thinking of? Because the Republicans stand for a lot of things as do the Democrats and I agree and disagree with some things from each party.

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Unbridled9 posted...

What, in particular, are you thinking of? Because the Republicans stand for a lot of things as do the Democrats and I agree and disagree with some things from each party.

Calling republicans "ineffective" with all the damage Trump and McConnel did and then saying democrats work towards horrible things says it all pal.

If nothing else Trump was really effective in promoting terrorists.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Calling republicans "ineffective" with all the damage Trump and McConnel did and then saying democrats work towards horrible things says it all pal.

If nothing else Trump was really effective in promoting terrorists.

I think we have vastly different interpretations of what we believe my desired outcome is.

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Unbridled9 posted...

I think we have vastly different interpretations of what we believe my desired outcome is.

How did 1/6 compare to your desired outcome?

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