"Does person X deserve the right to vote" is absolutely the wrong question to ask. (Reply #14)

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Fri Apr 26, 2019, 07:16 PM

14. "Does person X deserve the right to vote" is absolutely the wrong question to ask.

As soon as we start drawing a line and separating those entitled to vote from those not entitled, somebody else is gonna come along and start moving that line.

"We all voted and agreed that you don't get a vote" is not democracy.

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45 replies	Author	Time	Post
Thank you, AOC! [View all]	liberalnarb	Apr 2019	OP
They need to stop doubling down on this	leftofcool	Apr 2019	#1
What, doubling down on rationality? She's right and she's brilliant.	DemocracyMouse	Apr 2019	#12
Why tweet on a subject that isn't even in a bill to vote on?	Honeycombe8	Apr 2019	#16
What's next, Why is she not in the kitchen?	LiberalLovinLug	Apr 2019	#26
She's trying to attract attention instead of doing her job. She could have sponsored a bill for that	Honeycombe8	Apr 2019	#35
I'm reading about...	the_sly_pig	Apr 2019	#38
Yeah...there are a lot of people tweeting these days, which is refreshing & enjoyable.	Honeycombe8	Apr 2019	#44
QUADRUPLING down here!!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Apr 2019	#30
People keep using the word "brilliant."	murielm99	Apr 2019	#41
Brilliant because she's gone from bartender to beacon of hope...	DemocracyMouse	Apr 2019	#42
Has she opened all the offices in her district yet?	murielm99	Apr 2019	#43
Really?	DemocracyMouse	Apr 2019	#45
Yes we shouldn't talk	shanny	Apr 2019	#27
Yes, status quo's the way to go!! Not!!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Apr 2019	#31
there is already a thread about this	Mosby	Apr 2019	#2
Loving AOC and glad to see more Dems are supporting her. After all of these years	walkingman	Apr 2019	#3
Gotta love AOC!! She's right again... as usual!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Apr 2019	#32
or you could, ya know,	qazplm135	Apr 2019	#4
Whoa !	pangaia	Apr 2019	#20
sorry	qazplm135	Apr 2019	#29
I am not in the AOC fan club. I'm not in anybody's fan club. :))	pangaia	Apr 2019	#33
"Should a nonviolent person stopped w/ a dime bag LOSE the right to vote?": I think not.	David__77	Apr 2019	#5
AOC needs a new mentor, imo.	Control-Z	Apr 2019	#6
Should this question be asked?	watoos	Apr 2019	#7
K and R.	warmfeet	Apr 2019	#8
She's so smart	loves_da_dems	Apr 2019	#9
no it isn't.	Mosby	Apr 2019	#19
There's that pesky slippery slope issue of which convicts get to vote, where to draw the line in a	JudyM	Apr 2019	#34
She maybe smart but perhaps not so much politically. nt	UniteFightBack	Apr 2019	#23
No taxation without representation.	safeinOhio	Apr 2019	#10
Speaking as someone who lives where there is a pot shop every block	ProudLib72	Apr 2019	#11
Exactly AOC. People who shouldn't be in jail in the first place.	YOHABLO	Apr 2019	#13
"Does person X deserve the right to vote" is absolutely the wrong question to ask.	paulkienitz	Apr 2019	#14
She is brilliant. nt	Ferrets are Cool	Apr 2019	#15
BTW, if you need to contact	KG	Apr 2019	#17
That 718# went right to her DC office. Is the Queens office not set up yet? Voicemail is full.	UniteFightBack	Apr 2019	#22
I don't see any correlation between a terrorist bomber and someone with a dime bag.	George II	Apr 2019	#18
Hey let's comment about anything and everything ! Even if they are LOSER ISSUES!! YAY!! nt	UniteFightBack	Apr 2019	#21
This!	lillypaddle	Apr 2019	#40
I love her intellect and wit more and more each day. nt	iluvtennis	Apr 2019	#24
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	Apr 2019	#25
GOP wants to give felons guns but not voting rights	EveHammond13	Apr 2019	#28
K&R	Mike Niendorff	Apr 2019	#36
I don't know how I feel about this. It's not the violent criminals I worry about,	Vinca	Apr 2019	#37
With the multitude of problems we have to face	lillypaddle	Apr 2019	#39

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