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In reply to the discussion: Census: Why don't we all just boycott the citizenship question? (assuming there is one) [View all]OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)So we should deny them the data they need to achieve that goal. I don't see what is so "not smart" about this proposal.
In multiple posts, you called my ideas not smart. I don't have to be "brilliant" to understand your point. We all know how to follow DU rules, and we all know what each other really means, so spare me the defensiveness. This isn't about alerting on posts, it is about grappling with ideas instead of labeling them as "not smart" so that one doesn't actually have to open one's mind.
Which brings me to my point, which is that you still do not appear to comprehend my proposal. I am well aware of the Republicans' plans. Which is why I propose that we all cooperate to deny them the data to follow through on it. If the majority of people refuse to state whether they are citizens or not, no one will know exactly where the non-citizens are. Republicans will have to make guesses and they will make mistakes. And people will vote anyway in whatever district they are put in, and the results will not be what the Republicans expected. The census cannot deprive you of your voting rights. Nor can seats be taken away from states that actually do have a lot of immigrants (https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27#toc-amendment-xiv). This is only about within state redistricting. If we can mess with their plan to try to draw citizens-only districts in the states they control, we should. Or we can help them find the immigrants by answering their damn citizenship question like good little girls and boys. I prefer the former.