Biden Losing It

[Irreligious Atheist]

Kamala Harris has a lot of qualifications too. Still one of the lowest approval ratings of all time, and one of the worst public speakers of all time, which is what is entailed of the job, and also of the job of Press Secretary. And you are the only one who actually has supported policies that disproportionately impact black folks in a majorly negative way, as we talked about in a certain other thread that probably can't be mentioned here, so nice try, racist. And I'm probably also far more liberal than you when it comes to treatment of prisoners. I want to give black serial killers voting rights, while they are in prison. Do you want to give someone in jail who invaded the Capitol on Jan 6 voting rights while they're in prison? I doubt it. You just want to virtue signal about how you care so much.

I agree that Kamala has no charisma, and doesn't come across as a genius.

But, why should someone in jail not have national or state voting rights?  I can see how local voting rights might be a problem - a town with a local prison could literally be run by the inmates.  Basically being in prison doesn't make you a "resident" of the town.

Stripping voting rights from inmates is done largely for racist reasons, as are the laws that target racial groups.  We don't allow intelligence tests, mental stability tests, or any other for voting.  Doing one bad thing in your life doesn't make you a non-person.  Voting rights are the most important way to preserve all other rights - including human rights.

I do want to give all prisoners voting rights. I want them to be able to vote after they get out of prison, and also while they are in prison. I hadn't really thought of the issue much before, but once Bernie Sanders made his argument in favour of giving even the worst criminals voting rights, I could not disagree with Bernie's logic. Nudge seems to not want to answer the question though as to whether he would give all prisoners voting rights.

Edit- I stand corrected. Nudge says he wanted them either in Gitmo or shot on sight, but yeah, he claims to agree that they should have voting rights. And, Nudge himself says he doesn't vote, so by AFs standards, silence equals violence and Nudge is responsible for Trump being elected by not voting against him. I personally don't hold Nudge accountable for Trump, but by AF logic, sure.