basquebromance
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Sorry, OP, but I have to disagree with you. I rate the success of my job by how how many qualified citizens get registered to vote, period.
But speaking specifically of felons in prison, they are U.S. citizens that, by Supreme Court ruling, do not lose the fundamental right to marry. Why should the fundamental right to vote be different? Because they might get to vote on laws regarding crime and punishment? So what? We get to vote on things that effect our lives, why can't they?
Why do we not let children vote? Why do we not let children be in complete control of their own lives? Because they're not mature enough and don't understand enough about the world. My 7 year old knows how to read and probably knows more about the world than a lot of these inmates do. If prisoners should be allowed to vote I think he should be allowed to vote too.
Most inmates know how to read.
I said they should get the right to vote back, that's what we are discussing here. You wanna do gun rights there's a dozen different threads going. Stay in topic.So they should get all rights back when time is served?People actually in prison should not vote. Some of their freedoms have been suspended because they committed a crime. I'm fine with them voting after they have paid their debt to society.Conversely I think the main reason the right disagrees with giving them the right to vote is they know prisoners will lean left. This is just one more issue where everybody's position is conveniently in line with what would be best for their party.
Anyway, here is my reasoning for why I don't think prisoners should vote.
The barrier of having to be 18 to vote was put in place because a person should have some modicum of competence and maturity when contributing to decisions that impact the nation.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) - Education and Correctional Populations
68% of State prison inmates did not receive a high school diploma
14 Percent of U.S. Adults Can't Read
63 percent of prison inmates can't read
A large amount of these people really are just violent, ignorant scumbags that we shouldn't give a political voice to. I don't give a fuck about your democracy for all argument. Fuck that. No votes for prison inmates. By and large they are the trash of society and I completely support not giving a fuck about their opinions.
I do think we have folks in prison that don't belong there. Hopefully that will change soon.
I bet they don't know "the D" like you do.They know the letter "D".I doubt most of them know the name of any elected officials except maybe the president.I doubt they lean left/right or other.
If they got the right to vote the Democrats would be trying harder to give them goodies. Game over.
Sorry, OP, but I have to disagree with you. I rate the success of my job by how how many qualified citizens get registered to vote, period.
But speaking specifically of felons in prison, they are U.S. citizens that, by Supreme Court ruling, do not lose the fundamental right to marry. Why should the fundamental right to vote be different? Because they might get to vote on laws regarding crime and punishment? So what? We get to vote on things that effect our lives, why can't they?
Stay in topic.
I bet they don't know "the D" like you do.
I asked about all rights. It was just a question. Idk why you wont answerI said they should get the right to vote back, that's what we are discussing here. You wanna do gun rights there's a dozen different threads going. Stay in topic.So they should get all rights back when time is served?People actually in prison should not vote. Some of their freedoms have been suspended because they committed a crime. I'm fine with them voting after they have paid their debt to society.Conversely I think the main reason the right disagrees with giving them the right to vote is they know prisoners will lean left. This is just one more issue where everybody's position is conveniently in line with what would be best for their party.
Anyway, here is my reasoning for why I don't think prisoners should vote.
The barrier of having to be 18 to vote was put in place because a person should have some modicum of competence and maturity when contributing to decisions that impact the nation.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) - Education and Correctional Populations
68% of State prison inmates did not receive a high school diploma
14 Percent of U.S. Adults Can't Read
63 percent of prison inmates can't read
A large amount of these people really are just violent, ignorant scumbags that we shouldn't give a political voice to. I don't give a fuck about your democracy for all argument. Fuck that. No votes for prison inmates. By and large they are the trash of society and I completely support not giving a fuck about their opinions.
I do think we have folks in prison that don't belong there. Hopefully that will change soon.