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1. Jail Trump 2. Criminalize being republican 3. End the electoral college 4. Pack the Supreme Court 5. Ban voter ID laws 6. Criminalize hate speech
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Anonymous 23h

What’s with the hate for voter ID? Why is that a bad thing?

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Anonymous 1d

This is the most radical rhetoric I’ve probably ever seen on here.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 23h

I have seen at least 50 people be told to face the wall on here, this is kinda tame

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 22h

Common sense policy in response to a criminal president

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 22h

The only one of these that’s common sense is jailing trump…

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 21h

Not really. There needs to be punishment of republicans who helped trump commit crimes and measures taken to prevent another trump.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 21h

Not every republican has done that though. To criminalize someone for political beliefs is such a brain dead take. The less than 30% that still support that treasonous pig are a super loud minority.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 21h

Hence why I said for those who helped trump commit crimes

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 21h

Fair I’ll take my slap on the wrist for not fully comprehending that fully

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 21h

It disproportionately affects poor and working class voters, homeless people, and POC. It can also cause problems for students and Americans living abroad

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 21h

It's a poll tax unless the government gives it to everyone

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 18h

How tf do you figure that?

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 17h

If you can’t show a booth your id, maybe you shouldn’t be allowed to vote. I hate to say it. If you can’t figure out how ti get an id, that’s a whole different issue

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 16h

On god

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13h

Different reasons for different cases. The big one is that to #5’s point it’s a poll tax unless IDs are free, which they aren’t most places. There are people who just straight up don’t have the money to pay the fees for the ID app and documentation they need. Others have to work multiple jobs to survive and don’t have a day off to spend at the DMV. This disproportionately affects POC since they are unfortunately statistically more likely to experience this kind of financial crisis.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 13h

You also need a street address to apply for almost any ID, which homeless people of course don’t have. Homeless people without ID is currently kind of a crisis in and of itself but that’s another story. The address thing also causes problems for students living out of state and Americans living abroad

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 13h

I’m actually experiencing the last one myself. My home state/state of residence requires a state ID/DL to vote, and I don’t have one because I live in Asia right now with no current US address even if I COULD apply for an ID, which would require traveling stateside, which is prohibitively expensive. Because of that I’m defacto banned from voting in federal elections even though I’m an eligible voter.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 13h

The fact is that voter fraud almost never happens since it’s too much work for so little payoff, and far more eligible voters than fraudulent ones are prevented from voting with these policies. If we had free and accessible IDs nationwide my opinion might be different, but we don’t.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 11h

That’s deadass a separate issue. I agree though IDs should be free.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 11h

I mean no, it’s not a separate issue at all and I don’t really understand how one could not see that. The ability of people to get IDs is directly related to the validity and fairness of voter ID laws.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 9h

Related yes but I still feel like it’s a separate issue. And again I 100% agree they should be more accessible for those struggling financially.

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