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minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoWe should let felons vote. It’s become a feedback cycle of racism and disenfranchisement. Voting is a right, not a privilege.
minus-squarengdev@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoid say that letting convicted criminals vote could help get convicted criminals elected but uh… yeah
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoDoesn’t work that way in reality. It is more about people being convicted on small charges en mass to keep them from voting. Or I don’t think most Trump voters in 2024 were convicted criminals.
minus-squarengdev@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agosure, just said it so i could make the joke
minus-square18107@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoIf you can take rights away from one person, you can take those rights away from anyone. If voting is a right, then it must be a right for all.
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIf prisoners can vote for someone to free themselves from prison, you’ve jailed too many people and a fuctional society shouldn’t be jailing that many prople.
We should let felons vote. It’s become a feedback cycle of racism and disenfranchisement. Voting is a right, not a privilege.
id say that letting convicted criminals vote could help get convicted criminals elected but uh… yeah
Doesn’t work that way in reality. It is more about people being convicted on small charges en mass to keep them from voting.
Or
I don’t think most Trump voters in 2024 were convicted criminals.
sure, just said it so i could make the joke
If you can take rights away from one person, you can take those rights away from anyone. If voting is a right, then it must be a right for all.
If prisoners can vote for someone to free themselves from prison, you’ve jailed too many people and a fuctional society shouldn’t be jailing that many prople.