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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd settle for not a criminal nor foreign intelligence asset. Intelligence used loosely.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We should let felons vote. It's become a feedback cycle of racism and disenfranchisement. Voting is a right, not a privilege.

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

id say that letting convicted criminals vote could help get convicted criminals elected but uh... yeah

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't work that way in reality. It is more about people being convicted on small charges en mass to keep them from voting.

I don't think most Trump voters in 2024 were convicted criminals.

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago

sure, just said it so i could make the joke

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 5 points 4 weeks ago

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.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

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.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The US doesn't allow prisoners to vote and the US has the more people in prison than any other country in the world. And now there's a huge police force being built up that targets the places that didn't vote for the current President.

And who determines who is a "foreign intelligence asset"? Maybe we should check your phone and see what you've posted on the internet to make sure you're not a foreign intelligence asset. You don't want the government checking your phone? That proves you shouldn't aren't trustworthy enough to vote!

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 3 points 4 weeks ago

who determines who is a “foreign intelligence asset”?

Foreign Intelligience, who have confirmed Trump was a Russian Asset first scoped out in the 80s and again when the Russians interacted directly with Trump's 2016 campaign and ran indirect psyops on FaceBook.

I'm all for letting prisoners vote, I just don't want a guy whose crimes include trying to overthrow democracy into the fucking White House, even for simple things like Tourism.