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mr_lebowski

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6. "Crimes to be more lenient"? No offense, but WTH are you talking about?
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 03:54 AM
Jun 2017

The issue of whether women have the rights they're due, and the issue of whether 'felons' (or at least some subset of them) have paid their debt to society and should hence be allowed to vote ... are pretty much completely unrelated

Seems like a bit of a 'conflation fail', if I'm honest. A non-sequitur, if you will

Again, no offense, as maybe I'm 'missing something' ... having an XY chromosome configuration can make me stupid sometimes ...

Or are you under the impression that 'the public' does a lot of 'voting' on 'whether or not X is a crime', and that hence a HUGE population of 'felons' exercising 'voting rights' ... could really impact that vote, and, they'd like, exonerate themselves and their buddies'?

Cause .. I don't really think that happens ... like, EVER.

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Let me get this straight. Doreen Jun 2017 #1
There are female ex-felons, too. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #5
"Crimes to be more lenient"? No offense, but WTH are you talking about? mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #6
If you've paid your debt to society, you should have the right to vote secondwind Jun 2017 #2
I agree with this.... Mike B Jun 2017 #3
Absolutely TxDemChem Jun 2017 #4
Hear Hear ... mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #7
This is great news Gothmog Jun 2017 #8
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