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re: TIL all white men got to vote just 14 years before black men
Posted on 3/27/18 at 3:27 pm to boxcar willie
Posted on 3/27/18 at 3:27 pm to boxcar willie
Posted on 3/27/18 at 3:29 pm to roadGator
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o you needed more citizens with guns to compete. Thank you for your support!
I'll donate but only on the condition of single shot bolt action rifles.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 3:37 pm to Kujo
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TIL all white men got to vote just 14 years before black men
That's incredibly misleading, but you knew that already.
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From 1890 to 1910, most black voters in the South were effectively disenfranchised by new state constitutions and state laws incorporating such obstacles as poll taxes and discriminatory literacy tests, from which white male voters were exempted by grandfather clauses. A system of whites-only primaries and violent intimidation by white groups also suppressed black participation.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 3:44 pm to boxcar willie
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I'll donate but only on the condition of single shot bolt action rifles.
Sure. Donate and I'll write a letter about your concerns after all the criminals turn in their AKs, uzi and other "fully semi-automatic" scary guns and after the military leaves their auto weapons in storage off the coast of the US mainland.
This post was edited on 3/27/18 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 3/27/18 at 3:46 pm to m2pro
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Either that, or a basic competency test. One that shows a -basic- understanding of how our political system works and our country's history.
I would add in math competency and reading comprehension.
Any one can memorize that stuff your talking about but show certain level of intelligence.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 3:49 pm to boxcar willie
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Any one can memorize that stuff your talking about but show certain level of intelligence.
No. Not anyone. You could give the country 3 days to learn and recite the 50 states and their capitols and I bet a significant portion of the populace couldn't pull it off from either pure stupidity (low IQ) or pure laziness.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 3:54 pm to roadGator
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You could give the country 3 days to learn and recite the 50 states and their capitols and I bet a significant portion of the populace couldn't pull it off from either pure stupidity (low IQ) or pure laziness.
As a geography lover, I am flat out appalled by how many folks think Las Vegas or St. Louis are capital cities.
Appalled.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 4:13 pm to Powerman
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If someone makes 150K a year and pays plenty of taxes but prefers to rent for mobility reasons you think they shouldn't be allowed to vote?
Maybe they shouldn't be allowed to vote on property tax proposals
Posted on 3/27/18 at 4:36 pm to REB BEER
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Maybe they shouldn't be allowed to vote on property tax proposals
why not? property taxes are factored into the rates renter's pay.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 4:37 pm to TerryDawg03
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I actually agree that if someone is a citizen and a net tax contributor (pays more in than they get), there should be consideration for them to vote
My brother and I agreed on this as well, but you have to use aggregate over time taxation. One bad year of unemployment shouldn't nullify a person's right to vote.
Land ownership is a terrible idea for a mandatory qualification
Posted on 3/27/18 at 4:39 pm to roadGator
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No. Not anyone. You could give the country 3 days to learn and recite the 50 states and their capitols and I bet a significant portion of the populace couldn't pull it off from either pure stupidity (low IQ) or pure laziness
I'm not sure of the benefit of memorizing useless trivia.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 8:54 pm to Usafgiles
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why not? property taxes are factored into the rates renter's pay.
The first vote that I remember was for issuing a local school bond that would be paid by a tax increase. I voted "frick no" but then moved away a month later for University.
The longtern citizens of that community have to live with my selfish vote forever
Posted on 3/28/18 at 12:16 pm to Kujo
quote:Well, that came out of nowhere!
If you believe in reparations,
Posted on 3/28/18 at 12:21 pm to Bison
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After federal troops pulled out of the south, Southern whites used intimidation and violence to deter many blacks from voting . This included lynching , castrations and other vile acts. It was this way that whites where able to regain much of the political power that had been stripped after loosing the civil war. without federal troops to enforce free and fair elections , whites were able to keep blacks marginalized for many decades after reconstruction. Reconstruction turned out be a huge failure for blacks. also whites forced blacks to pass ridiculously difficult “literacy tests” that most whites could not even pass. These tests can be found online. so yes , under federal law blacks were granted the right to vote but southern whites pulled out all the stops to fix elections in their favor. When the confederates got back political power positions like Sheriff and Judge, in small towns there was not really anyone to file greivence with. Many blacks had to return to their former lives of indentured servitude as sharecroppers.
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loosing
You got so tied up making up that liberal history book bullshite that you forgot how to spell
Posted on 3/28/18 at 1:17 pm to SirWinston
quote:It shouldn't be. Allowing black men to vote is sane. Women of any race voting is legitimate lunacy.
White women were definitely treated better than black men, so it's very surprising that they were denied the vote for so much longer.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 1:19 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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It shouldn't be. Allowing black men to vote is sane. Women of any race voting is legitimate lunacy.
But more and more men are acting like women and basing things solely on emotions.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 1:21 pm to Revelator
quote:They shouldn't be allowed to vote either.
But more and more men are acting like women and basing things solely on emotions.
Instead of an IQ or literacy test or property owner stipulation to vote, I propose a testosterone test.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 1:24 pm to olddawg26
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Yup its pretty much been even steven besides those 14 years.
3/5 of a person is even?
Posted on 3/28/18 at 1:25 pm to Kujo
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Not sure why people feel like they were so greatly hindered.
In what year did the Ernest Green story take place? If you can research that and tell me when and how and what happened and you will see that there is a great deal more going on than the right to vote
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