Yes, for sure, Jim Crow laws were a terrible way to disenfranchise people of color. Attempts today to limit people of color, young people and others from voting are alive and well in the form of Voter ID laws all over the country. Thankfully we turned back that attempt in Minnesota. And the rest of your comment is unsubstantiated. I hope you don’t go around telling others that what you wrote is true.
Yep, a $20 ID to prove that you are not illegally voting is horrible and racist (and might hurt “Progressives” in the polls who are deeply supported by felons and illegal Aliens who have no right to vote) but a $100+ Permit that requires certified classroom training to exercise an enumerated right is good for society!
Not-to-mention that voting isn’t a right at all. But I suspect Joan reads my blog more than she reads the US Constitution, and takes both with equal grains of salt.
Wait… if Voter ID is racist, then how are Universal Background Checks or Carry Permits not racist?
Ah, because she deems it unsubstantiated. I dunno, by her own arguments one can easilly think she supports Jim Crow laws as long as they keep minorities from owning guns.
I’ve actually had people argue that the current gun background checks are racist, and they only way to make them fair is to get universal background checks. No, they never elaborated in what way they were racist, just that they most definitely were and we needed more of them.
Tangentially, but relatedly, John R. Lott touched on a similar topic.
URL, in case the hyperlink doesn’t work: http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2013/11/question-if-two-cent-tax-on-newspapers.html
Essentially, ANY tax or financial burden that must be paid in order to exercise a Constitutionally-protected right (i.e. a “poll tax”) is considered an infringement or abridgement of that right. Voter-ID laws would only work if the government subsidizes the cost of the ID for low-income folks. Gun permit/registration fees should work the same way, or the permitting/registration system should be outlawed entirely (for the record, I vote for the latter 🙂 ).
Also I’ve always pointed out the interesting fact that “Progressives” are always in favor of subsidies. Just look at the Affordable Health Care Act. If you are low income you can get deep discounts on your healthcare (if you could log in to claim them), and of course there’s food stamps, and public housing. All are VASTLY more expensive than a simple photo ID.
But they don’t WANT that subsidized because then criminal voters wouldn’t be able to commit fraud!
Canada has voter ID laws.
Mexico has voter ID laws.
Your move, Joan.
(posted here because I’m sure my comment would be deleted if I posted there)
I don’t click over too often because she gives me a headache, but her reading comprehension is as poor as her writing ability. She claims the commenter stated that the NRA was founded to fight the KKK (the commenter said no such thing) and also claims the commenter stated that Mark Williams was kidnapped (ibid).
It’s no fun debating with people who can’t read or understand your arguments. But I do appreciate your pointing them out so the rest of us have something to laugh at.
I’m a little late to the debate since your site stopped loading at work (not blocked, it just won’t load for some reason), but I have to say that you’re wrong when you say that voting isn’t a right. It is a civil right, obtained by participating in society. As opposed to natural or God given rights that exist independently of anything else.