Why Not to Vote Democrat

[littlebittybobby]

It's only an acronym if it's also pronounced as a word, e.g if lagubataque was a word.

Mmmm....you mean like: SNAFU or FUBAR? But yeah---it is prolly best if way past-their-prime pols--best serving as baby-kissers and hand-shakers--hold the top offices. I would actually prefer that to young whippersnapper ideologues in command who are efficient at implementing public policy. Then, we would have a problem. See?

[JaneV2.0]

I'm not sure how "a well-regulated militia" turned into " a bunch of deranged idiots," but we should have nipped that in the bud years ago.

[bae]

RFK Jr.

“Covid-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese,” Kennedy said, adding that “we don’t know whether it’s deliberately targeted that or not.”

[Alan]

In my state there is an upcoming special election concerning requirements for changing the state constitution. Issue 1 would require a 60% voter majority to change the constitution if approved or a simple majority (51%) of voters if it is rejected. It is being touted as an attempt to eliminate majority rule in the state and this is how the Democrats choose to scare the citizens:

[LDAHL]

Are there other differences between those countries and the USA that might also have a bearing on the matter?

(Hint, there's a whole literature on this...)

I think you are right about that. It seems to me to be more a matter of culture than public policy. There are places where you could put a gun in every cupboard, and it wouldn’t much matter. There are other places where you could enact all the laws you like but they would be no more effective than the prohibition on drugs.

[jp1]

Are there other differences between those countries and the USA that might also have a bearing on the matter?

(Hint, there's a whole literature on this...)

Can you point me to some of this literature that explains why America is exceptional in our tendancy towards violence and murder?

[catherine]

Can you point me to some of this literature that explains why America is exceptional in our tendancy towards violence and murder?

Yes, I'd like to know, too. If it's culture, what is it about our culture that incites more than 20 times the mass killings in the country compared with the next highest number (From 2000-2014, US 133 vs Germany with 6). https://worldpopulationreview.com/co...ngs-by-country. Active shooter incidents have doubled since 2017.

[early morning]

In my state there is an upcoming special election concerning requirements for changing the state constitution. Issue 1 would require a 60% voter majority to change the constitution if approved or a simple majority (51%) of voters if it is rejected. It is being touted as an attempt to eliminate majority rule in the state and this is how the Democrats choose to scare the citizens:

See, that's what happens when we adopt that "but the Republicans did it first" thing. I don't agree with scare ads, but when in Rome - (or Ohio)- I guess the calculation is that you have to fight fire with fire.

And it IS about ending majority rule via ballot initiative. Apparently Alan does not believe citizens should have this right, because in Ohio, if this issue passes, 40% of the population will have the ability to stop the majority of Ohioans from being able to change a law or our constitution - that pesky majority rule thing.

A hater just down the road from me has a big banner on a semi parked by the road "encouraging" voters to approve issue one, because it's "pro-gun, pro-family, pro-religion". Three additional good reasons to vote NO, in my opinion.

[early morning]

Thanks for that link, Catherine!

[Alan]

And it IS about ending majority rule via ballot initiative. Apparently Alan does not believe citizens should have this right, because in Ohio, if this issue passes, 40% of the population will have the ability to stop the majority of Ohioans from being able to change a law or our constitution - that pesky majority rule thing.

I know that majority rule is quite popular with people who consider the US a Democracy rather than a Republic, mostly because they believe that a slight majority of citizens should be able to control the slight minority.

Constitutions, whether state or federal are the basis for all laws in their respective jurisdictions and should be preserved from the "tyranny of the majority" which our nation's founders (and common sense) warned us against. Or, at least make it hard enough to change to prevent people such as your "hater" neighbor and others like him to use it to your disadvantage or, conversely, for you to use it against him.

I recently saw a poll which revealed that somewhere near 50% of millennials believe citizens should be jailed for "mis-gendering" others. Throw into the mix some percentage of culture warriors of other generations and their dream could be realized in many states. Do you really want that?