Emma Goldman said much the same, actually.
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Most likely; there’s nothing new under the sun.
Regardless who said it first, it’s still relevant.
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I’d guess it was a common anarchists/anti-state position for years, especially during the period where “propaganda of the deed” (acts of terrorism by anarchists) was common. (@anon73430903 could probably say more, since they are much more up on their anarchist history than I am).
But yes, still relevant today, unfortunately. I think the problem might lie in the shape of electoral politics and how the mass media shapes the electorates views.
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Agreed; otherwise we wouldn’t still see people on both sides so determined to keep bringing up Hilary, when she’s basically become a mere footnote in history as far as this current admin is concerned.
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It’s like they know how insecure and unpopular they really are, so they have to keep going back to her. Also, it shows that the GOP has literally no agenda other than winning. We got real problems we need to be dealing with and all we get is this shit.
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Democratic quislings:
Blaming the left for Charlottesville while grovelling to the criminal police:
I wonder how many times this guy has said “She was asking for it.”
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Notably, all of the out-of-town neo-nazis who flew in for the weekend’s race rally don’t count as “outside agitators” to this guy.
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a point so nice it deserves to be gif’d twice!
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What about the homeless? Nothing in the Constitution excludes them from voting, but they often don’t have utility bills or current driver’s license.
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I don’t know all the ins and outs. Assuming they registered, the Voter ID card was enough.
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Unfortunately, there’s (like early voting, which I do support as it’s voluntary and allows access) no room for correction when on election eve, a candidate commits violent assault.
In addition, how does someone with no fixed address even get a ballot? If voter ID laws favour the privileged, then so does vote by mail. A combination system seems to be a better solution.
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You have some options. You can register at any DMV. When you register, you can set your mailing address to general delivery at any post office, then pick it up there. You can designate the county elections office as your address and pick it up there. You kinda have to know how to do these things, but you can certainly do them. Some of the shelters and kitchens in urban areas let “regulars” use their address for the purposes of voter registration for vote-by-mail and it’s perfectly legal.
Oh, and the state with Vote-by-Mail also have polling places for new residents and anyone who managed to falls through the cracks.
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My problem is every post you make has been supportive of nazis, republican tactics to deny voters equal footings, and pointless thought experiments to sway discussion away from both. Hence why we’re discussing voting methods on a post about how your worthless selected president won’t even come out with any more than a half-assed “both sides are bad” mealy-mouthed tweet.
We see you. We know what you are. You’re the people complaining about outside agitators in protests. You’re the people saying we need to give nazis a chance because maybe they aren’t really all about genocide. You’re the people who said Trayvon Martin shouldn’t have fought back. We see people like you all the time, supporting white supremacy with strawman arguments, out of context statements, and flawed logic.
You’re the Trump voters, the republicans, the democrats reaching across the aisle and ignoring their constituents. The libertarian corporate bootlickers complaining about political correctness, the police apologists, the #alllivesmatter crowd. You’re everywhere, and your arguments are always boring, predictable bullshit.
Feel free too fire up your sock puppets and get this comment hidden too, that’s all your kind is good for, silencing dissenting viewpoints and creating your little safe spaces from mean ol’ liberals.
Maybe go back a tiny bit of time:
This is from March 2015, same pollsters compiling the data. Between March 2015 and the election her net favorability nationwide fell 70%. And it wasn’t just a single event, and it wasn’t her emails. By Jan 2016 the net favorability was still the highest of any candidate, and before the DNC hack it had broken even and by the election it was a net negative rating. By all standards Hillary Clinton was memed into being unpopular.
Yes, it looks like over her campaign she fell from being generally well regarded to being the second or third least popular presidential candidate on record.
