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The GOAT (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 21 points 5 months ago (8 children)

I disagree mainly for the Elon reasons. We want everyone's voices in government and excluding anyone's is a recipe for disaster (yes, I'm one of those crazies that even thinks prisoners should have the right to vote it's wild right). I think it's just that ASD voices are among those conspicuously missing from government and that's something worth working to change.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Prisoners are part of the state. They contribute and they consume. They should definetly have the right to vote.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Yet it's a common belief that they should lose the right to vote because crimes.

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  • [+] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    People often equate justice with revenge. They want people to suffer for offences, real or perceived, that they've committed. The American so-called criminal justice system is all about revenge. It's about locking people up and making them suffer awful living conditions as punishment instead of trying to better them.

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