| I'll preface my statement by saying I'm an independent and don't support either major party because it seems like the moment you criticize either you get called a libshit or republicunt. That said, why are ID's not required to vote in the US when they are required for every single other government related task? Congress could very cheaply fund such a program, and even if they didn't it's not as though licenses/ID's are free yet they're required for everything, even to get a job. Voter suppression is a bad argument but I've never heard another one. Second, why are states choosing to mail everyone on voter rolls with a ballot whether they asked for it or not? Now does not seem like a time to be changing the way we vote. We manage to grocery shop for the past 6 months, we can manage to go to the polls without dying. It almost seems like democrats want the results of this election to be in dispute. Because there is zero logic for the things they are doing and all of it requires extreme levels of cognitive dissonance to stomach. Both sides are playing dirty and neither side wants to admit it. I'm astonished at how many friends, brilliant people I'd never expect to become so tribal, have fallen into the trap of partisanship in the past four years. These people are 100% convinced the other side is evil, and are unwilling to admit their side could be wrong about anything. I will point out something a candidate on either side did any they will do all the kinds of mental gymnastics to justify it. And funnily enough I get flak for not choosing their side. Centrist are apparently aiding the enemy now. |
We also don’t all go grocery shopping on the same day and there are more grocery stores than polling places.
IDs are the domains of the states. States especially in the south do everything possible to make it difficult for minorities to get IDs.
Also you see things like allowing a gun license to be valid ID (mostly conservatives ) but not student IDs (lean liberal). Even when student IDs are issued by state schools.
This no “both sides” argument.