As long as you ignore some really important things that contribute to what people see as conservative or otherwise, and as long as you ignore that what parties represent is a lot more complex than conservative vs. liberal/progressive, sure, this all makes sense.
Impressive they've managed to restrain their sloppiness within the bounds of pedantry this time. Though I imagine legal documents live and die on pedantic lines as much as any other.
It's rather frustrating that you'll just shift the topic onto something else when you receive a counterargument. We were talking about why Republicans would want "election security/ voting restriction" rules. The fact that the groups that are most affected are still overwhelmingly voting against the Republicans is a relevant reply to that question.... so then you just shift onto talking about why you think that's the case. But that doesn't address the actual substance of the point.
Well, as long as we're being pedants... 'HSBC' is an abbreviation, not an acronym (even if it legally doesn't stand for anything there).
In which Tstorm outright declares that black people are too stupid to break free of "herd mentality" without the help of white people.
So, I dunno what you think "racial voting blocks" are, but I'm 95% sure you're wrong
An acronym is a type of abbreviation: a word formed from the initial components of other words. I struggle to see why HSBC is not an acronym.
An acronym has to be pronouncable as a word. NASA, SCUBA. An initialism is when each letter is pronounced individually. Now that being said I think the mass lack of pedantry around this means they can effectively be treated as synonyms and anyone who corrects you should be treated the same way as anyone who says "Actually it should be 10 items or fewer." That is, burned with lit cigarettes and spat on until they leave the premises.
An acronym is an abbreviation intended to be pronounced like a distinct word itself, like NASA, UKIP, SARS, etc. Unless HSBC is meant to be pronounced "Hisbik" or something, it's a common-or-garden abbreviation (or 'initialism' if you like).
Hey now, I'm only pedanting because he pedanted first! It's open season!
I am guilty of aiding and abetting this pedantry. I'm only referring to the kind of people who actually give a shit.
This applies to multiple people, but I'm on my phone today, so I'm just gonna single quote.
The fact is that minority groups do not (in the majority) agree with the actions of the Republican Party.
So to be clear, you think that Republicans pass policies that people support and don't actually suppress voting out of belief they will suppress votes and not because their constituents support them?
"Doesn't actually suppress votes"
This is, of course, entirely false. We have a plethora of data showing exactly that. Contrary to your apparent belief, refusing to acknowledge the evidence doesn't make it not exist.
We know that voter fraud, particularly the kind that would be stopped by voter id is essentially non-existent.
Debunking the Voter Fraud Myth
The president has continued to claim voter fraud was a problem in the 2016 election. A look at the facts makes clear fraud is rare, and does not happen on a scale even close to necessary to “rig” an election.www.brennancenter.org
Americans are more likely to be struck by lightning than commit election fraud
Not only is there no credible evidence of widespread fraud in 2020, but fraud has been remarkably low in elections conducted in this century.www.businessinsider.com
We also know that voter id laws have a suppression effect.
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Study: Law Discouraged More Than Those Without Voter ID
Texas’ strict voter identification requirements kept many would-be voters in a Latino-majority congressional district from going to the polls last November — including many who had proper IDs — a new survey shows.www.texastribune.org
Voter Identification Laws and the Suppression of Minority Votes | The Journal of Politics: Vol 79, No 2
The proliferation of increasingly strict voter identification laws around the country has raised concerns about voter suppression. Although there are many reasons to suspect that these laws could harm groups like racial minorities and the poor, existing studies have been limited, with most...www.journals.uchicago.edu
When combined, these two facts show that the GOP are supporting and enacting voter id laws that suppress certain voters without solving any actual problems. That leaves us with the question of why it's being done, whether it be ignorance of very basic and well-researched facts or malice against the voters they are choosing to suppress.
I'm pretty sure enacting popular policy in the particular ways their overwhelmingly white base supports is a large part of why the GOPs non-white support is so small
Standardized solutions to varied situations are a mistake. America is not homogenous, the best election procedures are equally not homogenous. That being said, the local morning guy on conservative talk radio this past week was talking about how we should have national I'd cards and automatic registration, so I don't think you're in tune with the Republican circles on that.
"So to be clear, you believe [a description of events that requires you to accept all my arguments you've thus far rejected]?"
Except when the Democrats do something to boost votes, which is stealing elections. You're all about varied solutions to varied problems...until they're Democratic Solutions. Then, the State is allowed to run roughshod over counties and cities because Varied Solutions be damned. Except when the state leans blue, in which case it's a Miscarriage Of Justice.
And he's not in tune with the national GOP and most State GOP parties
Your beliefs are not reality. You should probably engage with those many articles and sources of information
