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Originally Posted by robwod
Ok, I see. And I agree with you on several things here, including that is beyond belief people object to displaying a valid ID along with a registered voter card to cast your ballot.
I do find it interesting that people of other countries, including my own (Canada) tend ot ignore the fact that we have our own problematic politicians and issues, and instead focus so much energy being critical of another country's.
The one similarity we do share, however, is that both of our country's have shifted political dynamics. No longer are our elected officials representing the people. Instead, they largely represent the interests of those who can give them the most money.
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This issue isn't really about id's. It's just more "my tribe vs your tribe" idiocy. Republicans are pushing it because these poor people who apparently can't get an ID card by any means at all are overwhelmingly Democratic voters. Thats somewhat understandable as it threatens their voter base...
However, the comedy in this issue is that there is still no logical reason why someone participating in a democracy should not have to verify their eligibility to participate. The arguments as to why they just can't possibly get any sort of valid ID at all, are just so sad, its depressing to think someone could even make these arguments about another human being which they are relying on to make educated decisions which determine the course of the future and the future of everyones children.
I don't have any issues with Canadians, but imagine daily threads of nuanced political discussion of Canadian politics, most of which created by Americans then featured the same 4 Americans telling you how 1/2 of Canada is nothing but a bunch of crazy assholes who hate people. It gets tiresome. They are everything themselves, which they claim to dislike in those they criticize
