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paleotn

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24. So am I. Voter suppression can go both ways.

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Thu Jul 4, 2024, 04:06 PM

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat: "Just what the Autocracy Doctor ordered." NYT runs op-ed from rightwinger telling people not to vote [View all] highplainsdem Jul 2024 OP

RWers fear the voting bloc.......................... Lovie777 Jul 2024 #1

True. They've known for years that they need to suppress the vote. highplainsdem Jul 2024 #4

It's getting easy to spot the Enemies of We the People Kid Berwyn Jul 2024 #2

There certainly are a lot of these toadies. This RWer has one of the more original approaches, though. highplainsdem Jul 2024 #5

They are letting us see the whites of their eyes delisen Jul 2024 #9

Frankly my dear, those "Heritage" folks can go fuck themselves. calimary Jul 2024 #22

actually, the Heritage Society said there would be no violence DBoon Jul 2024 #28

I like that phrase... returnee Jul 2024 #31

Well written. nt delisen Jul 2024 #34

Post deleted delisen Jul 2024 #18

The propaganda platform known as the NYT's Slop-Ed page Blue Owl Jul 2024 #3

Exactly. Good name for it. highplainsdem Jul 2024 #11

Just when you think the NYT can't get any lower. Liberal In Texas Jul 2024 #6

He knows MAGAts will vote. He's betting he can convince students, the poor and the elderly - who might highplainsdem Jul 2024 #10

I'm fine with a white winger telling white wingers not to vote. Silent Type Jul 2024 #7

It isn't aimed at them. Racists will not be put off voting by having voting as civic duty compared to highplainsdem Jul 2024 #8

So am I. Voter suppression can go both ways. paleotn Jul 2024 #24

I doubt we'd be worried about a right-winger telling people not to vote Azathoth Jul 2024 #12

The Republican party has been suppressing voters for at least 4 decades. You do not address that. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #15

Did you read all of my OP? His target audience isn't conservatives. highplainsdem Jul 2024 #16

Yes I read it. You fixated on his mention of the night patrols Azathoth Jul 2024 #19

If his target audience was conservative Catholics, that would have been mentioned first. highplainsdem Jul 2024 #21

Again, this isn't a Dear Liberals or Dear Conservatives piece Azathoth Jul 2024 #30

You have "absolutely no idea" whether he's lying about not voting himself? The evidence shows he highplainsdem Jul 2024 #33

"other circumstances" being ok_cpu Jul 2024 #32

GOP knows their policies are hated by the majority so they want to stop voters from voting. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #13

Sure looks that way. highplainsdem Jul 2024 #17

Walther DID vote in 2020 and 2022. See this thread: highplainsdem Jul 2024 #14

The irony is if you tell people to NOT do something they end up doing it ! kimbutgar Jul 2024 #20

Republicans appreciate voter apathy. Beartracks Jul 2024 #23

Ughhh!!!! This is the crap that was being pushed in 2016! LymphocyteLover Jul 2024 #25

he's wrong about single votes; I got Sunday alcohol sales passed 40 yrs ago oldsoftie Jul 2024 #26

RIP NYT Mme. Defarge Jul 2024 #27

This is unbelievably vile Hekate Jul 2024 #29