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In reply to the discussion: Today I was convinced to support intelligence tests to qualify voters [View all]Mariana
(14,914 posts)34. So why does she hate homosexuals so much?
How many of them have treated her badly for any reason? Why does she want them locked up until they die? Why does she want them eliminated from the population? I'm just having trouble understanding how any of what you say may have happened to her leads to that.
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Today I was convinced to support intelligence tests to qualify voters [View all]
bluestateguy
May 2012
OP
It only takes a small group of dedicated people to enslave a nation. Ask the people of Chile.
Selatius
May 2012
#17
Well, then you mostly get the results you are wanting I guess. IDIOTS elected to office! n-t
Logical
May 2012
#35
Well, then no more complaints from you when IDIOTS are elected to office! Celebrate it!!!
Logical
May 2012
#36
I am surprised that some progressives think some people are not too stupid to vote. n-t
Logical
May 2012
#43
Would you tell a 30 year person who is a slow learner he can't vote because he's stupid?
cynatnite
May 2012
#48
Do you support telling a 30 year old who is a slow learner they are too stupid to vote? n/t
cynatnite
May 2012
#61
Are you saying women of color in Mississippi couldn't pass an intelligence test?
ZombieHorde
May 2012
#57
Q1: Do you watch FOX? - A: Yes = too fucking stupid to breathe. No = continue.
HopeHoops
May 2012
#18
Stupid people know they're stupid, and being stupid, they react to this knowledge
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#24
I've tried and tried for decades and have always failed. Maybe you know how to change their
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#30
Flynn Effect and the definition of IQ both say otherwise, so said story was wrong. (nt)
Posteritatis
May 2012
#47
You say that as if it were the last word and a matter of fact. It's not.
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#50
Yay! Jim Crow laws are okay when they're directed at people *we* don't like! (nt)
Posteritatis
May 2012
#46
It is not Jim Crow. We don't let children vote because they lack the intellectual
ZombieHorde
May 2012
#54
If you want a better educated electorate start with the schools and not the voters...
cynatnite
May 2012
#65
Repealing the 14th amendment would be scary. I would just make a new amendment
ZombieHorde
May 2012
#68