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rjsquirrel

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7. It's an op Ed

Mon May 23, 2016, 08:20 AM

May 2016

Do you know what that means? It's a guest piece, not "by the Post." And the writer is Hess of
The Federalist Society, a far right think tank.

What is it you want a link for? I didn't make any substantive claim other than that both left and right have voices saying voters are stupid.

And voters don't like that.

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We must weed out ignorant Americans from the electorate (Washington Post Op-Ed) [View all] AntiBank May 2016 OP

Yes, weed them out. Cause what else could a newspaper possibly do to make voters smarter? Bucky May 2016 #1

Another reason.. sendero May 2016 #2

Senior editor at The Federalist rjsquirrel May 2016 #3

Link please because I never, ever believe unsubstatiated accusations. Bluenorthwest May 2016 #6

It's an op Ed rjsquirrel May 2016 #7

You offer you own assertion, being a snarky rude poster does not remove the need for you to Bluenorthwest May 2016 #12

What assertion do you mean? rjsquirrel May 2016 #14

Put up or.... cali May 2016 #9

What point do you mean!? rjsquirrel May 2016 #13

That quote does not say what you think it does. alarimer May 2016 #15

In progressive parlance rjsquirrel May 2016 #17

Leave it to squirrel to stand up for conservatives! Birds of a feather and all... BillZBubb May 2016 #32

rjsquirrel thinks Don Siegelman belongs behind bars. Octafish May 2016 #40

Correct. Because he committed a crime rjsquirrel May 2016 #41

You can call me crazy or a conspiracy theorist, I don't care. Octafish May 2016 #42

I was thinking it was probably a Republican complaining about how other Republicans are gollygee May 2016 #11

Stupid oped=Bernie supporters?? "Went to the fights and a hockey game broke out." Eleanors38 May 2016 #46

Funny, considering WaPo has spent a year being the Official Anti-Bernie Newspaper. Scootaloo May 2016 #53

Well if we did that the Republican Party would cease to exist n/t n2doc May 2016 #4

This from the same jerks that want to gut the education system and "privatize" it. nt bemildred May 2016 #5

I was going to suggest that maybe we educate them instead of weeding them out. -nt CrispyQ May 2016 #34

History repeating itself....this link shows the literacy tests used to prevent African Americans Bluenorthwest May 2016 #8

Since the Voting Rights Act has been gutted by the SCOTUS gollygee May 2016 #10

This is typical Jim Crow stuff... Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #20

Well, then you couldn't vote either, Mr. Op-ed writer. alarimer May 2016 #16

Maybe we should require a minimum of a BA degree to vote. ileus May 2016 #18

I am listening to PBS radio, right now. It is about racism. Shall we start rechecking other things? Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #19

Maybe a woman can't vote if she's married and the male votes. ileus May 2016 #23

Republicans will be very upset when they are not allowed to vote. L. Coyote May 2016 #21

"Ignorant people" is code for minorities and the poor YoungDemCA May 2016 #22

Ignorant people is code for "Anyone who disagrees with me". Thor_MN May 2016 #45

I agree bravenak May 2016 #52

what an inane opinion piece... Javaman May 2016 #24

That people are reading this and not seeing how fascism has long-ago infiltrated thought... Shandris May 2016 #25

Oh no you don't rock May 2016 #26

Golly, if only they had something they could use to inform the voters jeff47 May 2016 #27

Four fifths of the people who vote would be eliminated. PeteSelman May 2016 #28

So typical a discussion latrun May 2016 #29

Or, you know, educate them. (n/t) Iggo May 2016 #30

'weed out'?! what a bad choice of words WaPo! apnu May 2016 #31

But if we did that, only I would be allowed to vote... Blue_Tires May 2016 #33

Typical elitist crap. The voters make far fewer mistakes than the politicians. BillZBubb May 2016 #35

That's often true gollygee May 2016 #39

By David Harsanyi May 20 David Harsanyi is a senior editor at the Federalist. elleng May 2016 #36

One of the most important items for a well functioning representative democracy... spin May 2016 #37

The problem with leaving education to the government AgerolanAmerican May 2016 #54

A well educated electorate poses a risk in an oligarchy. ... spin May 2016 #56

Let's Start With the Editorial Page Members pmorlan1 May 2016 #38

LOL, if they had such a test, 95% of repukes would fail it Skittles May 2016 #43

WTF? I know we're not a democracy anymore but this is taking it way too far. liberal_at_heart May 2016 #44

comes off as "crass elitism" 0rganism May 2016 #47

Elitism at its finest davidn3600 May 2016 #48

Sadly, some of the more economically privilaged posters here agree with such sentiment. Odin2005 May 2016 #49

They can start by weeding out Jonathan Capehart (nt) Ino May 2016 #50

Cause it worked so well in the south applegrove May 2016 #51

Gee, 40 answers+, and nobody mentioned the writer 'might' have been having a bit of fun? Albertoo May 2016 #55

God forbid we should combat ignorance boobooday May 2016 #57