Re: Marjorie Taylor Greene "likes" the Mossad-did-it Theory

On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 2:40:20 PM UTC-5, John Corbett wrote:

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> to vote, piss on 'em.

The method of voting you describe for rural areas, when done that way in 
highly populated, urban areas generally results in very long lines. Now, 
add some rain, snow or any kind of inclement weather and it certainly 
becomes a discouragement toward voting. You say, that "most people who 
live in a city are within walking distance of their polling place." What 
is "walking distance" for one person is something completely different for 
somebody else. And, what if it's raining? What if it's very cold?

Is an 70-yr-old man supposed to stand in line for 2 hours?

There's no such thing as a "lazy voter." There's only voting and 
not-voting. It's not about being lazy or energized. Voting isn't supposed 
to be like running an obstacle course where you only get to vote after 
you've conquered all the obstacles.

I'm guessing you didn't feel that strongly nor even gave much thought 
about the differences between mail-in voting vs in-person voting until the 
past year. Am I right?

I am now retired, but in my airline days, I never knew in advance whether 
I'd even be home on election day as we only got our flight schedule a 
couple weeks before the new month began. Sometimes I wasn't even home 
during the small window where early voting occurs. I always applied for an 
absentee ballot to cover that situation. Sometimes I was actually off on 
election day but I usually already submitted my ballot through the mail.

David Emerling
Memphis, TN