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

On Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 9:05:15 PM UTC-5, John Corbett wrote:

> > There's no such thing as a "lazy voter." There's only voting and=20
> > not-voting.

> Some of the non-voters are just lazy. Others just don't care.

Of course there are lazy people in the world. But we're talking about 
"lazy voters." What does that even mean? If a person wants to vote but 
doesn't want voting to be a hassle - is that the definition of a "lazy 
voter." They don't want to drive 5 miles to the polling location. They 
don't want to stand in line for 2 hours. They certainly don't feel like 
standing in the rain. Who is going to watch their children while 
voting?

Which is worse, a person who is well-informed on the issues and is 
energized to vote but does not relish the hassle of voting - or has some 
obstacles to voting in-person, like having no car; or, a person who is 
relatively ignorant of the issues but is still somewhat energized to vote 
because they really like how one candidate combs hair? They got some time 
on their hands because so they are willing to endure some of the hassles 
that go with in-person voting?

Who is the "lazy" one - the one who is not willing to go to the polls 
because it's a hassle or the person who was not willing to properly 
educate themselves on the salient issues but is willing to endure the 
hassles of in-person voting?

> > I'm guessing you didn't feel that strongly nor even gave much thought=
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> > about the differences between mail-in voting vs in-person voting until =
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> > past year. Am I right?
> I don't object to mail in voting. I object to the lack of sufficient=20
> safeguards which allow ballot harvesting.=20

How of those lack of safeguards manifested themselves? Has this been a 
long concern of yours? I'm guess - not.

> > I am now retired, but in my airline days, I never knew in advance wheth=
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> > I'd even be home on election day as we only got our flight schedule a=
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> > couple weeks before the new month began. Sometimes I wasn't even home=
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> > absentee ballot to cover that situation. Sometimes I was actually off o=
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> > election day but I usually already submitted my ballot through the mail=
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> That is still an option. Nobody has taken that away.

In some states, like mine (Tennessee), you have to apply for an absentee 
ballot. That's kind of hassle too, by the way. You also have to provide a 
reason why you feel the need to vote by mail. They provide a list of the 
only acceptable reasons. You cannot make up your own. The state gets to 
decide what is a valid reason. Not having child care is not an option. No 
transportation is not an option. 
https://sos.tn.gov/products/elections/absentee-voting

David Emerling
Memphis, TN