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

On Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 7:38:19 PM UTC-5, John Corbett wrote:

> > In some states, like mine (Tennessee), you have to apply for an absente=
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> > ballot. That's kind of hassle too, by the way. You also have to provide=
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> > reason why you feel the need to vote by mail.

> Oh, horrors! Should I complain that it is a hassle that I have to registe=
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> Why can't we just vote on the honor system?

Voting and registering to vote are two different things. Hell, I can't 
even remember when, where or how I registered to vote.

There are several times when I had voted absentee on the ASSUMPTION that I 
would not be home during election day. I had no way of knowing my flying 
schedule that far in advance. I gave as my reason that I would not be in 
my state at the time of voting. But, on a few occasions, it turned out I 
*was* home and I *could* have gone to the polls. Yet, I had already voted 
absentee. Was that fraud?

> > They provide a list of the=20
> > only acceptable reasons. You cannot make up your own. The state gets to=
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> > decide what is a valid reason. Not having child care is not an option. =
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> > transportation is not an option.=20
> > https://sos.tn.gov/products/elections/absentee-voting=20
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> If you don't fall into one those many categories on that list, there is n=
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> reason you shouldn't be able to get to the polling place either during th=
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> early voting period or on election day. I have zero sympathy for anyone=
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> who fails to get their vote cast.=20

I don't think you can even relate to the life situation that many people 
are in. You're probably not in that situation - have never been in that 
situation - nor even know anybody in that situation.

Do you think the fact that we had one of the highest voter turnouts in 
presidential voting history for the 2020 election - during a 100-yr 
pandemic, no less - was a good or bad thing? If it were not for the 
liberal use of absentee ballots, I don't think that would have happened. 
And yet - there was no evidence of widespread fraud - and it's certainly 
not for the lack of trying to find it. But, you think we have to clamp 
down on voting regulations because - using your metaphor - it's like 
insurance.

The reason I don't have flood insurance is because I don't live in a flood 
zone. So, I'm not going to expend financial resources for an extremely 
unlikely event. When you fly commercial, do you get addition "flight 
insurance?" No! You don't because you know the probability that airliner 
is going to crash is remote. Since 2010, there have been two fatalities on 
major U.S. air carriers. There was a seven year stretch where there were 
zero fatalities. Should all the airliners install shoulder harnesses in 
each passenger seat (like the flight attendants wear) to increase safety? 
This would be a huge expense to install in all airliners. It would be a 
"solution" that addresses a problem that doesn't exist.=20

> Are we supposed to believe that somebody who wants to vote can't figure=
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> out what they need to do to get their vote cast.=20

In everything in life, every time there is an additional hoop to jump 
through, there are always people who are either not willing to jump 
through that hoop are don't even know that the hoop exists. There more 
hoops, the more people are left behind. Have you ever not mailed in a 
rebate for a product you bought simply because it was a hassle? You 
intended to - but you didn't. Maybe you didn't even know that the product 
had a rebate. Have you ever forgot to take a coupon to the store for 
something you intended to buy but you bought the product anyway? Or, maybe 
you don't even use coupons because, sometimes, they can be a hassle.

Obviously, not for you - but small obstacles do disenfranchise some 
people. The fact that you have no sympathy for these people - thinking 
they're lazy - doesn't change the FACT that such people exist.

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> regulations apply to ALL voters so it is absurd to think these regulation=
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> are aimed at keeping black people from voting.

You don't think closing the polls on Sunday is not targeting the "souls to 
polls" tradition in many areas?

David Emerling
Memphis, TN