Comment by tmpz22

3 days ago

I think you’re discounting how much historical and cultural imperatives influence the electoral zeitgeist.

Like Germany being touchy tracking religious affiliations post WWII, post civil-war America is touchy about voter supression - im specifically referencing post civil war voter suppression conducted in what was then a Democrat stronghold in the American South.

Many argue that shame has never gone away and is still being conducted today through modern tactics.

Many would argue such a shame should never be dismissed at all.

I didn’t discount that at all

> it is accurate that any voter registration tweak has been used to decline legal voters ability to vote

  • Acknowledging voter suppression exists is an understated way to communicate the severity of cultural shock events that transform entire societies.

    • did I miss anything?

      so consensus is, no. you just didn’t like the way I wrote it