SA/A/D/SD

[dazzleman]

Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

1.) Felons and those in jail should have the same voting rights as all other citizens.  SD

2.) Ex-felons should have the same voting rights as all other citizens. D

3.) In general, people are just too obsessed with sex. A

4.) We would all be a lot better off if people followed the Golden Rule. SA

5.) The government's main responsibility should be to keep order. A

6.) Music and the arts are essential for a community to flourish and should be funded by the government. D

7.) The right to revolution in the New Hampshire state constitution is a good thing that all states should have. D

8.) Improvement of the human race through eugenics should be a goal of the government. SD

9.) A Department of Peace should be added to the presidential administration. D

10.) The voting age should be lowered to 16. D

11.) Immigration is one of the worst problems the United States faces. D

12.) The government should not have any business with people's library records, gun purchases, or credit card use. D

13.) Restrictions on cellphone wiretapping should be loosened. A

14.) Criticism of religions such as Christianity and Islam are not protected by free speech. SD

15.) The drinking age should be lowered or abolished. A

[dazzleman]

2.) Ex-felons should have the same voting rights as all other citizens.  Strongly Disagree.

Why the hell not?  Someone screws up and they lose all of their rights even after they're out of jail?

Exactly, if they screw up badly enough.  I see no reason to go easier on criminals.  They're already not punished nearly enough for their crimes, in my opinion.  There are many, many, many causes that would attract my support long before a cause to gratuitously benefit people who have committed serious crimes.

[dazzleman]

If you got every child molester to vote, lowering the age of consent would still fail miserably.

Anyway, someone who has served their jail sentence and repaid their debt to society should be able to vote.

Can a murderer ever truly repay his debt to society?

Honestly, I probably could be brought around to supporting allowing ex-felons to vote a period of time after they are off parole, and haven't gotten into any additional trouble.  That would probably be very few of them.

But I just can't see this as an issue that I should care about.  I see no reason to gratuitously do something nice for criminals.  They are a scourge on society, and their prison terms are rarely anywhere near long enough, in my opinion.

And I doubt too many of them care about voting anyway.  Plus, if they vote, they'll vote Democratic (itself an indictment of the Democratic party).  So I see no reason to support it, while there are other unresolved problems in society.  This is right at the bottom of my list.