The Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

[RI]

It does, which is why I believe that the true nature of Satan's right hand man is revealed before election day.

[RI]

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Let's see. Vote for the pro abortion pro gay marriage Muslim or for the pro abortion pro gay marriage Mormon?

What a thrilling election.

We've been having this discussion at my workplace - lots of conservative Catholics there. We all feel that our last chance for a decent candidate was Santorum, and since he's out - lots of folks choosing to stay home.

Everyone is hunkering down for the next 4 years because we know it's going to suck, but Texas should weather the storm.

Minus the Muslim part, this actually reflects the opinion of a lot of people I know.

[RI]

"Uneducated" people voting is a legitimate and big problem, and it's one of the reasons that we have a republican system rather than a purely democratic system. The "Founders" were terrified of an uneducated, selfish mob voting to continuously give themselves things with no restraint; Jefferson in particular advocated for a yeoman society to, among other reasons, allow farmers time to educate themselves politically during the winter/non-growing seasons. He thought Hamilton's industrialization goals would breed a diminished civic intelligence and conciousness due to physical and mental overtaxation.

I don't generally care for Jefferson (I like Hamilton much more), but he was right in that regard. There are at least three solutions to this problem: A) remove the "right" to vote by fundamentally changing our system, B) restrict the "right" to vote either at the bottom (who can vote) or at the top (what they can vote on), or C) have a more educated electorate through various methods. All could work under the proper auspices and specifications, and they all could easily fail under others.

[RI]

realisticidealist, C is the only acceptable option.

C may be the best, but I disagree that it's the only acceptable option. For example, I don't think we should have referenda and initatives. They've done terrible things to Washington and California, and they are the opposite of the type of government that I'd prefer.

[RI]

I support this; the Flaming Lips are awful music.

This isn't the place for posts you disagree with...