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January 5th, 2016

But Voting Is So Very Important

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For some people, voting is a life-or-death matter.


Discussion (6)¬

  1. Don't feed the trolls, Darrin.

  2. Art says:

    So, you don't post additional rebuttals to your opinions? Well, I guess it is your page and you can limit one's free speech rights if you wish.

  3. Art says:

    I'll try this comment, again:
    One must have a state, photo ID to buy alcohol, or tobacco products. One must have a state, photo ID to board an airplane, a train, or a commercial bus. One must have a state, photo ID to cash a check, purchase controlled medications, or visit a new doctor. A state, photo ID is required to enter a school, a federal building, or a state building. One was required to have a state, photo ID to attend the dimocrat convention.

    • Darrin Bell says:

      I call that the zombie Voter ID argument, because no matter how many times people point out it's based on a set of false assumptions, it never, ever dies.

      (1) You don't need any kind of ID to buy alcohol or tobacco products. All you needs is to hand money to someone else who's walking into the store, and ask "can you buy me a six pack?" That's how even fifteen year olds end up drinking and smoking. That happens every single day, all over America.

      (2) Poor people and shut-ins don't fly on airplaines or ride on trains. Poor people take Greyhound. And you don't need an ID to buy a Greyhound ticket. You only need one if you bought it online or at a kiosk and you're picking it up at will-call. I know this first hand.

      (3) You don't need a state ID to cash a check. You can endorse it to someone to cash for you, you can take it to a check cashing store that charges a huge fee for cashing it (they exist in most poor neighborhoods).

      (4) You don't need a photo ID to enter most schools. And if your kid goes to one that requires one but you don't have an ID, you're just s.o.l. and you can wait outside.

      (5) You don't need an ID to enter a Federal or State building. They ask you for one. They tell you you need one. But if you really don't have one, they take you aside, ask you several identifying questions, and let you sign in in order to enter. Even the TSA does this.

      (6) Nobody in the country needs to attend the Democratic convention.

      And lastly, every single issue you've raised is different from voting. All of those things are privileges. Voting is a right.

  4. Art says:

    Today's (01-06-16) comic was so heart rending. So, tell me how people without a valid picture ID purchase alcohol, purchase tobacco products, purchase cold medications, cash their SSI check, enter a federal building, attend the Dimocrat National Convention, enter a public school building, purchase prescribed medications, get married, get an Obama phone, visit a doctor ….. sigh.