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CreekDog

(46,192 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2013, 01:09 AM Feb 2013

Do you support the Voting Rights Act?

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	I support the Voting Rights Act and/or expansion of the Voting Rights Act
	15 (94%)
	The Voting Rights Act should be reduced or repealed
	1 (6%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Do you support the Voting Rights Act? (Original Post) CreekDog Feb 2013 OP

Have you actually encountered anyone on DU BainsBane Feb 2013 #1

one that I know of CreekDog Feb 2013 #7

I clicked 'I Support', because there's wasn't a "Fuck Yeah!" option. Aristus Feb 2013 #2

Every Democrat segregationist back then is a Republican segregationist today, Loudly Feb 2013 #3

Needs expansion. All states. All groups protected. DirkGently Feb 2013 #4

Somebody on here actually voted against it?? Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #5

yes CreekDog Feb 2013 #6

The one who voted no mokawanis Feb 2013 #9

I saw that yesterday BainsBane Feb 2013 #11

Kick CreekDog Feb 2013 #8

I've witnessed racism right here on DU. I'm sure there is more than one person who opposes VRA. Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2013 #10

someone just got PPR'd after voting no on this poll CreekDog Feb 2013 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #13

Careful there, someone around here might believe you. RC Feb 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #15

Good job there, keep up the good work. RC Feb 2013 #16

Everyone should ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #17

This past election made it quite obvious we are not yet in a place justiceischeap Feb 2013 #18

yup La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2013 #20

k&r nt steve2470 Feb 2013 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat Mar 2013 #21

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)

1. Have you actually encountered anyone on DU

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 01:12 AM

Feb 2013

who doesn't support it?

CreekDog

(46,192 posts)

7. one that I know of

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 01:13 PM

Feb 2013

and others I simply suspect.

Aristus

(66,388 posts)

2. I clicked 'I Support', because there's wasn't a "Fuck Yeah!" option.

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 01:13 AM

Feb 2013

Loudly

(2,436 posts)

3. Every Democrat segregationist back then is a Republican segregationist today,

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 01:15 AM

Feb 2013

Their party left them!

Nixon and his minions turned this majoritarianist racism against ANYONE who would dare advocate equal rights.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)

4. Needs expansion. All states. All groups protected.

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 01:17 AM

Feb 2013

It's not like it's okay to change voting rules to exclude college kids or Latinos or gay people or white Wallstreet bankers.

And apparently some states are hellbent on playing games with their voting process to try to exclude people from participating in a supposed democratic process.

For Pete's sake.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

5. Somebody on here actually voted against it??

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 01:50 AM

Feb 2013

CreekDog

(46,192 posts)

6. yes

Reply to Jamaal510 (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 02:48 AM

Feb 2013

i'm sure there are several more posters who would choose no if this were anonymous, but at least in this poll, most of them have had the sense to be silent.

mokawanis

(4,443 posts)

9. The one who voted no

Reply to Jamaal510 (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 05:42 PM

Feb 2013

got booted for being a RW gun disruptor.

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)

11. I saw that yesterday

Reply to mokawanis (Reply #9)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 06:16 PM

Feb 2013

but I couldn't alert on a poll vote.

CreekDog

(46,192 posts)

8. Kick

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 05:38 PM

Feb 2013

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)

10. I've witnessed racism right here on DU. I'm sure there is more than one person who opposes VRA.

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 05:43 PM

Feb 2013

They're too cowardly to speak up!

CreekDog

(46,192 posts)

12. someone just got PPR'd after voting no on this poll

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #10)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 08:33 PM

Feb 2013

it's not the only reason they got PPR'd, but I'll bet it was a factor.

Response to CreekDog (Reply #12)

Warren DeMontague This message was self-deleted by its author.

RC

(25,592 posts)

14. Careful there, someone around here might believe you.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #13)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 08:45 PM

Feb 2013

Humor is in short supply among those on the fact biased, perpetually outraged side.

Response to RC (Reply #14)

Warren DeMontague This message was self-deleted by its author.

RC

(25,592 posts)

16. Good job there, keep up the good work.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #15)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 09:02 PM

Feb 2013

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

17. Everyone should

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 09:13 PM

Feb 2013

There are few laws that could not be improved with some tuning/modernizing. However, that is no reason to toss them out entirely which seems to be one option the court is considering.

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)

18. This past election made it quite obvious we are not yet in a place

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 09:22 PM

Feb 2013

where we can expect people of color to be allowed to vote without laws in place to protect them. Even with those current laws in place, people of color had a difficult time voting.

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)

20. yup

Reply to justiceischeap (Reply #18)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 03:28 PM

Mar 2013

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

19. k&r nt

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 09:25 PM

Feb 2013

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Cali_Democrat This message was self-deleted by its author.

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