"“If President Trump committed a heinous act worthy of disqualification, he should be disqualified for the sake of protecting our hallowed democratic system, regardless of whether citizens may wish to vote for him in Colorado,”
"“If President Trump committed a heinous act worthy of disqualification, he should be disqualified for the sake of protecting our hallowed democratic system, regardless of whether citizens may wish to vote for him in Colorado,”
I was with you, but you completely lost me here. It’s also the most bizarre place to rush in and take a side. There’s some interesting points being made about whether your vote should have legal consequences, about what it means to be it be disqualified as a candidate versus whether that should manifest in the act of voting.
And, of all the subjects, you’re choosing to weigh in in favor of the idea that people should have a blank check to misinterpret statements without correction.
Maybe it’s the philosophy major in me, but this degree of casual disregard for truth, and viewing other people’s desire for truth as an unwarranted overreaction, it leaves an awfully bitter taste. I go back and forth on how I feel about Lemmy as an offer of hope and improvement upon Reddit, and this is a moment where my optimism fades.
If you are not jesting and seriously want to void the secrecy of the ballot and criminalize the act of voting…
Then you are as much a threat to democracy and the constitution as Trump is and I really wouldn’t mind if you went back to reddit and stayed there.