Re: The Donald
Namaste.
Originally Posted by
Believer
Namaste,
So is the claim that all men are created equal and several other slogans. We all know that 'all men' are not treated equally.
Voting rights are not changed per say but many states with Republican Governors greatly reduce the number of polling places in minority dominated precincts causing mile long lines; or come up with some strange ID requirements, or the supporters show up at the polling places and start shaking down people in polling lines to intimidate them. There are many peripheral ways to reduce minority participation in the elections. I was not talking about a legal way to do that.
Unfortunately that's all too true. No matter how high-principled laws and constitutions are, there will always be those who relish persecuting and mistreating others, and getting away with it. It takes laws to enforce laws enforcing laws. At a very basic level, the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution is all the equal rights law we need, for example. Unfortunately state and federal legislators ignore it. So other legislators write and pass laws to make sure the Fourteenth is adhered to; the bureaucracy and legal spider web grows. So far no one has found a way to put a stop to it. It's sad.
śivasya hridayam viṣṇur viṣṇoscha hridayam śivaḥ
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