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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The Joy Of Democracy
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 06:55:02 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:15:30 -0400, Joel wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Don’t you take it as “self-evident” that all your people are created
>> equal? If so, why shouldn’t their votes count equally too?
> 
> You're asking a lot of these people, if you saw the J6 committee
> hearings, you know that a uniformed, black Capitol police offer was
> called the N- word by a rioter, because he said he voted for Pres.
> Biden.  This is the kind of lunacy the rural redneck voters display.

It seems to me, that would have been less of a problem if in fact every 
vote counted equally. Because such vile bigots are always going to be in 
the minority. It is the Electoral College that magnifies the importance of 
votes such as theirs beyond their rightful value.