Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: The Joy Of Democracy Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:06:34 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:06:34 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7e279bf5dc7f6248dd844e009da4ae4e"; logging-data="3278658"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18GcZHTLBupC6XpccEz3dxT" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LOWXGz4sZ3Y3J3awU1W0GWIXcas= Bytes: 2655 On 2024-10-23, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:15:30 -0400, Joel wrote: > >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro 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. It seems to me you're a crank who just can't shut the hell up when you're clueless. The Electoral College is how we do it in the U.S. Get over yourself and mind your own business. -- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien