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MLB moves All-Star game from Atlanta over voting law

We've had Voter ID for 12-13 years now in Georgia. Since it was implemented, minority voter participation has gone UP, not down. None of the dire predictions made by Democrats came true.

Still, they continue to wheel out this tired, racist "we can't expect black people to figure out how to get an ID" argument every time the subject of voter verification comes up.

Are you talking about how voter participation in black communities went up in Georgia AFTER the voter ID law was implemented...and during Obama's run for President?
 
People want baseball not poltics.

MLB just started a war with 75 million possible customers? What idiots!

Who ever made this really bad decision will be looking for a new job soon.
No one is afraid to engage in warfare with a bunch of losers. Historic losers at that. Big business has straddled the fence for as long as it could. Now it has to pick a side and it isn't picking yours. 😂
 
Actually, no one pushes this. Although, it does beg the question, if Republicans believe that voting is a civic virtue, why not have the state go to great lengths to assure that everyone has ID?

Because they don't believe it. They dont want people voting. Particularly black people. Their new laws prove this, over and over again.
It's not about blacks voting. It's drawing a line because the next step with Democrats is allowing illegal immigrants to vote. Democrats want to give full civil rights to people that are in the country illegally. That's the reason behind their open border policies. It's an end run around election laws. It's so obvious.
 
There's just no reason to do these things.......

Isn't that a hoot? I know I'm laughing.

- When it comes to the American Right to vote, hurdles, hoops, and obstacle courses will be negotiated....or you can just become disillusioned and just not vote. Surely, in the absence of a driver's license, you have some other license or ID lying around that also has your home or temporary address and photo ID on it? You could just physically vote. Just know that six hours later in select Democrat districts, thirsty and overheated, you can exercise your Right like a good American. Of course, we don't necessarily trust your signature either so....good luck Democrats, Independents, Green Partiers, and all others who aren't Republican whites with four polling stations spanning four blocks!

- When it comes to the American Right to firearms, you will have an eighteenth birthday! 'Nuff said. No need to infringe and create more laws than we already have ya'all. C'mon, it's our Right. Let's be real. For serious. NOT MY GUNS!

All of this crap that Georgia has done, and what other Republicans will do, is entirely based on the hoax that they were cheated. They know it was a hoax. Those that did not, certainly know it now, especially with their crusader Sidney Powell calling them stupid for believing it. But now they have to try to save face and try to project the idea that they actually care about voter security, as if they have a base of argument to begin with. Wasn't it the Republicans who refused ten separate Democrat-led legislation bills to secure what was already about to be the most secure election in American history? Yes...it was:

1. Twice, in 2019 and again in 2020, Democrats tried to pass legislation that would increase security for voting machines from outside interference.
2. Twice, it was McConnell's Republicans who shot that down. (It was discovered that McConnell had received donations from voter machine lobbyists earlier in the year).
3. In fact, there were 10 election security-related bills that stalled in the GOP-led Senate. 10!!

But what did they do immediately do after they began losing in November? I mean aside from demanding that the counting stop so that so much of America could be denied their Right. They pathetically resorted to accusing the Democrats of rigging the machines! It was the Democrats who tried to make them even more secure! The GOP fools nobody that matters in their never-ending quest to scheme and cheat their way to election victories.
 
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It's not about blacks voting. It's drawing a line because the next step with Democrats is allowing illegal immigrants to vote. Democrats want to give full civil rights to people that are in the country illegally. That's the reason behind their open border policies. It's an end run around election laws. It's so obvious.
“Obvious”.

LOL

A prime candidate to be shocked that leopards ate his face.
 
Yeah. It’s ridiculous Georgia is passing Jim Crow voting laws in 2021, and its even more ridiculous that Conservatives are trying to defend it somehow.
Remember the good old days with negro leagues and segregation in the armed forces?
 
Thank you for posting this

It appears as though, despite the numerous claims by Trump supporters and Republicans in this and other threads, that this bill does limit access to voting in a pretty severe way.

Not really, which is why the Washington Post gave that claim four pinocchios.
 
Nope. I just don't think emotion should be allowed to overrule data.
So you think by shortening time to get absentee ballots, somehow this makes it easier for everyone to vote? And cuts down on the fraud that objectively does not exist?

You may be (mis) using data to overrule common sense
 
Specifically targeting niches that are disproportionately used by black voters is pretty much the textbook definition of black voter supression. So sorry, my friend, no "flaw" here.

RV voting may "sound" like a bad idea, but if it followed the law, it couldn't have been less transparent than any other way of voting.

Its effect was to increase turnout, which one might think is a good thing, if one believes in democracy.
'disproportionately' is very subjective. But just because one group uses one more than another doesn't make it suppression. You need to put down the liberal textbook, as it's full of talking points and lies.

RV voting does sound like a bad idea. It is. And it absolutely would be less transparent - just like the 'drive through tents' in Houston. It's less secure, and makes it difficult (if not impossible) to accommodate observation of the process.
 
You can not enroll your child in a school without a valid ID. You can not get a loan, buy a new car, a house, or apply for a credit card without a valid ID. You can not take a flight, get a passport without an ID.

You keep repeating this talking point as if it matters. All it does is reveal your ignorance on the topic. Here's what you don't get. There is a huge portion of our population that has never gotten a loan beyond some sort of payday check loan at a gazillion percent APR, never owned a house, does not have a credit card, has never flown on an airplane.

It's simply a fact that "about 11 percent of Americans do not have government-issued photo identification cards."


I don't hear you or any other leftie calling any of these things being suppressive except when it comes to voting.

I'm not a "leftie." I'm a moderate. In fact, I'm also a former Republican. I was also a part-time/volunteer political activist in the Republican Party. I left the party in large part because I got tired of having to deal with racist assholes in the Republican Party.

I believe the future of the U.S. is a multi-racial future, where all people no matter what they look like or where they come from have the same rights and the same opportunities. That's the key distinguishing aspect between me and the vast majority of CURRENT Republicans and Trump supporters.

And the truth is this Georgia bill intentionally targets all the gains blacks have made in Georgia. On the cusp of blacks in Georgia acquiring actual, real political power the Republicans in Georgia are taking it away from them. That's wrong. If the blacks in Georgia are winning elections fair and square, and the Republicans come in and say, "OH SHIT! WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE RULES BEFORE THEY WIN MORE!", that's wrong. It should be condemned.

That's bullshit.

You keep lying about things. You can enroll your child in many school districts without photo identification.

The thing that's bullshit is that all of these measures are being put in place on the basis of a lie. Trump is a lying sack of shit. Rudy is a lying sack of shit. Sydney Powell is a lying sack of shit. All the stupid claims you gullibly believed immediately after the election was a bunch of lies.

There was virtually no voter fraud in Georgia. So if there was virtually no voter fraud in Georgia why make it more difficult to vote? What is the cause? Could it be the Republicans in Georgia didn't like getting their asses handed to them in the 2020 election?

And if these measures would have tended to hurt white, Republican voters in Georgia, the Republicans wouldn't have passed the bill.
 
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And it is Delta’s right to demand proof of vaccination from you before letting you on their plane. It is their plane isn’t it?

I call bullshit! For many months the airlines have been claiming it is 100% safe to fly on their planes due to improved hepa filters and having people wear masks. 100% means 100% so no need fo other measures, especially questions regarding other people's personal health decisions. All Delta needs to do is say they strongly encourage all passengers to get the vaccination, and after that tell each individual they are responsible for THEMSELVES to get vaccinated.

They have a responsibility to insure a safe working environment for their employees as well as the safety of their passengers. You can disagree with what safety precautions they choose to take. You are not compelled to get on their plane.

Airlines should spend more time and money being certain that their aircraft are properly maintained and their pilots are up to standard. I mean if we are talking about insuring "safety".

I don't need an airline or any other corporation in the business of playing social engineering. If they want to delve into that arena then start banning lard ass whales from flying without paying for the THREE SEATS their fat asses need, rather than allowing these disgustng blobs to encroch into the paid space of other passengers who aren't as big as a Jumbo Jet. Damn airlines will charge you $100 if your checked baggage is 5 oz over the limit, but they will let Shamu the whale board without any extra fees--- a guy who weighs more than 3 other passengers combined. They want to get into other people's health concerns, get into that!
 
When voter suppression laws are aimed at a specific community, yup. It’s RAY-SIST.

Funny, I thought the laws were created to encourage smart responsible people to show up and vote in person with pride and civic duty. And here you are claiming that discourages certain racial groups.

Hmmmm.....

Asking folks to prove they won’t spread a plague is just common sense.

I thought all you liberals were into "my body my choice"? Besides, if I wear a mask then you are 100% safe anyway, isn't that what you people have been saying for the last year.
 
Look who’s still perseverating over IDs, which, again, is really not the point of this law.
Lmao - tell that to Biden and the NYTimes and wll the others who keep bringing it up.

Requiring an ID is just another barrier, and solves nothing, as stated with and without it both have equal amounts of voter fraud...which is to say very very little.
Right, and adding police to a town with none is an unecessary "barrier" because there have been no speeding tickets. Zero!
 
You really think the Georgia GOP, with all we saw in the last election, is dedicated to expanding voting access to ALL voters?

Really?

You think these are the good, upstanding guys here?

The informal fallacy of innuendo consists of implying a judgment, usually derogatory, by hinting. No argument is offered. Instead the audience is invited by suggestion, by a nod and a wink, to make the assumption.
 
Funny, I thought the laws were created to encourage smart responsible people to show up and vote in person with pride and civic duty. And here you are claiming that discourages certain racial groups.

Hmmmm.....



I thought all you liberals were into "my body my choice"? Besides, if I wear a mask then you are 100% safe anyway, isn't that what you people have been saying for the last year.

Your points:

1 - I don’t know why you’d think that as our country has a long history of voter suppression tactics where the Black community is concerned. See? You’re so used to Black voter oppression, you just think it’s “responsible civic duty”.

2 - It is your body, your choice. Just as it’s a business owner’s business and their choice to not service you for endangering their employees.

I fully support your right to get a deadly disease if that’s what you want. You just don’t have the right to spread it to others in your pursuit of happiness.
 
Since when is requiring those who with to submit an absentee ballet to provide a valid ID is racist? You need to show a Drivers License to go on an airplane. So does that mean that minorities don't fly because they can't obtain an ID? Or is it Racist for TSA to request anyone getting on an airplane for an ID?
It shows the real racists - the left who think blacks are not capable of obtaining an ID.
 
Your points:

1 - I don’t know why you’d think that as our country has a long history of voter suppression tactics where the Black community is concerned. See? You’re so used to Black voter oppression, you just think it’s “responsible civic duty”.

How is asking for ID suppression? You are going to ask for some ID for covid vaccinations aren't you? How is that different then?
If getting a welfare check cashed requires ID, nobody says that is "welfare suppression", and we all know those sad sacks on the dole will get off their butts to get an ID if means
getting a welfare check. How is voter ID so difficult? Are these people retarded, or isn't it just the democrats want to be able to continue to cheat the voting system?

2 - It is your body, your choice. Just as it’s a business owner’s business and their choice to not service you for endangering their employees.

If they are worried about their employees then demand that all empoyees get vaccinated and then they don't have to worry. Will a passenger be able to demand to see the "covid vaccination" of everyone on the flight crew on demand? I doubt it.

I fully support your right to get a deadly disease if that’s what you want. You just don’t have the right to spread it to others in your pursuit of happiness.

I've already had both vaccinations, so I don't know why you are worried about me. If you get the vaccination then you don't have to worry about anyone else. All you liberals do is demand things which FEEL GOOD, but don't do a damn thing. Because I will tell you the reality: Some "anti vaxer" will game the ID system and then board a plane, or go to a ball park and sit right NEXT TO YOU and breath on you for several hours, and all you have is some illusion of safety for yourself. So, just YOU get the vaccine, and then you don't have to concern yourself with them. Get it?
 
It shows the real racists - the left who think blacks are not capable of obtaining an ID.

The soft bigotry of low expectations. The democrat party wrote the playbook on that.
 
If they are worried about their employees then demand that all empoyees get vaccinated and then they don't have to worry. Will a passenger be able to demand to see the "covid vaccination" of everyone on the flight crew on demand? I doubt it.

What if they have an employee that can’t get vaccinated? Too bad, so sad, get a tin cup and some pencils? Again: your body, your right. Other people also have the right to decide for their bodies, including keeping any unmasked assholes out of their business if they feel that’s the right call.

I've already had both vaccinations, so I don't know why you are worried about me. If you get the vaccination then you don't have to worry about anyone else. All you liberals do is demand things which FEEL GOOD, but don't do a damn thing. Because I will tell you the reality: Some "anti vaxer" will game the ID system and then board a plane, or go to a ball park and sit right NEXT TO YOU and breath on you for several hours, and all you have is some illusion of safety for yourself. So, just YOU get the vaccine, and then you don't have to concern yourself with them. Get it?

I don’t care about your stupid myopic view of LIBRULS. Conservatives think selfishness and anti-community are virtues to signal, while the rest of us actually try to help each other. We wore masks because of our patriotism. Conservatives bitched and moaned about a piece of cloth over their whiney pro-life mouths.
 
So you think by shortening time to get absentee ballots, somehow this makes it easier for everyone to vote?

What is the new timeline, and how does it compare to other states?
 
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i get bored with the custom realities of the right. either way, sorry not sorry about Georgia losing the sportsball game because of their voter suppression tantrum after losing an election.
I am hoping Georgia does, and stands up to companies pretending to care. It would be nice if States re-realized they were states, and didn't need to be bullied by multinational companies
 
I am hoping Georgia does, and stands up to companies pretending to care. It would be nice if States re-realized they were states, and didn't need to be bullied by multinational companies

I hope that a version of HR1 passes.
 
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