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figures that the lynchpin of the non-argument you have is your assumption that what is at issue--removing the right to vote from ex-felons--would affect the democrats (the Them) and not the far right (the Us)...that way you dont need any logic.
additionally, locking these people out of the political process is a guarantee that recidivism will if anything rise--because you treat conviction of a felony like original sin without the jesus part in the fable-world of xtianity--no possibility of redemption, no possibility of becoming a citizen--and there is no more basic right than citizenship, than voting---so were anyone not already on the lunatic fringe of the right to take your position seriously, its result would be an expansion of a category of non-citizen, the creation of a new and improved space of powerlessness. way to go. good thing you're nowhere near having any power.
that's why i'm done with this nonsense---but if your remaining credibility is of any concern, why not take on the points ace-o-spades has made against you.
if you can't manage a logical response, maybe you'll fare better defending your specious data.
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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
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