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   Message 43,154 of 44,666   
   Libtard to He never   
   Re: scooter's "election day" fallacy   
   14 Apr 21 16:50:33   
   
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   From: libtard@sandennistas.orq   
      
   On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:36:43 -0700, Rudy Canoza    
   wrote:   
      
   >scooter wrote, "He doesn't seem to understand the term 'election day'".    
   scooter   
   >also wrote, "There is a reason we call it 'election day' rather than election   
   week."   
      
   He never said that.   
   >   
   >scooter is committing a fallacy:  appeal to tradition, also called appeal to   
   >antiquity (argumentum ad antiquitatem).  Because we always used to vote on   
   only   
   >one day, scooter says we always *should* vote on only one day.  That's false.   
   >There is no valid reason why we, as a society, might not decide to allow early   
   >voting.  There's no valid reason why we might not do several things to make it   
   >easier to vote, thus increasing voter participation.   
   >   
   >scooter doesn't want to allow early and mail-in voting because he thinks it   
   >makes it too easy for Democrats to vote.  He pretends to be opposed to   
   >"fraudulent" votes, but the reality is, he just doesn't want Democrats to be   
   >able to vote easily.   
   >   
   >All of the Republiscum election changes that reduce or eliminate early voting   
   >days, reduce polling place hours, reduce polling places, restrict or eliminate   
   >mail-in voting — these are all intended to make it harder for eligible voters   
   >who vote Democratic to vote.  That's the intent.  Republiscums have admitted   
   it.   
      
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   Thanks for showing us what a kool aid drinking sheep you are with an   
   obsession for me.   
      
      
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