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   From: JW@jw.com   
      
   On 4/14/2021 4:36 PM, 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."   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Your entire argument boils down to "People who vote Democratic   
   are dumber than other voters, so they need extra help."  If   
   someone is really too stupid to figure out how to vote when   
   everybody else can, maybe he shouldn't be voting.   
      
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