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2 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

There should be an IQ test to run for politics :)  

People have been saying the same about testing voter competency for years.

And in anticipation of your snotty come back -  you'd still cawk it up even if you had a cheat sheet.

A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.

Posted
2 minutes ago, eyeball said:

People have been saying the same about testing voter competency for years.

 

Well people say it of course but it's just a joke - it entirely ruins democracy when you do that kind of thing. And it's been done - restrict voting rights to the nobility who have better educations and breeding, or homeowners as they've proven they have more of a stake in the gov't, etc etc.

But as one politician once said "The best argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with the average voter". 

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And in anticipation of your snotty come back -  you'd still cawk it up even if you had a cheat sheet.

TAKE the test?!?!? Oh little man...   I -AM- the test!!!!!  MUAAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!!!!  (you fail. Next!)

 

There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data

Posted
12 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Well people say it of course but it's just a joke - it entirely ruins democracy when you do that kind of thing

How do you know, you're aware of a precedent for doing this kind of thing?

14 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

But as one politician once said "The best argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with the average voter". 

All the more reason to test for competency so you know you're engaging above average voters capable of rising above all the tribal partisanship.

I suspect if pushed old Winston would argue against democracy no matter what.

A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.

Posted
50 minutes ago, eyeball said:

How do you know, you're aware of a precedent for doing this kind of thing?

Yes.  As i noted.
 

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All the more reason to test for competency so you know you're engaging above average voters capable of rising above all the tribal partisanship.

I suspect if pushed old Winston would argue against democracy no matter what.

 

well you'd be wrong, winston was a massive fan of democracy and loved the back and forth of parliament. But he wasn't blind to its' faults.  As he also is quoted saying - democracy is the worst form of gov't, except for all the others.

But as he notes:  At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper-no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly diminish the overwhelming importance of the point.

There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data

Posted
16 minutes ago, reason10 said:

Intelligent people believe the TRUTHS I post here. Uneducated cretins like you can't even PRONOUNCE half the terms I use.  Fortunately, bottom feeders like you are a minority in the country, although your minority creeps certainly run up a huge food stamp bill.

^There you go, LYING AGAIN. Four LIES in one post. Congrats; that might be your record for one paragraph. LMAO

You just can't help it cause you're PATHOLOGICAL & MAGA CULT.

Posted
On 12/6/2023 at 5:44 PM, robosmith said:

^There you go, LYING AGAIN. Four LIES in one post. Congrats; that might be your record for one paragraph. LMAO

You just can't help it cause you're PATHOLOGICAL & MAGA CULT.

You are a more on. Period. And you HAVE A PERIOD every time you lose an argument.

I don't lie. I don't have to lie.  I'm right and you are wrong, bee itch.

 

Get a life, creep. image.thumb.png.95ff30de20f95db76dd8077f9236bcd2.png

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