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Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

RE: It's Time For The Other 13 Candidates To Drop Out

msrock · Guru

Personally, for myself... I would like to get rid of those voters that don't have an income. Bye! They don't need a college degree, but they need to be participating in the process. If you are contributing... you're in. If not... You're out!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

msrock wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Well, if we are cutting out people who shouldn't vote. How about anyone that hasn't graduated high school. Hell, gotten a college degree. And they had to do it with honors. Oh, and they have to have at least a cousin, let's say to the third degree, that is a direct descendant of a founding father.

Add in those that don't pay taxes. I don't think they deserve a vote. They vote stupid.

They might not be paying taxes because they are smart, though. Some people know how to work it. wink

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lawyerlady wrote:
msrock wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Well, if we are cutting out people who shouldn't vote. How about anyone that hasn't graduated high school. Hell, gotten a college degree. And they had to do it with honors. Oh, and they have to have at least a cousin, let's say to the third degree, that is a direct descendant of a founding father.

Add in those that don't pay taxes. I don't think they deserve a vote. They vote stupid.
They might not be paying taxes because they are smart, though. Some people know how to work it.

Donald Trump admits to finding ways to not pay taxes!

msrock · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
msrock wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Well, if we are cutting out people who shouldn't vote. How about anyone that hasn't graduated high school. Hell, gotten a college degree. And they had to do it with honors. Oh, and they have to have at least a cousin, let's say to the third degree, that is a direct descendant of a founding father.

Add in those that don't pay taxes. I don't think they deserve a vote. They vote stupid.
They might not be paying taxes because they are smart, though. Some people know how to work it.

Let me clarify. As long as they can put a number on the line of wages earned, I don't care how else they get around it. If you haven't earned any wages, you don't vote.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

What about retirement? They're technically not "earning".

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
What about retirement? They're technically not "earning".

Who cares what old people think, anyway? They have voted enough. And half the retirees are women - so they wouldn't get to vote, anyway.

evileye

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lawyerlady wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
What about retirement? They're technically not "earning".
Who cares what old people think, anyway? They have voted enough. And half the retirees are women - so they wouldn't get to vote, anyway.

True. A lot of those old people will die before whoever they vote for leaves office. Cut them suckers out.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Well, well, well.

Ya'll just can not have a discussion without being snarky.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I refuse to get into another argument with any of you.

I'm really quite tired of the snark.

Discussing a topic is one thing.

The "mean girl" mentality is getting old.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Discussion? You say something as STUPID as wanting to deny half of Americans the right to vote and you don't expect a bad response?

And you have the NERVE to conveniently still allow yourself to vote? You think you are so much better than others that YOU should get to vote, a convicted felon collecting disability, while you want to take that right away from someone else?

Talk about frickin' mean girl. What makes you so much better than anyone else that votes?

-- Edited by Lawyerlady on Friday 18th of December 2015 07:14:13 AM

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lawyerlady wrote:
Discussion? You say something as STUPID as wanting to deny half of Americans the right to vote and you don't expect a bad response?

And you have the NERVE to conveniently still allow yourself to vote? You think you are so much better than others that YOU should get to vote, a convicted felon collecting disability, while you want to take that right away from someone else?

Talk about frickin' mean girl. What makes you so much better than anyone else that votes?

-- Edited by Lawyerlady on Friday 18th of December 2015 07:14:13 AM

Look at you. Throwing the past in my face.

I said it was my opinion.

But here you are again, making a personal attack.

And yeah, I am a convicted felon.

Have you EVER seen me deny that?

Yes. I do receive disability.

Have you EVER seen me deny that?

I did not ask to be disabled. I did not choose to be disabled.

You really are a piece of work lately.

You have called me names, put me down, made fun of me, thrown things from my personal past in my face and now you want to try to make me feel bad because my body has turned on me?

For your information, my right to vote has been reinstated, my debts to society have been paid. I made a really bad set of choices once in my life and I took responsibility for it.

So you sit there in judgment of me and my personal life, you want to condemn me because I owned up to my wrong doings and changed my life.

So be it. I owe you nothing.

My thoughts on voting are my thoughts.

You have your thoughts.

Notice how I, the convicted, disabled, high school graduate, did not attack you personally.

You question my ability to discuss a topic?

I don't know what your problem is lately.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lily...

Methinks you need a vacation! Not one paid for by Mummy & Daddy...

flan

Tinydancer · Guru

Is this the beat up lily thread now? It seems to have taken on a life of it's own.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Well, bless your heart!

She gives as good as she gets. She always has.

flan

Tinydancer · Guru

Why do you feel the need to jump into every argument? You try to act like you don't stir the pot but you do it so often it's glaring.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

WHY are you here?

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

lilyofcourse wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Discussion? You say something as STUPID as wanting to deny half of Americans the right to vote and you don't expect a bad response?

And you have the NERVE to conveniently still allow yourself to vote? You think you are so much better than others that YOU should get to vote, a convicted felon collecting disability, while you want to take that right away from someone else?

Talk about frickin' mean girl. What makes you so much better than anyone else that votes?

-- Edited by Lawyerlady on Friday 18th of December 2015 07:14:13 AM
Look at you. Throwing the past in my face.
I said it was my opinion.
But here you are again, making a personal attack.
And yeah, I am a convicted felon.
Have you EVER seen me deny that?
Yes. I do receive disability.
Have you EVER seen me deny that?
I did not ask to be disabled. I did not choose to be disabled.
You really are a piece of work lately.
You have called me names, put me down, made fun of me, thrown things from my personal past in my face and now you want to try to make me feel bad because my body has turned on me?
For your information, my right to vote has been reinstated, my debts to society have been paid. I made a really bad set of choices once in my life and I took responsibility for it.
So you sit there in judgment of me and my personal life, you want to condemn me because I owned up to my wrong doings and changed my life.
So be it. I owe you nothing.
My thoughts on voting are my thoughts.
You have your thoughts.
Notice how I, the convicted, disabled, high school graduate, did not attack you personally.
You question my ability to discuss a topic?
I don't know what your problem is lately.

I'm not the one that said some people are not worthy of having the right to vote.

msrock · Guru

According to Lily, I shouldn't get to vote because I'm not a property owner. Yet I work and pay taxes and have been since I was 15. That's 33 years of working and trust me, I'm not retiring anytime soon. I have never not worked. Only time I've ever not worked was 6 weeks maternity leave 3 times. But I shouldn't get to vote. confuse

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

msrock wrote:
According to Lily, I shouldn't get to vote because I'm not a property owner. Yet I work and pay taxes and have been since I was 15. That's 33 years of working and trust me, I'm not retiring anytime soon. I have never not worked. Only time I've ever not worked was 6 weeks maternity leave 3 times. But I shouldn't get to vote.

Well, of course. And yet, I'm the mean one.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

msrock wrote:
According to Lily, I shouldn't get to vote because I'm not a property owner. Yet I work and pay taxes and have been since I was 15. That's 33 years of working and trust me, I'm not retiring anytime soon. I have never not worked. Only time I've ever not worked was 6 weeks maternity leave 3 times. But I shouldn't get to vote.

flan

Tinydancer · Guru

flan327 wrote:
WHY are you here?

flan

Why do you care why I'm here? You keep asking this question like it's going to magically make me disappear. Not going to happen...lol. Now are you going to tell me about all your friends again? Be a jerk to lily all you want but then don't play innocent when you get called on it.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Lily has arbitrarily decided that a whole bunch of Americans are not worthy of a vote.
But she is.
Talk about a special snowflake. . .

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Question:

How much energy does it take to sustain that level of hatred?

flan

msrock · Guru

Tinydancer wrote:
Is this the beat up lily thread now? It seems to have taken on a life of it's own.

Maybe she should think a little about how her comments might rile people up before she hits post. She brought that on herself. I'm sorry I don't own a piece of land, but I am a notary and with that, they encourage you to vote. They expect you to vote.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

If people on medicaid can't vote, why can people on disability? ? If people with housing can't vote, why can people on unemployment? ?

Tinydancer · Guru

She was giving her opinion just like everybody else. I guess I don't see the need for the pile on.

msrock · Guru

Tinydancer wrote:
She was giving her opinion just like everybody else. I guess I don't see the need for the pile on.

My opinion was formed only after she shared hers.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Tinydancer wrote:
She was giving her opinion just like everybody else. I guess I don't see the need for the pile on.

It's hypocritical, and just plain wrong. It shows an attitude that is so un-American, it's ridiculous, and yet she thinks SHE should get to vote while she would deny that right to others. That's a very bad, hypocritical, snobbish, and VSS opinion.

And some opinions show a great deal about who the person is.

Tinydancer · Guru

While I don't agree with lilys opinion there are a few others who said some pretty outrageous opinions about who should vote and I don't see them getting any flak at all. It just seems to be about bashing lily now and not the actual topic. Flame me if you want but that's what I'm seeing.

msrock · Guru

Tinydancer wrote:
While I don't agree with lilys opinion there are a few others who said some pretty outrageous opinions about who should vote and I don't see them getting any flak at all. It just seems to be about bashing lily now and not the actual topic. Flame me if you want but that's what I'm seeing.

The difference is, I was being facetious. She was dead serious.

Tinydancer · Guru

There were others who were also serious but not a word to them. I guess it's whether you're "liked" or not.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Tinydancer wrote:
While I don't agree with lilys opinion there are a few others who said some pretty outrageous opinions about who should vote and I don't see them getting any flak at all. It just seems to be about bashing lily now and not the actual topic. Flame me if you want but that's what I'm seeing.

That was sarcasm. It should have been obvious.

But, since you seem to think nobody is allowed to respond harshly to opinions - please remember that the next time you want to respond to flan or husker's opinions.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Tinydancer wrote:
There were others who were also serious but not a word to them. I guess it's whether you're "liked" or not.

You are wrong. Many of MY comments - the sarcastic ones - were directed at all those people stating ridiculous requirements to vote, that's why there weren't direct quotes of any ONE person's comments in most of them. Lily is just the one who came back and took it personally.

Tinydancer · Guru

Their personal lives weren't brought into it though. I just hate to see everyone piling on one person. Carry on.

msrock · Guru

Well according to Lily, my life is basically a sham so I'm pretty sure my opinions mean nothing to her.

Can we add that to the list of those that can't vote? People playing house?

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Tinydancer wrote:
Their personal lives weren't brought into it though. I just hate to see everyone piling on one person. Carry on.

The whole point of her opinion is that people's personal lives should determine whether they can vote.

Tinydancer · Guru

I've said my piece. It didn't make a difference but I thought it needed saying before it got out of hand..

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Tinydancer wrote:
I've said my piece. It didn't make a difference but I thought it needed saying before it got out of hand..

You realize that usually makes it worse, not better?

Tinydancer · Guru

Well I still can't just stand by.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Tinydancer wrote:
Why do you feel the need to jump into every argument? You try to act like you don't stir the pot but you do it so often it's glaring.

You can't just sit by, but you can post this to flan as you do the exact same thing?

huskerbb · Guru

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

What I don't understand is why the automatic slam and personal attack instead of asking why I said that.

Property owners are generally paying more taxes. They are generally most likely to be more stable.

Perhaps a requirement for how long a person has lived in that area would be better.

It isn't about excluding.

More about proving you have a right.

It might have more bearing on local elections.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

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-- Edited by lilyofcourse on Friday 18th of December 2015 12:34:48 PM

Tinydancer · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
Tinydancer wrote:
Why do you feel the need to jump into every argument? You try to act like you don't stir the pot but you do it so often it's glaring.
You can't just sit by, but you can post this to flan as you do the exact same thing?

What lily's parents taking her on vacation had to do the the OP I don't know. Yes I stir the pot with flan and she stirs the pot with me but then I don't deny it or bring her personal life into it and I don't encourage anyone else to pile on.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Unstable people are still citizens.
The only requirement to vote should be that you are a citizen. Period.

I would love an explanation of why people on disability and unemployment should be able to vote but not people on with housing or medicare.
Around here, disability and unemployment are the two biggest jokes. Everyone works the system and cheats it.

Ohfour · Hooker

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
Unstable people are still citizens.
The only requirement to vote should be that you are a citizen. Period.

I would love an explanation of why people on disability and unemployment should be able to vote but not people on with housing or medicare.
Around here, disability and unemployment are the two biggest jokes. Everyone works the system and cheats it.

Well, there are places non-citizens can vote, and the dems are pushing to expand that...

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

lilyofcourse wrote:
What I don't understand is why the automatic slam and personal attack instead of asking why I said that.

Property owners are generally paying more taxes. They are generally most likely to be more stable.

Perhaps a requirement for how long a person has lived in that area would be better.

It isn't about excluding.

More about proving you have a right.

It might have more bearing on local elections.

Having to be a property owner was bad enough and shows a level of classism reserved to lords and peasants.

However, it was the "welfare recipients can't vote, but disability recipients can" that is the real problem. And you've yet to explain that distinction to Dona as she asked.

-- Edited by Lawyerlady on Friday 18th of December 2015 01:29:41 PM

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
Unstable people are still citizens.
The only requirement to vote should be that you are a citizen. Period.

I would love an explanation of why people on disability and unemployment should be able to vote but not people on with housing or medicare.
Around here, disability and unemployment are the two biggest jokes. Everyone works the system and cheats it.

Unemployment and disability are not choices.

Food stamps and medicaid may not always be a choice, but it is something that can become a matter of choice.

huskerbb · Guru

People that want jobs--have jobs.