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I never said that.

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Laws forbidding people convicted of crimes from voting are designed to suppress the votes of people of color.

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Any time anybody wants to say how Bush I was not so bad, remind them of this fucken guy.

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First of all, IQ is bullshit. Secondly, bragging about how smart you are is like bragging about how good looking you are. People can judge for themselves.

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In fact, the smart people I know try to downplay how wicked smart they are, because they know it’s an unfair advantage. Side note: don’t call the judge “boss.” Or champ, or sport, or pal, or buddy.

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Eesh. What’s he been doing since the Geico caveman ad campaign?

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Do they prosecute everyone who does so? Talk about a system fraught with danger to the would be voter. Especially for those whose voting rights have been newly reinstated. Or have they been? Who the hell knows?

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Yeah Mr F took that test recently in my presence and the words were not related to each other, which is part of the reason it’s not as easy as he said. Also, he didn’t remember the words the next day, whereas I still remember the words a month later, because I am not a idiot and he is. Church. Face. Velvet. Red. Daisy.

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And SIX fuckin' years! Ridiculous. Outrageous. Incomprehensible.

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Look. I'm just telling you what the hometown newspaper said. You and laughing crow can take up your complaints with the newspaper.

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Did I say you did?

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So why are you going on at me about it.

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If so, they've been quieter about it. For the past couple of weeks it seems that every story about deranged cruelty has been out of Tennessee.

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I’ve already heard the justification that rightwing voter fraud is justified to offset all of the leftwing voter they imagine happens.

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Gosh, one would think they’re trying to scare black folks into not even registering to voteFify

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