Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by tlrobinson on Friday January 13, 2017 @10:02AM
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I'd rather people just be required to take a quiz like http://isidewith.com I'm guessing a fair number of people would be surprised by the result.
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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by mattnewton on Friday January 13, 2017 @10:19AM
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The problem is who gets to set the questions on the quiz. This inevitably ends up being discriminatory.
Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by ythn on Friday January 13, 2017 @10:20AM
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I was pretty surprised to see I aligned with Trump on most issues, but I am also skeptical that Trump really holds all of those stances.
Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by coredog64 on Friday January 13, 2017 @10:31AM
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George Santayana would like you to visit Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test
Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by tlrobinson on Friday January 13, 2017 @11:28AM
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So have an audio version available?
Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by tangent128 on Friday January 13, 2017 @12:38PM
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Literacy tests were not about literacy; the questions were often intentionally ambiguous (Think "What is the last letter of the first word?" or "Write backwards forwards."), allowing the instructor full discretion in passing or failing the would-be voter.
Predictably, nonwhite voters tended to be failed.
Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by tlrobinson on Saturday January 14, 2017 @01:01PM
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Then what I suggested bears no resemblance to a literacy test. You wouldn't need to "pass" the test, just simply take it in order to encourage you to consider the issues and how the candidates align with your views.
But I agree with the other commenter, selecting the questions in a fair way would be challenging.