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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by mulmen on Friday June 10, 2022 @03:20AM (#31691110)
What are you even arguing here?

I have continually provided you with clear true facts that you either misinterpreted or ignored. With further evidence that you drew incorrect conclusions you then doubled down on your initial unfounded position.

I am left with no choice but to conclude that you have nothing constructive to provide to this conversation.

Is your point that the conviction doesn’t literally say “voter suppression”? If so you don’t understand how the US legal system works either.

Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by skissane on Friday June 10, 2022 @10:10PM (#31701345)
No, my point is two convictions for voter suppression are insufficient to tell us whether it is a serious problem in practice, just as two convictions for voter fraud (which you can also find) would be insufficient to tell us whether voter fraud is a serious problem in practice - yet you pointed to those two convictions as support for your view that voter suppression is a serious contemporary problem.

Furthermore, you clearly believe that one side of US politics is much more guilty of contemporary voter suppression than the other, yet the convictions you point to are 50-50 (1 Republican case, 1 Democratic) - and the Democratic case involved more defendants (4 vs 1), and a greater punishment (actual jail time vs no jail time). I think your belief may well have some degree of truth to it, but the evidence you point to in supporting it is rather poor.

I think you read something that you interpret as supporting your beliefs, and don’t stop to think about how well it actually does. And when someone else points out the poor quality of your argument, your response is to attack them rather than consider whether they actually have a valid point.