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Fox News Hosts Promote Voting Ban On 'Childless' Liberals (Original Post) Person of Interest Jul 2021 OP
That whole network should be shut down as a danger to life on the planet. 2naSalit Jul 2021 #1
Agreed Sherman A1 Jul 2021 #4
Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2021 #23
Shut down by who? nt MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2021 #28
The market. Kinda thought that was obvious. LanternWaste Jul 2021 #50
You are not the person I was responding to, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2021 #51
Moronic pandering to an even more moronic audience hlthe2b Jul 2021 #2
When things go to shit, thow out some shiny foil for the 🐿️s to distract themselves. TheBlackAdder Jul 2021 #48
Childless liberal here TDale313 Jul 2021 #3
Exactly! louslobbs Jul 2021 #5
+1 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2021 #6
Agreed. The extreme right is getting nuttier and nuttier by the day. brush Jul 2021 #14
Yep, and we're the ones who want to leave your fucking kids a better world. GoCubsGo Jul 2021 #17
Amen to every word. I'll fight for my vote to the death. Neema Jul 2021 #37
the OP and Raw Story mislabelled it. It was not about banning voters, it was about giving parents of Celerity Jul 2021 #61
Who the hell is "the left"? Biden and Pelosi, stable families. TFG not so much Walleye Jul 2021 #7
How About WHITT Jul 2021 #8
So, these fucking morons want liberals reproducing more liberals? GoCubsGo Jul 2021 #9
How about childless right wingers ? JI7 Jul 2021 #10
+1000 smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #24
And childish right winders Fullduplexxx Jul 2021 #35
That cuts out the incels and priests mainer Jul 2021 #11
There will be exceptions for them as they vote for their side. Dawson Leery Jul 2021 #20
it's like a competition to say the more insane stupid shit. KG Jul 2021 #12
The Newscorp building should have collapsed instead of the Champlain Condos. Dawson Leery Jul 2021 #13
The GOP is the party of voter suppression LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #15
I think Congresscritters who have not served in a war zone should vote on military issues. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2021 #16
AOC said the world is going to end in 12 years? Jim__ Jul 2021 #18
If we are just going to make up new rules anotherOKIE Jul 2021 #19
Every day they're trying to take away the vote from someone. GoodRaisin Jul 2021 #21
How about a ban on voting on Women's reproductive health issues DBoon Jul 2021 #22
What about post-menopausal women? Retrograde Jul 2021 #63
They're saying literally anything they can to divide us. Fuck them! Initech Jul 2021 #25
WTF is this shit? smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #26
Screw them MustLoveBeagles Jul 2021 #27
Same Here ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #43
Sorry to hear that PGAC MustLoveBeagles Jul 2021 #45
The First 3 Were Mid First Trimester ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #52
Pat Buchanan, Bob and Liz Dole, Lindsey Graham weigh in? blm Jul 2021 #29
Ann Coulter , Dead Limbaugh JI7 Jul 2021 #58
shouldn't we also have an IQ ban and a traitor ban? samsingh Jul 2021 #30
The Handmaid's Tale would seem to be perfection to these ... Dominionists? Fascists? muriel_volestrangler Jul 2021 #31
Who gives a fuck what they have to say? MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2021 #32
I have a better idea jmowreader Jul 2021 #33
1st Amendment would prevent that and no court in the land would affirm such a law. nt MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2021 #34
Unconstitutional on the face of it. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #40
So is what the Fox News people are suggesting jmowreader Jul 2021 #54
I agree. But advocating something unconstitutional is still protected speech. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #55
They are losing the youth vote so they want to ban adults without kids from voting. Renew Deal Jul 2021 #36
Shhhhh. MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2021 #38
The offspring of RW parents can have liberal kids. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2021 #39
Seems like a fairly obvious call to disenfranchise many gay Americans. 11 Bravo Jul 2021 #41
So Keth Jul 2021 #42
39, Liberal, single, and no kids. I'll still vote thx JesterCS Jul 2021 #44
per the article...The idea was recently floated by Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance. SharonClark Jul 2021 #46
Yes, JD Vance, son of a drug addicted mother, wrote Hillbilly Elegy TexasBushwhacker Jul 2021 #56
Vance and his puppet master Peter Thiel are evil. Peppertoo Jul 2021 #57
They gave this childless liberal a 22 pct tax cut in 2018. roamer65 Jul 2021 #47
✔️ blm Jul 2021 #59
Will this apply to childless cons too? Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #49
I'm never gonna understand these people Deuxcents Jul 2021 #53
Did anyone even watch the video? Complete mislabel of what was said. The banning of voters was not Celerity Jul 2021 #60
More votes for anyone that is with them. Mopar151 Jul 2021 #62
 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
50. The market. Kinda thought that was obvious.
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 05:57 PM
Jul 2021

('who' and 'what' are more often than not, not synonyms. Hops that helps out in the future!!! )

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,399 posts)
51. You are not the person I was responding to,
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 06:01 PM
Jul 2021

so, again, when you have something of relevance to say, then maybe I'll listen, until then.....

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
3. Childless liberal here
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 01:57 PM
Jul 2021

And you’ll pry my right to vote from my cold, dead hands. It’s in the constitution right along with your precious second amendment. Fuck. You.

brush

(53,788 posts)
14. Agreed. The extreme right is getting nuttier and nuttier by the day.
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 02:07 PM
Jul 2021

Now they've moved from just trying to stop Blacks and POCs from voting to stopping childless liberals from voting.

What the hell is next...just white, male property owners?

Oh, wait. We've already been there.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
17. Yep, and we're the ones who want to leave your fucking kids a better world.
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 02:11 PM
Jul 2021

Not the dystopian nightmare you assholes have been creating for decades. "Fuck. You.", indeed.

Celerity

(43,415 posts)
61. the OP and Raw Story mislabelled it. It was not about banning voters, it was about giving parents of
Mon Jul 26, 2021, 12:59 AM
Jul 2021

children under 18 a vote for each child they have that THEY (the parents) then decide how to use. Equally insane, but totally different.

see

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215661113#post60

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
9. So, these fucking morons want liberals reproducing more liberals?
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 02:04 PM
Jul 2021

Because kids generally wind up holding much the same views as their parents.

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,321 posts)
15. The GOP is the party of voter suppression
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 02:08 PM
Jul 2021

The GOP knows that they cannot win races with current demographic trends. The white vote is becoming a smaller part of the voting population and so they need to restrict the vote of others

16. I think Congresscritters who have not served in a war zone should vote on military issues.
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 02:08 PM
Jul 2021

I heard a Republican who had not served a single day in the military argue that those who have served in a war zone should be disqualified from voting on militarys issues because they had had an actual experience of what it was like to be in battle.

Huh?

anotherOKIE

(90 posts)
19. If we are just going to make up new rules
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 02:15 PM
Jul 2021

If we are just going to make up new rules about who can vote, then Let's make it so that anyone over 30 years of age can't vote. That or let's honor the constitution.

GoodRaisin

(8,924 posts)
21. Every day they're trying to take away the vote from someone.
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 02:22 PM
Jul 2021

Unbelievable to hear fascists having this discussion on American television.

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)
63. What about post-menopausal women?
Mon Jul 26, 2021, 02:33 AM
Jul 2021

or those who have had hysterectomies due to uterine cancer or tumors? Are we no longer women?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
26. WTF is this shit?
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 02:27 PM
Jul 2021

They are so out of bounds with this garbage. It's insane!

How about "No Taxation Without Representation!" There! How does that sound?

MustLoveBeagles

(11,612 posts)
27. Screw them
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 02:27 PM
Jul 2021

Not everyone is childless by choice (me) and even if they are they shouldn't lose their right to vote.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
43. Same Here
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 04:26 PM
Jul 2021

We wanted a kid or 2.
My wife miscarried 4 times. The last one early in the fifth mom.
Was too traumatic, so that killed that plan.
So, childless & liberal we are.
And, despite what those Faux drones think about it, we vote!

MustLoveBeagles

(11,612 posts)
45. Sorry to hear that PGAC
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 04:59 PM
Jul 2021


I miscarried once and then no luck after years of trying. Don't know if I'll keep trying. We'll see.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
52. The First 3 Were Mid First Trimester
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 06:03 PM
Jul 2021

So, when we got past month 3, we thought all was good to go.
But, no.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
31. The Handmaid's Tale would seem to be perfection to these ... Dominionists? Fascists?
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 02:36 PM
Jul 2021

Not sure what to call them.

Important to note they're playing off a J.D. Vance brainfart. I've got to say it; this embodies the Nazi obsession with "having children is the only moral thing to do". He is a dangerous man, who will say anything to get elected. Even if he doesn't this time, he'll try again. I worry he is that "Trump that can think" that we're so worried about.

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
33. I have a better idea
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 02:44 PM
Jul 2021

Discussing disenfranchising anyone should be a felony, with subsequent loss of right to vote.

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
54. So is what the Fox News people are suggesting
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 10:26 PM
Jul 2021

I read the original article. They suggested that one of the Fox News people who has nine children should receive nine votes to use as she sees fit, but that someone like me who has no children should receive no votes.

Keth

(184 posts)
42. So
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 04:23 PM
Jul 2021

does that mean that 'we' childless liberals don't have to pay taxes. You know, no taxation without representation. If you won't let me vote, then you shouldn't expect me to pay taxes.

What a dumb... !

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
46. per the article...The idea was recently floated by Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance.
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 05:08 PM
Jul 2021
"Let's give votes to all children in this country, but let's give control over those votes to the parents of the children," Vance told a conference on the Future of American Political Economy.


GQP just keeps lowering the bar.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,202 posts)
56. Yes, JD Vance, son of a drug addicted mother, wrote Hillbilly Elegy
Mon Jul 26, 2021, 12:17 AM
Jul 2021

and thinks that makes him an expert on how to solve America's opiate problems, among other things.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
47. They gave this childless liberal a 22 pct tax cut in 2018.
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 05:35 PM
Jul 2021

So they, as usual, say one thing then do exactly the opposite.

Pure sadistic hypocrisy.

Crunchy Frog

(26,587 posts)
49. Will this apply to childless cons too?
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 05:47 PM
Jul 2021

Not all of them have babies just out of high school (or earlier).

Do men get points for knocking up random women, or do they need to be paying child support?

Have they actually thought out the logistics, or are they just throwing more shit around?

Deuxcents

(16,248 posts)
53. I'm never gonna understand these people
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 06:23 PM
Jul 2021

First, it’s not gonna happen but since they don’t know the Constitution, they’ll keep throwing shit out. Ridiculous to think these people think we gotta carry our kids’ birth certificates to the polls! I’m afraid to laugh at some of this stuff b/c it IS frightening how their minds work.

Celerity

(43,415 posts)
60. Did anyone even watch the video? Complete mislabel of what was said. The banning of voters was not
Mon Jul 26, 2021, 12:52 AM
Jul 2021

discussed.

Instead, an equally insane idea was. JD Vance wants to give votes to all children from birth until they turn 18, and LET THE PARENTS control those votes.

So a QMAGAt family with 7 kids (all under 18) would have NINE votes that the parents (likely the father as that is how most of those fuckers so often roll) decide how to allocate.

Of course, many non Rethugs have big families too, BUT I would very much wager that a higher percentage of non Rethug big fams do not vote versus Rethug big fams. That means a HUGE net boost for the Rethugs.

Also, a further NIGHTMARE.

IF this did happen, just think of the forced breeding that would likely occur when big big daddy QMAGAt forces his 'holy vessel' aka wife to spit out an extra 3,4,5 little 'votes'.

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