When scrolling through my "friends'" Facebook comments yesterday on my newsfeed, I came across the following status from a 40-year old far right-wing white man: "When I voted today, the people at the poll asked me for identification. Surprisingly, it didn't offend me one bit. It was also very little hassle. Wierd right? Based in what I had heard I was sure I would feel oppressed, embarassed and violated. What a pleasant surprise!"
While trying to sound like a smarta*s, he wound up sounding like a dumb one. The three groups most affected by stricter voter ID laws are: Elders, minorities, and women. Elders and minorities are more prone than other groups to not have the necessary voter identification to make their voices heard on election day, while women run into problems because of name changes due to marriages. Whenever a person such as the before-mentioned one makes a sarcastic comment about voter suppression, I wish for a split-second he was a 90-year old woman who had been married seven different times when trying to vote on election day. Then and only then, would he garner a full understanding of what some people have to go through when trying to vote.
By making such an ignorant statement, I wouldn't put it past him to make the following declarations:
- "What's the big deal about carrying around a baby for nine months? I gave a kid a piggy back ride for nine minutes and my back doesn't hurt."
- "After 9/11, I walked through the metal detector without any problems. I wasn't even frisked! So what are those darn Muslims whining about? Geez!"
- "I walked through a gated-community without getting followed by a watchdog or anything. Those stories blacks made up just don't make much sense now, do they?"
While trying to sound like a smarta*s, he wound up sounding like a dumb one. The three groups most affected by stricter voter ID laws are: Elders, minorities, and women. Elders and minorities are more prone than other groups to not have the necessary voter identification to make their voices heard on election day, while women run into problems because of name changes due to marriages. Whenever a person such as the before-mentioned one makes a sarcastic comment about voter suppression, I wish for a split-second he was a 90-year old woman who had been married seven different times when trying to vote on election day. Then and only then, would he garner a full understanding of what some people have to go through when trying to vote.
By making such an ignorant statement, I wouldn't put it past him to make the following declarations:
- "What's the big deal about carrying around a baby for nine months? I gave a kid a piggy back ride for nine minutes and my back doesn't hurt."
- "After 9/11, I walked through the metal detector without any problems. I wasn't even frisked! So what are those darn Muslims whining about? Geez!"
- "I walked through a gated-community without getting followed by a watchdog or anything. Those stories blacks made up just don't make much sense now, do they?"
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