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Bill Bored Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:26 PM
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19. And how about equal protection for political parties
such as the Democrats? There is none, is there?

As I mentioned in the other thread, it occurs to me that disenfranchisement of African American voters is really a form of racial profiling. (Keep in mind that Blackwell himself is African American.) While there may be racists among the Repukes, their real goal is to weaken the Democratic party and advance a mostly corporate agenda. If people with red hair were disproportionately Democrats, they'd be disenfranchised too. Kenyon College is a perfect example of this.

So, is there any guarantee that the opposition party has as much right to vote as members of the majority? Or is this somehow understood because Democrats were historically never second class citizens? (I'd argue we are now though!)
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