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Nick Jack Pappas‏Verified account @Pappiness
11h11 hours ago

Dear Alabama,

Roy Moore said getting rid of all the Amendments after the 10th would "eliminate many problems."

The 15th gave the right to vote to African Americans.

The 19th gave the right to vote to women.

Today, vote against the man who would take away your right to do so.
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Ari Berman‏Verified account @AriBerman
1h1 hour ago

Ari Berman Retweeted Ken Klippenstein

Voting problems in Alabama today:

police at polling locations

voters listed as inactive

long lines at polls

voters told have wrong IDs
 
Two Moore surrogates were asked on two different networks if Moore believed that homosexuality should be criminalized. One said no, he just disagrees with the "lifestyle." The other said "probably."
 
jpx7 said:
Advocating for retaining the right to obtain an abortion is very much not the same as "promoting infanticide" or "loving killing babies up to their birth day".
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Advocating for retaining the right to enslave black people is very much not the same as "promoting slavery"

I'm sure you'd agree
 
sturg33 said:
Advocating for retaining the right to enslave black people is very much not the same as "promoting slavery"

I'm sure you'd agree
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I would actually agree—though they're both execrable positions to take, and I don't support either.

It's an apples to idiocy comparison, though, so good job. But I think meaningful personhood begins at birth*, so I see both outlawing slavery and not outlawing abortion as actions that preserve freedoms for persons.

*(I actually probably think personhood begins sometime around 2-4 years of age, but I'm willing to cut babies a break because they can legitimately exist outside a person's body.)
 
Amazes me that consensual sex between an adult and an 18 year old is considered heinous, but destroying an unborn baby's path to livelihood is considered totally fine, if not celebrated
 
sturg33 said:
Amazes me that consensual sex between an adult and an 18 year old is considered heinous, but destroying an unborn baby's path to livelihood is considered totally fine, if not celebrated
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People create their own moral code and try to push it on everyone else
 
sturg33 said:
Amazes me that consensual sex between an adult and an 18 year old is considered heinous, but destroying an unborn baby's path to livelihood is considered totally fine, if not celebrated
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These women of allegations were not eighteen. And for my part, I never said their relationships with Moore were heinous (provided they were consensual). And—again, for my part—I also noted that the heinous aspects of Moore's candidacy sat largely apart from the accusations of ephebophilia, in the realm of actual illegality.
 
Since this is my State, I’m taking a keen interest. I’m monitoring the Twitter of one of the most trusted news men in Mobile, who is constantly updating results. Jones had been taking the very early returns, but with 5% reported, Moore just took the lead for the first time.
 
jpx7 said:
I'll assume you realize you do the same.
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We all do it to a certain extent. Can't disagree with that. But a certain level of that creates engaging conversation and challenges accepted norms for both parties.

I think we are seeing a much more aggressive form lately which is dangerous.
 
CrimsonCowboy said:
Jones winning big in Mobile and Jefferson (Birmingham) County, but he’s not getting the votes outside the urban areas.
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Can't blame minorities for not voting for Moore. Still think it's a misguided and short sighted view but I get it.
 
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