• MinnesotaGoddam
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    I disagree mainly for the Elon reasons. We want everyone’s voices in government and excluding anyone’s is a recipe for disaster (yes, I’m one of those crazies that even thinks prisoners should have the right to vote it’s wild right). I think it’s just that ASD voices are among those conspicuously missing from government and that’s something worth working to change.

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      Prisoners are part of the state. They contribute and they consume. They should definetly have the right to vote.

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        Yet it’s a common belief that they should lose the right to vote because crimes.

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          Should depend on the kind of crime. Stealing a car doesn’t mean you’re not to be trusted to vote. Killing a public figure does, imo.

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      Might also have something to do with many of us burgers tending to have a really strong sense of justice. Pointed at right direction that’s a powerful motivator to go against all perceived wrongs, in the autistic lacking self regulation way. Which can be quite extreme

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        Yeah but perceived wrongs and actual wrongs aren’t necessarily the same. I’ve met plenty of autistic folks who are far more Musk than Thunberg

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          That’s why I included the “pointed at right direction” lmao. A lot of people are jerks and that applies to all groups

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        People often equate justice with revenge. They want people to suffer for offences, real or perceived, that they’ve committed. The American so-called criminal justice system is all about revenge. It’s about locking people up and making them suffer awful living conditions as punishment instead of trying to better them.