You’re probably missing the fact that your ancestors haven’t experienced centuries of systemic oppression due to the color of their skin.
There is a long, storied history of voter intimidation, and political violence against people of color, and their right to vote, in the US. This isn’t happening in a fucking vacuum.
They don’t want anyone in districts dominated by Democrats to vote. That’s why they’re so keen on voter ID laws and shut down DMVs and other public services in those areas. They usually assume anyone who looks like a minority is probably voting for Democrats and aren’t likely to take them at their word.
They think they’re tough enough and scary enough to get people to turn away rather than risk getting shot or beat up. They’re consumed by fantasies of strong man authoritarianism.
Adding on, the ideal for them is that they can egg on enough people that someone responds to their hostility and they can then escalate. After this back and forth turns a couple times, blam, now you have some actual violence taking place, but then the police aren’t going to do jack shit because they “dunno who’s right”. And in any case, who are the police gonna crack down on harder, a bunch of good old boys, whose politics they probably agree with, or some random person, probably a minority?
If the police end up doing anything significant, then it’s likely that the polling place closes, and then they’ve won.
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You’re probably missing the fact that your ancestors haven’t experienced centuries of systemic oppression due to the color of their skin.
There is a long, storied history of voter intimidation, and political violence against people of color, and their right to vote, in the US. This isn’t happening in a fucking vacuum.
They don’t want anyone in districts dominated by Democrats to vote. That’s why they’re so keen on voter ID laws and shut down DMVs and other public services in those areas. They usually assume anyone who looks like a minority is probably voting for Democrats and aren’t likely to take them at their word.
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They think they’re tough enough and scary enough to get people to turn away rather than risk getting shot or beat up. They’re consumed by fantasies of strong man authoritarianism.
A real answer?
Start enough problems that your polling place closes. So does the next closest one.
How many hours do you plan to spend voting that night? What happens when there isn’t any place close to vote?
They don’t expect to “win” this way. They just want to disrupt and dismantle the system.
Adding on, the ideal for them is that they can egg on enough people that someone responds to their hostility and they can then escalate. After this back and forth turns a couple times, blam, now you have some actual violence taking place, but then the police aren’t going to do jack shit because they “dunno who’s right”. And in any case, who are the police gonna crack down on harder, a bunch of good old boys, whose politics they probably agree with, or some random person, probably a minority?
If the police end up doing anything significant, then it’s likely that the polling place closes, and then they’ve won.