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In reply to the discussion: Opinions of the mentally disabled/ill voting [View all]Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)61. There's a monolithic "they" there, now? (nt)
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If you're equating "mentally ill" with "mentally incompetent" your argument is already broken. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#1
And you're equating "mentally ill" with "conservative" so your argument's broken too. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#9
So you're making a slightly different stupid, stigmatizing argument. Nice. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#12
I suspect that you have never had the experience of dealing with a truly mentally ill person
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#46
That's a set of personality traits, not diagnostic of any recognized mental illness
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#54
Hell, just look at people in this thread treating "mentally ill" as one uniform group. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#69
The use of said opinion in this thread suggests it's uneducated, too. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#60
The state I live in does not allow anyone who is under guardianship to vote. Thus one has to be
jwirr
Aug 2012
#11
I have thought about that but have never pursued it because I think what you would see is a lot of
jwirr
Aug 2012
#42
I think "we" should clearly state why we think some people can, but not other people.
ZombieHorde
Aug 2012
#17
10 year olds can't vote because there is an age mandate in the Constitution. (nt)
OmahaBlueDog
Aug 2012
#35
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment guarentees the minimum age cannot be lower than 18
NoPasaran
Aug 2012
#55
Well in the case of my daughter - she is severely disabled and would be considered about 6 months
jwirr
Aug 2012
#43
I felt those Republicans pushing Dubya brother should never be allowed to help the mentally disabled
DisabledDem
Aug 2012
#59
I would love that but what would you do with my daughter who is totally incapable of making life
jwirr
Aug 2012
#49
Disclaimer: I am not an attorney and one should get qualified legal advice pertaining to their state
OmahaBlueDog
Aug 2012
#58
Large swathes of this site treat the mentally ill as a hated monolith, so wouldn't surprise me. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#62
there are millions of people in all walks of life and from political persuasion who suffer some
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2012
#39
And one more person on the "no clue what they're talking about" list. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#68
Unfortunately in at least one small county in Iowa my brother and sister-in-law do not vote due to
jwirr
Aug 2012
#51
That would be a good way around dealing with the people running the show.
GreenPartyVoter
Aug 2012
#52
Yes they can. In my experience, getting someone declared incompetent is a very high legal hurdle.
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#65
A lot of people think "mentally ill" and "conservative" or "evil" or whatnot are synonymous
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#78
Yep. Should be going in that direction, instead of further restricting the franchise
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#80