Ocasio-Cortez backs giving prisoners voting rights

[maxsolomon]

129. "The Vengeance Squad"?

On nearly every DU thread discussing America's vast, racially-biased Prison Population, a significant number of commenters are ready to jump in to advocate, or take glee in, extra-judicial punishments (like prison rape and prison beatings), lengthy prison terms, & harsh prison policies. They may consider that a "legitimate position", but they're sure not providing a lot of persuasive content.

Here we have a reasonable, albeit controversial, proposition (let Prisoners vote) that reflects policies in place in several other nations that America purports to be more enlightened than.

So of course, reasonable discussion is out of the question. Instead, plenty of black-and-white pronouncements about crime and punishment. Probably from elderly White people who have never been on the wrong side of the law.

Regardless, no one ever "wins" an argument on DU. You, for instance, didn't change my mind, nor I yours.