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In reply to the discussion: I Wouldn't Have Believed Things Like This Do Happen...Until I Witnessed It Myself. [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)Where is anything contra-factual mentioned in post 8?
"that she has lived in Spain, for what, 30 years, but is still an American citizen. I mean I was a Wisconsinite for about ten years, from 1987-1988 and 1990-1999, but I don't still get to vote in Wisconsin, even though I owned property there until 2009. She is somewhat shielded from the consequences of her vote, living in Spain."
1. Opinion - when you establish permanent residency in another country, you SHOULD lose your citizenship
2. factual example - when you move from a state, you can no longer vote there - even if you still own property there.
3. opinion - somebody who lives in a house is impacted much more by votes to either fix it or destroy it. People in Spain can vote for evil idiots like Sam Brownback and not have to live under his idiotic and evil rule.
Other people have different opinions. Some are conservative perhaps, and want things to stay the same as they currently are. But it does not refudiate my opinion to go on and on about what the law DOES say.
Nor is an argument won, on substance, by being condescending and insulting and mocking.
Not that I, myself, always put a lot of effort into a rebuttal argument. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1797795