You still use TP if you have a bidet though

Yeah, I actually didn’t want to pull up the worst ones because I was on a work computer.

I’m not going to seriously engage with your bullshit historical revisionism any more than I would seriously engage with a holocaust denier.

Exactly, because there were no civilians maimed or killed ;) Heck, tanks literally CAN’T maim or kill people, that’s not what they’re made for. Militaries exclusively bring in tanks to help spread love and peace and good vibes.

Actually, if you’ve seen the pictures of the military armed with rifles marching around the city that day, did you know that those were just the kind with the flag that pops out and says ‘BANG!’? Haha they were just trying to give everybody a good laugh to ease the tension. And it WORKED and NO ONE GOT HURT!

Yes, haha, look how fake it is

As we all know, militaries NEVER use tanks to kill or injure people. They actually mostly use them to transport puppies and kittens, and the army’s very best huggers to spread love and joy :)

Did you cleverly infer that from the fact that I said, “no”? Or were their other subtle clues you picked up on?

The pictures of dead, maimed, mutilated civilian corpses and crushed bicycles/cars were actually staged by the protesters to frame the kind, peaceful Chinese military, who were only there to have friendly dialogue with the protestors.

No. how could I? Armored tanks are EXCLUSIVELY implements of peace, they are NEVER used lethally or to inflict harm. The Chinese military DEFINITELY brought in armored tanks for peaceful, humanitarian reasons.

No the tanks were there as part of a humanitarian mission /s

Those poor soldiers that were attacked in their tanks :( They were just visiting Beijing as tourists that day and had no orders to violently suppress any protests. Total misunderstanding.

So to be clear, I don’t agree with them that this is a good enough reason to block ranked choice voting. All I’m saying here is that the reason for blocking isn’t just “hur dur Democrats are racist too”, which is the main takeaway of everyone in this comment section.

I’m not saying that they’re right. I’m saying that calling them racists who think black people are dumb is a complete mischaracterization.

Voters were able to select two candidates and only voted for one

Clarification: low-income voters from predominantly black areas did this, which is effectively disenfranchisement. That’s the concern: that low-income minorities may be disenfranchised by more complex/confusing ballots. The concern is real because it already happened.

You guys are exhausting.

No one is saying black people are too dumb to understand ranked choice. They’re saying that people from low income, predominantly black areas, under-voted when required to choose two candidates on past ballots. That means those people were effectively disenfranchised. If the evidence shows that ranked choice could potentially disenfranchise people from low-income minority areas, that is something to be concerned about.

nowhere in the article is there an explanation by anyone why ranked choice voting would be worse for these groups, just that it would be confusing.

Uh, being confusing is what would make it worse.

I’m not saying that they’re right or wrong. What I’m saying is that the reactions in this comment section of people saying “oh the racist Democrats think black people are too dumb to understand ranked choice” is a complete misrepresentation. The Democrats are saying that the evidence has shown that people in these low-income, predominantly black areas, under-voted when expected to choose two candidates on a ballot, and they’re concerned that this will be an even worse problem on a ranked choice ballot where people may be expected to choose up to 5 candidates.

Disenfranchisement of poor and minority voters should be a concern.

Did anyone read the article? It’s not saying ever you guys think it’s saying. The DC Democrats are saying that in two predominantly black areas, having voters pick two choices on ballots has already led to confusion and that ranked choice will lead to even worse confusion.

They’re not speculating here, they’re describing what’s already known.