Posted by bronxcheer on 4/3/2021 9:14:00 AM (view original):

Milwaukee mayor pitches city for MLB All-Star Game following withdrawal over Georgia voting laws

Mayor Tom Barrett says the game can honor Hank Aaron, who died in January

100% this

Posted by bagchucker on 4/3/2021 10:34:00 AM (view original):
the right to buy a overpriced beer at a ballpark is not self-evident

#nailedit

Posted by Guitarguy567 on 4/3/2021 11:23:00 AM (view original):

Posted by contrarian23 on 4/3/2021 10:46:00 AM (view original):
An athlete protests racism and police brutality peacefully by kneeling during the national anthem? Lie about his motives, accuse him of disrespecting the military, end his athletic career, and boycott the company selling his brand of shoes.

The right invented cancel culture. They are entirely about canceling the freedoms, livelihoods, and careers of anyone who doesn't look, act, and think like they do.

You are so far removed from reality it is not even funny. Good luck with the future.

lol he cleaned your clock twice over

Posted by Guitarguy567 on 4/3/2021 9:58:00 AM (view original):

Posted by tangplay on 4/2/2021 11:13:00 PM (view original):
#cancelMLB

I hate it when organizations take action to make more money!!!! All the GOP did was pass a law meant to restrict the ability of people to vote!!!

How exactly does this law restrict voting rights? Answer this question without lying (something Biden has been unable to do...even the Washington Post has called him out for this). To compare this to Jim Crow is to insult the memory of all those who suffered under Jim Crow.

You need an ID to buy an overpriced beer at the ballpark, is that racist too?

Sure.

• Cut in half the amount of time voters have to request absentee ballots
• Put voter ID requirements on absentee ballots (whether you like it or not, this is a restriction because it puts an extra step on the right to vote. Buying a beer at a ballpark is not a constitutional right. Everyone knows that putting an extra step into doing something will mean less people do it).
• Made it illegal to mail out absentee ballots to all voters
• Cuts the number of voting drop boxes significantly
• Can't give food or water to people in line
• Provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct will not be counted (this is relevant because voting precincts are constantly being changed or shut down, and I know from personal experience that many people show up to the wrong one and cast a provisional).
• Absentee ballots can not be counted until the polls close, lengthening the process for figuring out who won (this makes it easier to spin election lies).
• Legislature takes more control over sec of state (making it easier to steal elections). (There are a bunch of provisions here, completely authoritarian btw).

There's more stuff but this is the main material.

If you don't think these provisions restrict voting rights, here's a hypothetical for you.

Let's say a state changes the law so that elections will be held only in person, on election day, from 2-3 AM, in one voting place that's out in a rural area. Would this change be a restriction on voting rights? Or would it not because technically everyone can still vote?

Posted by Guitarguy567 on 4/3/2021 11:24:00 AM (view original):
The Washington Post says in reference to the Georgia voting bill and I quote: "the net effect [of the bill] was to expand the opportunities to vote for most Georgians, not to limit them"

Regardless, what does this have to do with baseball? It is partisan politics.

1) it contracted times and windows to vote, both absentee and in person. How does that expand opportunities?
2) how is wanting it to be easier to vote partisan?
3) you’re cool with the part that allows the legislature to overrule the SOS, huh?
4) play stupid games, win stupid prizes. GA legislature approved this bill, these are the consequences.

Posted by Guitarguy567 on 4/3/2021 11:24:00 AM (view original):
The Washington Post says in reference to the Georgia voting bill and I quote: "the net effect [of the bill] was to expand the opportunities to vote for most Georgians, not to limit them"

Regardless, what does this have to do with baseball? It is partisan politics.

The MLB thinks they will make more money if they move the ASG out of Atlanta. They did that. I'm sorry that you forgot how capitalism works.

Also, you're a ******* liar. That quote was SOLELY in reference to Biden's claim that the bill would reduce voting times. That claim was false. But here's the line right after your out of context quote.

“You can criticize the bill for many things, but I don’t think you can criticize it for reducing the hours you can vote,” said University of Georgia political scientist Charles S. Bullock III. He speculated that Biden may have been briefed on an early version of the bill — “there were 25 versions floating around” — and he did not get an update on the final version.

The claim is clearly about VOTING HOURS, NOT voting access generally. Furthermore, the bill expanded voting hours for RURAL counties, AKA making it easier for Republicans to vote but not doing the same for Democrats.

You, my friend, are a ******* liar. That quote was taken out of context, and you either knew and didn't care, or didn't know and never checked.

The fact that GG thinks "It's no big deal that the legislature, who wanted to give the election to Trump, is taking away power from the secretary of state, who was one of the sole reasons that Trump didn't steal the election."

This can only mean two things: 1. They're punishing B.R. for not going with the Big Lie, 2. They want to make it easier to give the win to Republicans in the future, even if they lost.

Real simple, actually, especially because the bill means that Georgia's vote total will be slow to arrive for years to come! Can't wait until this is blamed on Democrats somehow!

Posted by Uofa2 on 4/3/2021 1:06:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Guitarguy567 on 4/3/2021 11:24:00 AM (view original):
The Washington Post says in reference to the Georgia voting bill and I quote: "the net effect [of the bill] was to expand the opportunities to vote for most Georgians, not to limit them"

Regardless, what does this have to do with baseball? It is partisan politics.

1) it contracted times and windows to vote, both absentee and in person. How does that expand opportunities?
2) how is wanting it to be easier to vote partisan?
3) you’re cool with the part that allows the legislature to overrule the SOS, huh?
4) play stupid games, win stupid prizes. GA legislature approved this bill, these are the consequences.

How, specifically, is anything you address, or anything else in the Bill, racist?
That question was asked in the middle of Page 1, and all responses have been nothing but rhetoric.

Less black people, proportionately, have voter ID. Implementing mandatory ID laws has a disproportionate affect on the ability of black people to vote.

Wow. That was hard.

Posted by tangplay on 4/3/2021 1:24:00 PM (view original):
Less black people, proportionately, have voter ID. Implementing mandatory ID laws has a disproportionate affect on the ability of black people to vote.

Wow. That was hard.

And cutting down on windows and times to vote before Election Day will create longer lines on Election Day, and did they increase the amount of polling places in rural areas? Yes! In urban areas? Guess!

So you're taking your lead from tang and arguing it's a bad thing to make someone voting have an ID? I'd argue just the opposite; making ALL people show ID lessens voter fraud, and is certainly NOT racist, except to those who want to have something to scream "RACIST" about (like you and tang).
Also, I guess you skipped-over the part where they added an extra early voting day.
Maybe read what CNN (A Dem/Lib favorite) has to say about the FACTS of the Bill: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/31/politics/fact-check-georgia-voting-bill-law-elections-explained/index.html

You cannot reason with these people All. I have come to that conclusion. Leftism is their religion. And they just regurgitate their preferred talking points. They never get to base reality - ON ANY TOPIC. It is all just simulated.

All3 didn't read the article he linked, because all of it is in my post. The focus on one tiny element of the bill while ignoring the ten or so actual voting restrictions is a major sign of bad faith.

Yes, it is a bad thing to make someone voting have an ID. Voter ID laws enact a structural and disproportionate impediment on the ability of black and poor people to vote. Just look at North Carolina.

Considering that voter fraud isn't a large problem anyway, there's no reason in this case to reduce constitutional rights.

Posted by Guitarguy567 on 4/3/2021 2:20:00 PM (view original):
You cannot reason with these people All. I have come to that conclusion. Leftism is their religion. And they just regurgitate their preferred talking points. They never get to base reality - ON ANY TOPIC. It is all just simulated.

Probably a smart decision when you blatantly lied about an article today. Best not to touch that one.

Oh, and the fact that GG and All3 have clearly never read what's actually in the GA voter law, lmao

They just saw right wing news talk about how Biden lied about the bill and assumed that there was nothing bad in it, it's so transparent