[–] Poot_McGarvey 5 points 7 points 12 points (+12|-5) ago
This kind of shit destroys lives and facilitates permanent criminal behavior.
It sounds like you are trying to shift the responsibility away from criminals and on to society. Do you know what facilitates criminal behavior more than punishments? The criminal acts of criminals.
I don't think its worth 5 years but it should certainly be punished. If you've lost your right to legally vote, don't fucking vote.
[–] The_Laughing_Storm 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
They keep us ignorant on purpose. They make so many laws and make them so complicated that only a lawyer could understand them. They should tell fellons they have lost the right to vote though.
[–] weezkitty 3 points 5 points 8 points (+8|-3) ago
I detest the concept of felons having their rights removed because if basically removes their ability to affect the laws that put them in that position. Even if the laws are completely unjust
[–] PewterKey 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
It's counter to democracy to remove rights from those that served their sentences. As it creates a 2nd class body that are voiceless and motivated to destroy the status quo violently. An unjust law and an outright tyrannical or corrupt government of any size could effectively remove only votes that oppose them. Leaving the disenfranchised the only option of revolution.
And given the number of felons in America (6M or 2.5% of America), this population of disenfranchised felons could literally disrupt the entire country or even destroy it if they were mildly coordinated. We already have seen how BLM shut down entire cities in riots with a few hundred. We've seen how 2 terrorists shut down Boston. And America is literally sitting on 6 million people with a reason to rebel. Not to mention the tens of million non-citizens that could rally to that cause.