Free and fair elections
Hey Dave:
How can the GOP remove so many voters from the voting rolls in states where the Republicans are in charge?
Tom
Dear Tom
You raise an interesting question about how voters can just be removed from voting rolls and apparently feel no guilt in disenfranchising thousands of people in their state.
Voting irregularities are extremely rare in modern elections and what irregularities have occurred the courts have ruled as being so miniscule they would not have changed the outcome of the elections.
The myth of voter fraud is perpetrated by the losers of elections. The partisans who promote the lies about voter fraud only complain about the irregularities in the elections they have lost, never the ones they won.
I have learned as a psychotherapist that when couples complain of "communication issues" what they are really talking about are power struggles.
People usually understand each other very well, they just don't agree, have a conflict, and the issue is how to resolve the conflict when communication, alone, doesn't resolve the conflict as is often the case.
The questions become who will dominate the other, how will the other respond to the domination, and how will the dominator manage the dominated's response to the domination?
I like the bumper sticker that states "Speaking truth to power has no effect if power has no use for the truth." Ain't that the truth?
So what is one to do when power has no use for the truth?
Look for the incentives that power might be interested in for recognizing, acknowledging, and accepting the truth.
Incentives vary greatly depending on the motivations, intentions, desires, and preferences of those with the power.
In short, those with power who don't recognize the truth have to be outsmarted, manipulated based on a deliberate, and purposeful strategy of the person who is leading the change effort. Sometimes accountability can be achieved through the courts, but court battles are often useless unless one has unlimited resources for legal bills.
Power who has no use for truth is not that smart because sooner or later the effects of not recognizing, acknowledging and responding appropriately to truth will be felt and pain will arise along with guilt and fear and the intransigence will implode and collapse.
The old saying is "The truth will set you free." Sometimes it takes awhile but Truth always wins.
Keep the faith, exercise patience and persistence, "the two Ps"
Organize and advocate for the right to vote and the adjudication of proper election processes.
Use the courts when possible and vote for state government officials who will provide for free and fair elections.
Peace be with you.