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I’ve thought this in the past, but I’ve changed my mind.

People with poor reading and logic and legal skills are still people, living in society, paying taxes, with lives just as complicated and interesting as mine. Who am I to say that they shouldn’t have a say in how things are run?




Stupid people have just as much right to have their societal problems heard and solved as the rest of us.

Nobody deserves to suffer or be ignored for the horrid crime of being born stupid or "mentally deficient" by your standards.


There much have been some misunderstanding, maybe I didn't word what I said very well; I agree with you! I don't really think anyone should be disenfranchised. That's what I meant by "Who am I to say that they shouldn’t have a say in how things are run?"

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