# A former Republican's awakening about voter ID laws. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 16, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-republicans-awakening-about-voter-id-laws/637911 "2012-10-16T18:36:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-republicans-awakening-about-voter-id-laws/637911/81 "2012-11-02T11:51:42Z")
**fattigermaster** , our main rule here is “Don’t be a jerk,” and those last couple of posts don’t meet that standard. I suggest you discuss the issue rather than posting broad stereotypes without facts. ---
**Author:** ![fattigermaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@fattigermaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fattigermaster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-republicans-awakening-about-voter-id-laws/637911/82 "2012-11-02T11:56:34Z")
It seems the unwritten rule is “don’t speak conservative opinions”, and now that I’m aware of it, I would appreciate your deleting my account at your earliest convenience. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-republicans-awakening-about-voter-id-laws/637911/83 "2012-11-02T12:03:02Z")
> [@fattigermaster](#): > > The victim mentality is getting pretty old. Reposted for the lols… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-republicans-awakening-about-voter-id-laws/637911/84 "2012-11-02T12:04:44Z")
**Bricker** managed to defend these laws for two pages in this thread (and in many others) without posting garbage about crackheads and without being sanctioned by the mods. I don’t usually do bans on request, but what the heck- you persuaded me. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-republicans-awakening-about-voter-id-laws/637911/85 "2012-11-02T17:36:28Z")
To be fair we are a lot more tolerant of crackpot liberals than crackpot conservatives. Crackpot liberals largely get ignored while crackpot conservatives get attacked. It takes a particularly clear thinking conservative to survive on these boards, we have several liberals with very muddy thinking. With that said, at least a clear thinking conservative can survive on these boards, the opposite has not been my experience on conservative boards. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-republicans-awakening-about-voter-id-laws/637911/86 "2012-11-02T17:37:29Z")
> [@fattigermaster](#): > > It seems the unwritten rule is “don’t speak conservative opinions”, and now that I’m aware of it, I would appreciate your deleting my account at your earliest convenience. BTW, is there a term for someone who only makes it one day on SDMB before getting banned? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-republicans-awakening-about-voter-id-laws/637911/87 "2012-11-02T17:41:53Z")
Banned on the run? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-republicans-awakening-about-voter-id-laws/637911/88 "2012-11-02T17:53:14Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > BTW, is there a term for someone who only makes it one day on SDMB before getting banned? Martyr-complexioned American. That’s the PC term. Interestingly, it doesn’t even matter if the bannee was American. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-republicans-awakening-about-voter-id-laws/637911/89 "2012-11-02T20:00:30Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > To be fair we are a lot more tolerant of crackpot liberals than crackpot conservatives. Crackpot liberals largely get ignored while crackpot conservatives get attacked. > > It takes a particularly clear thinking conservative to survive on these boards, we have several liberals with very muddy thinking. > > With that said, at least a clear thinking conservative can survive on these boards, the opposite has not been my experience on conservative boards. Hmm… I think I have to agree with this post in its entirety. Well said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-republicans-awakening-about-voter-id-laws/637911.md?page=4)