# Tension between "the voters can't be trusted" and "let's register lots of voters"

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 9, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tension-between-the-voters-cant-be-trusted-and-lets-register-lots-of-voters/560081 "2010-11-09T20:11:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tension-between-the-voters-cant-be-trusted-and-lets-register-lots-of-voters/560081/39 "2010-11-10T10:48:03Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> I have to take a moment to commend friend Bricker for his investigatory prowess. Finding out stuff. Very impressive. I have given a quick search of a few lefty sites I happen to occasionally peruse. And not one mention of this furious hurricane of debate raging through the left wing.

I said: “…from vocal SDMB participants…”

An example thread with the sentiment: [Fuck You, Voters](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=584137)

Example posts with the sentiment:

> [@Unseating Judges who Legalized SSM in Iowa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unseating-judges-who-legalized-ssm-in-iowa/558894/6):
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> Wait, what? You think because the voters didn’t throw ALL the judges out that they’re not “the neanderthals that they have been portrayed as?”

> [@Unseating Judges who Legalized SSM in Iowa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unseating-judges-who-legalized-ssm-in-iowa/558894/18):
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> In truth, we in the U.S. today are a nation dominated by a majority of highly gullible dupes who will believe just about _anything_ as long as it’s hateful, bigoted, or false, and, as the 2010 mid-terms demonstrated, those who most fervently believe those lies are the most enthusiastic voters.

> [@Unseating Judges who Legalized SSM in Iowa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unseating-judges-who-legalized-ssm-in-iowa/558894/25):
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> Yes, the voters were motovated solely by bigotry. Let’s not sugarcoat it. It is what it is. It’s a great example of why the judiciary should not be subject to elections. Mobs don’t make good judges.

I’ll post more samples if you wish, but you can hardly be blind to the sentiment.

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