# What motivates people to vote other people's rights away

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 4, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-people-to-vote-other-peoples-rights-away/516261 "2009-11-04T05:59:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-people-to-vote-other-peoples-rights-away/516261/637 "2009-11-11T10:37:27Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> **raindog** , step [this way](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11764877#post11764877), please.

Uh, no thanks. Thanks for thinking about me though.

I have a long held the position that name calling is the last refuge of the tired mind, and that “The Pit” is the greatest example that the “Fighting Ignorance” mantra is a lie. I have a limited amount of time, and that thread simply splinters this one and offers us (you, actually…) nothing more than the freedom of name calling.

It is my first pitting, though, and so I do appreciate the honor, dubious as it may be.

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