Well yea. There was a war about it and everything. States exist as inefficient middlemen and have no business dictating voting rights or federal office eligibility.
Whenever I hear “states rights” my mind immediately translates it to “I’m a racist”. I’m not saying you’re a racist, just that it makes you sound like one when you invoke “states rights”.
I drop this nugget a lot but basically you’re not wrong. The “states rights” argument is ignorant of history. At best it is a mindless parroting of racist dog whistles and at worst… it’s a racist dog whistle.
Correct.
So then states don’t have rights?
Well yea. There was a war about it and everything. States exist as inefficient middlemen and have no business dictating voting rights or federal office eligibility.
Whenever I hear “states rights” my mind immediately translates it to “I’m a racist”. I’m not saying you’re a racist, just that it makes you sound like one when you invoke “states rights”.
I hear the same thing, and I’m not invoking it here as something I believe in.
I drop this nugget a lot but basically you’re not wrong. The “states rights” argument is ignorant of history. At best it is a mindless parroting of racist dog whistles and at worst… it’s a racist dog whistle.
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