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"If you want level-headed answers to help you fit into polite society I'm not really the right person." Slava Ukraini! Not spoiler free. (Han shot first) Everything tagged. (Ask for something tagged.) Personal/fandom blog. [Please read 'about' before following/asking a question thanks. Theme best viewed in Chrome at 1366x769. Helmet avatar by Kar.] If you like what I do, Venmo me. (@Caedussolo) I am Jacen aka Leo. Lvl. 3X. Aceflux. Transman. He/they. Mixed & 1st Gen Ukrainian-American. Anti-Communist. Gaulish Pagan w/ shades of Kemetic & Rodnovery (son of Cernunnos, Anubis devotee, Veles and Czernobog worker). Humanist Jew. Pisces Sun/Libra Moon/Pisces Rising. INTP. 6w5. IRL Mandalorian. Actual wolf probably. Forensic scientist at heart. Jango Fett Defense Squad. Clone Trooper Adopter. I make no apologies for my tone.

wtf i got off the elevator and was ambushed by a bunch of lvl 18 enemies. i'm only lvl 15 and got my ass beat. rude. the mission i am on is for lvl 11 sooo

Sighs I hate getting questions that I already preemptively answered. One of my biggest pet peeves. If you can't be bothered to read my answers I can't be bothered to want to be fully engaged in the conversation lmao and especially with like doctors appointments it makes me feel like I wasted my time. Why make me fill out a form you won't read lmao

my desktop has suddenly started saying it has a battery but I can't tell if maybe it's just noticing I have it plugged into a UPS or not lmao

Not only can prisoners not vote in the US, once you've been convicted of a felony (a very large category of crimes that prosecutors like to find excuses to fit people into), you can never vote again for the rest of your life.

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Oh that is fucked, that is fucked beyond belief, that shouldn't be allowed

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This is actually not true of the entire US! It depends on the state. When I worked in Ohio, we would encounter people who incorrectly believed they couldn't vote because of past felonies.

16 states allow people with felony convictions to vote once their sentence is complete.

9 states have restrictions on voting rights for people with felon convictions. Some of these are effectively a ban. One of these states is Florida, which passed a referendum to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions who had completed their sentence, but the DeSantis administration has found various loopholes to continue restricting voting.

23 states ban prisoners from voting but allow people with felony convictions to vote if they are not in prison.

2 states, Maine and Vermont, allow everyone to vote.

OP, I know you're not American and may or may not be interested in this, but it's important for any Americans seeing this to know that depending on where they live they may in fact have the right to vote. Misinformation about this is a form of voter suppression.

Also if you live in a state where prisoners and/or felons can’t vote, CALL YOUR REPS. Start talking to friends and family. Network. Get it on the ballot.

“Whataboutism” is a Cold War propaganda tactic that the Soviet Union started using in the 1940s to avoid or shoot down criticism.

Instead of addressing people’s concerns or answering uncomfortable questions, Soviet leaders would respond with, “What about…” and then draw attention to unfavorable events in the U.S. and other parts of the Western world. 

I've been poking my head into Kabbalah and I don't think I've read a more densely written book not about science than the Zohar.

I was warned about this but still it's one thing to hear and another to actually try reading the material.