have you considered applying that argument to other groups that were once disenfranchised?
The argument is that a smart person in such a group would agree that the rest of them are too stupid to vote. It doesn’t apply to other disenfranchised groups until they actually would believe this too. I doubt that the other groups you are referring to would believe this.
I was thinking of women. Y’know, back in Ye Olden Days.
In general, I think, there is a tendency not to disenfranchise groups even if they are in some sense “below average”, because, y’know, representation be good. Again, imagine the racist pointing out that n**s have, on average, less education than we* do. Or maybe your model of Terrible People is less convincing than mine?
*he’s a racist, he aint talking to Them, he’s talking to Us White Guys.
The argument is that a smart person in such a group would agree that the rest of them are too stupid to vote. It doesn’t apply to other disenfranchised groups until they actually would believe this too. I doubt that the other groups you are referring to would believe this.
I was thinking of women. Y’know, back in Ye Olden Days.
In general, I think, there is a tendency not to disenfranchise groups even if they are in some sense “below average”, because, y’know, representation be good. Again, imagine the racist pointing out that n**s have, on average, less education than we* do. Or maybe your model of Terrible People is less convincing than mine?
*he’s a racist, he aint talking to Them, he’s talking to Us White Guys.