Politics Tennessee Passes Law That Would Punish Protestors By Taking Away Their Right to Vote

We've been witnessing a WHOLE lot of felonistic activity out there these days! I trust the intentions of my Governor. I'll leave it at that.

 

Tell that to your Portland protesters.

 

We've seen a lot of Trump supporters that are racists...that doesn't mean you're a racist....I'll leave it at that....your state has a horrible crime record...I wouldn't trust that leadership at all

 

the arsonists in Portland do not represent the majority of protesters. ....Damian Lillard was a protester....should he lose his right to vote because he marches for BLM? Fuck that dumb shit. Get woke! Some might say ignoring safe practices about covid is actually more dangerous than lighting a trash can on fire ore spray painting a slogan on a building....should we put infected people in isolation camps and take away their vote for endangering society?..Absolutely not...see how that works
get woke and heal....

 

He's virtually a brand new governor. Give it some time.

 

Tennessee has a reputation as one of the most backward states in the union. Your brand new governor seems prepared to keep that tradition going.

Fortunately, there are federal courts to protect the normal people in your state from the rest of you!

 

Wow, I think you missed a lot of points. Our Governor Lee would not be arresting the likes of what Dame and his ilk has been doing. I mean, c'mon, man...the mob has been inching their protests closer and closer to flat-out riots. Do you think state and local leadership should just cast a blind eye and let bygones be bygones?

BTW, it seems to me that ever since the federal government law enforcement left Portland....the protests have actually gotten worse. Go figure, appears to be more of a local thing.

 

Well, we sure do know that, while plenty weird, Portland sure ain't backward! I still hope and pray that there's hope for it as I was born and raised there. I'm plenty sad in the meantime, though.

BTW, Tennessee certainly has a long way to go, but it's not totally backwards in many respects.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee

 

I believe in the right to protest at all costs....and much of the arson over the summer has nothing to do with the actuall protest....and things aren't worse...they were worse in Michigan when the AR15 toting good old boys stormed the govt buildings without resistance from the police......if they had been black...the cops would've taken action..this is why the world is changing before your eyes and nobody will be looking back.....enough is enough.....your white privilege isn't a good reason to oppress protesters and stop them from voting however they choose. I'm anti arson....I'm anti martial law.....face the culture you voted for and have the balls to say..."enough is enough" ...in the words of Sam Cooke....a change is gonna come...this country will rise up against oppression no matter how many laws you pass to oppress the common folk

 

A felon is someone convicted of a serious crime....not for protesting but for actually commiting a crime....learn the difference

 

Yeah, it ought to get through the appeal process sometime next year.

 

Fair enough.

 

Oh, I didn't mean backwards economically--I would expect Tennessee to have found its footing economically after all the dollars the federal government has poured into the state (Tennessee Valley Authority ring any bells?). I meant backwards socially in how it treats racial minorities, LGBTQ+ people, women, how it handles law enforcement.

It's not surprising that the Tennessee government wants to outlaw freedom of expression--it's a state that values straight white men and no one else, and wants to keep it that way. Protests disrupt the status quo.

 

I'll be surprised if there isn't an injunction against the law long before the appeals process ends.

 

Probably. Stupid and unconstitutional law to begin with. That said, nobody is going to get convicted of this “felony” in time to lose voting rights for the November election. The counter suits against the State of Tennessee for violating protesters legitimate rights of free speech should be fun.

 

How long does that line of letters plan to go? And, really, specifically, how does the state government mistreat these folks. I sure don't see it. But again, I've only lived here a few years.

Look, EVERYONE deserves to be unequivocally treated with absolute and unilateral respect. I'm a 100% proponent of that.

 

I never said it was. And, I never said legal protesting was a crime of any kind. Occupying may be a different story. We shall see how all of this plays out.