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Is The GOP Guilty of Decedent-ism?

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&NewLine;<p>In these dark days of political correctness&comma; identity politics and wokeness&comma; Democrats and much of the so-called news media have pointed the accusatorial finger at the Republican Party for a full range of isms and phobias – including&comma; but not limited to&comma; racism&comma; sexism&comma; ageism&comma; misogynism&comma; xenophobia and homophobia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">And yet they have ignored the GOP’s prejudice against one of the largest groups in America – and growing every day&period; <&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>I am talking about blatant decedent-ism&period;  That’s right&period;  A profound political prejudice against … the dead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Democrats complain that the Republican efforts to purge the voting rolls of ineligible voters is racist&period;  That does not make sense since&period; Blacks are turning out in higher numbers and percentages than ever before&period; Particularly in states were Democrats say the suppression is the worst&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Democrats would be more productive if they looked at GOP efforts to remove folks from the voting rolls as decedent-ism&period;&nbsp&semi; All across America&comma; Republican officials are working night and day to suppress the votes of dead people – those millions of Americans extending their right to vote into the afterlife&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Perhaps the reason for Republicans&&num;8217&semi; concern is that it appears that so many life-long GOP voters become postmortem Democrat voters&period;  This may explain why Democrats are so vehement in protecting the ability of the dead to vote&period;  Many suggest that the switch from R to D after death is because the dearly departed have moved on to a theoretical welfare state of some sort&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The GOP attack on dead voters flies in the face of the many positive contributions deceased provide society every day&period;  <&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Mediums and psychics bring us specific messages from the dead&period;  We often see news reports of what dead people would have said or done in certain contemporary situations – President Reagan&comma; President Lincoln and even Jesus Christ&comma; for example&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We see the dead as sources of wisdom&period; When we find the correct future course&comma; we attribute it to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dead reckoning&period;”  <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>People are alive today with internal organs of a dead person&period;  A lot of the deceased wind up in med schools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If you watch Turner Classic Movies or METV&comma; you will be entertained by actors and comedians who have left these mortal shores long ago&period;&nbsp&semi; Add that to character generating computer technology&comma; and many of these same deceased celebrities can be totally re-created for brand new roles – a little like postmortem voting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>So… considering all the benefits we derive from the dead&comma; why not let them vote&quest;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The only thing I can say with confidence is that claiming decedent-ism as an opposition argument against removing ineligible voters &&num;8212&semi; and especially the dead &&num;8212&semi; would be as rational&comma; honest and productive as playing that old race card&period;&nbsp&semi; Did I make my point&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>So&comma; there &OpenCurlyQuote;tis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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