NAACP: Rally for Restoration of Voter Rights of the Disfranchised
Saturday, August 28th 11:00am; NAACP OFFICES – 1308 Jefferson Street, Nashville
TENNESSEE FACTS:
# of Tennesseans Disfranchised: 91,149
% of Total Tennessee Population: 2.2%
African-American Disfranchised: 41,759
% of African-Americans Disfranchised: 6.6%
African Americans equal 46% of the Tennessee Disfranchised
WE NEED YOUR PRESENCE
On Saturday August 28th, hundreds of Nashvillians, including dozens of disfranchised Americans, will gather at the Nashville Branch of the NAACP. There will be team of civil rights attorneys ready to sit with every disfranchised person (person who has served time in the criminal justice system and no longer has the right to vote) and process the paperwork to make sure they have their rights restored. If you have been through the criminal justice system or know someone who has, bring them and let’s bring justice to those who have served their time.
Bring signs and be ready to hear from a variety of civil rights leaders of Nashville community. Let’s make this rally and disfranchisement a part of history, and real democracy a reality.
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I interpret this as a push for all felons to have their rights restored without any regard toward the heinousness of their crimes. Most disturbing to me is the PJC people were only motivated by seeming imbalance of disfranchisement and are more concerned about the rights of people of color than the overall population. In doing this the PCJ try to perpetuate the perception that "the man" purposely focuses on specific groups for excessive punishment while hoping we disregard the higher rates of crime caused by those groups.
In short, I see this as a hypocritical sham to convince the general public that they retain the moral high ground while swelling their ranks with a new class of "oppressed victims". They don't really care about these people, they're just using them to promote their agenda. - NRT
Whew. I felt that slam-dunk from all the way 'cross the country. Bravo!
Generally, I agree with you.
What can I say? Umbrella restoration of voting rights is definitely the wrong way to go (just like umbrella amnesty for illegal aliens is wrong). If I didn't personally know two people who truly paid for their mistakes, and have truly turned their lives around, I wouldn't advocate the restoration of voting rights. Murderers? No. A stupid young-adult who steals a car to go for a joy ride with his "bad influence" friends? Well... I guess it depends on whether or not that person has really come around, doesn't it?