"It can't happen to me." . . . Until it happens to you
As voter suppression laws are passed in states where republicans control a majority of all branches of state governments, something occurs to me. Why are republican voters not standing up in opposition to these illogical, illegitimate and immoral laws? The obvious answer is that these actions could guarantee a win for their presidential candidate, but there could be another reason: A reason that has been primarily ignored by the media. In my humble opinion, I believe that republican voters have remained mum on this matter, because it does not affect them. Why the major news outlets have not given a voice to this possibility is of less importance than what tolerance of tactics that circumvent our Democracy mean for our country. This reluctance to stand up for "other" people's rights has been seen throughout history. It was this attitude of "looking the other way" that allowed the Nazi's to kill so many Jewish people and "others" who did not