• Perfide@reddthat.com
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      10 months ago

      I mean… Trump did take a mental fitness test, and failed so miserably he genuinely thought he had passed it. Person-woman-man-camera-tv, anyone? And that was years ago, he’s certainly lost even more of his faculties since then.

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      10 months ago

      There’s basically 3 rules to be president:

      • Born in the US
      • Over the age of 35
      • Never lead an intersection against the United States

      If Trump can’t be barred from running for his role in Jan 6, there’s no way adding more requirements will somehow fix things.

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      10 months ago

      This could be weaponized as a tool of discrimination to keep minority groups or the impoverished out of office by constructing purposefully confusing questions. Just like the Jim Crow Era laws requiring people pass literacy tests to vote.

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        10 months ago

        This could be weaponized

        COULD, not WOULD.

        If you don’t make any rules that the fascists might want to abuse, you don’t make any rules.

        Your slippery slope fallacy does not invalidate the need to make sure that public officials are fit to carry out their duties.