I know a fair number of Conservatives that believe women and minorities should be excluded from voting. Not in dog whistle form either; just blatantly believe only white men should vote
Which shoudn't be that surprising, this was the norm in many places until relatively recently. Women, people of color and poor people were never really meant to participate in the "democratic process" (at least as far as conservatives are concerned). The only reason why they were eventually allowed was because they fought for it and eventually, people in power got too scared not to give in a little bit until we are where we are today.
Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but to me, it's surprising that there aren't more conservatives with this view. Because the conservatives who support (basic) women's rights are essentially saying "you violent lefties were right and correct in the past for fighting what you believe was right, but whatever you are doing right now goes too far for some reason"..
Nothing wrong with it, just that without you have no real insight into a fundamental aspect of humanity. So you might end up suggesting that women should lose their rights and be treated as literal children / property.
If you propose some type of intelligence test for voting to these same guys, they immediately back off. It's only a good rule to them if they automatically qualify. :)
Many of them would be more than happy to support the historically racist, authoritarian, and disenfranchising idea of intelligence tests to qualify for voting.
What I hate most about this is there actually are women’s elections somewhere. In Rojava they’re a way of protecting women’s rights and political enfranchisement while surrounded by extreme misogyny in neighboring cultures.
There’s no way that is sincere. I mean this person learned to use Twitter, isn’t typing in all caps, and made several abstract connections between otherwise distant ideas. One of these things is not like the other.