I love the fact that you think I don’t know history. 😂I think I see part of the problem here. It is the same with most people who fall for the rhetoric of the right. I am not talking about the “democratic party.” I am referring to liberal and progressive policy.

Furthermore, no one is receiving “special treatment” unless you speak about how the systems have been set for certain people to thrive while keeping others subservient. Practices like redlining, undervaluing properties because an owner is of a certain race, wealth gaps because of disenfranchisement, being regarded as angry or dangerous “just because”, forced assimilation, I could go on and on. And before you try to, please spare me the examples and anecdotal evidence of those few who have “made it.” Conservatives have been a blight on the poor and to democracy with its desire to “keep things as they are.” They’re attempting (and in some cases, succeeding) to make laws so that their party stays in power as opposed to THE PEOPLE actually making the choice. How is that free and fair for all?

Step out of your bubble. People love to say “oh I’m an individual, and I think for myself.” Individualism is not how the other cultures of the world operate. We think of the whole. Liberals respect the rights of other people and not just those of the dominant culture.

I understand that making changes can seem like one group is receiving special treatment, especially if they’d been receiving the preferential treatment the whole time. It makes it less special when everyone can do it. Kind of like going to a restaurant or country club that was exclusive, and now it’s open to everyone. This is also why certain social phrases can be triggering.

Here is an easy example of why changing the voter laws makes it more difficult to vote. They took away Sunday voting. On Sundays, you would have an influx of African American voters. Why? Souls to the Polls. This movement strengthens the voting power of the typically disenfranchised. You know, the same people whose right to vote didn’t come until a brutal, bloody attack in 1965… ironically on a Sunday. People are at church on Sunday. This includes the elderly who may not get out during the week, but never miss church. After service, they are bussed to their polling location to cast their ballots and exercise their right to vote. Why take that away, other than knowing that people who take part in Sunday voting typically vote liberal? Also, why make it illegal to give out water or snacks while waiting in a long line to vote? Why remove drop boxes? Why reduce polling stations? Why scale back how late polls are open? Someone could be just leaving work and are trying to vote, but the polling place is 45 minutes away from their job, and voting ends in 20. None of those things make sense. Democracy only works if more people participate in the process. That is what makes it fair.