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The editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal says he was kidding when he penned an editorial calling for women's right to vote to be repealed, but plenty of people aren't laughing.
Thomas Mitchell has found himself defending his "satirical" look at the differences in the voting patterns of men and women after receiving a "swift and voluble" public reaction to his column on Friday, which was entitled "Time to repeal the 19th amendment?"
"People and candidates for public office should be judged on the basis of their ideas, stance on the issues, character, experience and integrity, not on the basis of age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion or disability," Mitchell wrote. "Therefore, we must repeal the 19th Amendment. Yes, the one granting suffrage to women. Because? Well, women are biased."
he notion that the US can be made a more conservative country by eliminating women's right to vote has had some limited support in a few corners of the conservative political world. There's even a Facebook page dedicated to the movement, entitled "Repeal the 19th Amendment!!!"
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The editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal says he was kidding when he penned an editorial calling for women's right to vote to be repealed, but plenty of people aren't laughing.
Thomas Mitchell has found himself defending his "satirical" look at the differences in the voting patterns of men and women after receiving a "swift and voluble" public reaction to his column on Friday, which was entitled "Time to repeal the 19th amendment?"
"People and candidates for public office should be judged on the basis of their ideas, stance on the issues, character, experience and integrity, not on the basis of age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion or disability," Mitchell wrote. "Therefore, we must repeal the 19th Amendment. Yes, the one granting suffrage to women. Because? Well, women are biased."
I know Mr. Mitchell said it as a joke but I actually think this exemplifies the mind set of many conservatives. If you look at the way his paper is managed; perhaps it really wasn't a joke.
he notion that the US can be made a more conservative country by eliminating women's right to vote has had some limited support in a few corners of the conservative political world. There's even a Facebook page dedicated to the movement, entitled "Repeal the 19th Amendment!!!"
I wonder if he will lose any advertising $$$?