mdwhite999

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[–] mdwhite999@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I feel like there are 2 related arguments against this. One is that it could motivate political prosecution to disenfranchise people. The second is that it kind of creates a slippery slope, if treason disenfranchises you why not murder, or rape, or election fraud or whatever other crime someone considers serious enough

[–] mdwhite999@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We do. It's called the Equality Act 2010. It requires reasonable adjustments for disabled people. However, this is not always provided for in reality. The equality act is mentioned in the original article

[–] mdwhite999@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't the 1st interracial kiss on TV. By some metrics it was the 1st in the US but other countries had earlier kisses.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_interracial_kiss_on_television

[–] mdwhite999@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Over the past year coal has only generated 1.2% of power in the UK