I went to vote today in Georgia USA. People showed up wearing bed sheets over them. What is this supposed to communicate exactly??

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    17·
    6 months ago

    Sure but what happened in the civil rights era was that anyone who was black was assumed to be voting against the racist as fuck candidate… so if you showed up and were black you’d be run off, beaten, or lynched.

    Let’s say you’re me - I’m a man with a beard who wears skirts - I show up to vote and take a wild guess who I’m voting for… it’s not the chucklefuck that wants to persecute all my trans friends. Based on appearance alone (including swag you might have pinned to your bag) you could try and make a guess about how someone may vote.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      6 months ago

      Agreed on most points but any political “swag pinned to your bag” would be illegal within 100 feet of a polling place

      • niucllos@lemm.ee
        11·
        6 months ago

        A pride flag pin is not political swag but also correlates very strongly to voting blue, and far-right nutjobs could run with that

        • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
          7·
          6 months ago

          Yeah, or something like “My body my choice” there are lots of pins or patches you could draw inference (sometimes incorrectly, of course) from.