A Case of Accidental Glorification

A couple of mornings ago I happened to find an article on Rachel Maddow's Facebook page about a new voting law in North Carolina.  Now, it's easy to guess what her position was on the matter, because nearly every leftist says the same thing: she believes that the voting law was aimed at preventing minorities from voting, and the article was addressed particularly to the black community.  The truth about the law was, of course, that it was aimed at illegal immigrants in the Hispanic community – which is a perfectly reasonable law to pass when foreign nationals are threatening to upset an election.  But the most interesting thing about the complaints was that they had nothing to do with language tests or anything other than having a valid ID and being prepared to vote.  It's worth mentioning that nobody is terrified about white men losing votes – worth mentioning because the only reason anyone could lose a vote in North Carolina is because...(Read Full Article)