Matt Walsh Gives EPICALLY Stupid Voting Rights Take

Matt Walsh doesn't think voting is a god given right and wants to strip it from millions of Americans.
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[@kriswillman2779]

Sure Matt let's do civic tests and eliminate most conservatives from voting.

[@AxeManOfSuburbia]

So do you really wanna do that?

[@sanepillow59]

These people think that the constitution = bible

[@bitchywoman]

@@sanepillow59that is because the Bible and constitution to them are just foundational texts that say whatever they feel they should say. It is like them saying we should get to make up the rules based on our feelings because the Bible and constitution to them just say what they think they should say. They pick and choose what parts they like and ignore the rest

[@marcevan1141]

You just know that Sarah Palin, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebart would be eliminated.

[@patrickmatheson1123]

This is exactly what would happen. A few years back, I was getting my hair cut. My barber is not at all stupid but with that said, he is old and always has FOX news on. He didn't realize that the affordable care act was the same thing as Obama Care. From my understanding, this was extremely common.

[@richardhutnik]

In other words, Matt Walsh would disqualify himself from voting due to the lack of understanding of how things work.

[@PatDavis1989]

Matt's giving off "conservatives can't win elections if everyone can vote" Paul Weyrich vibes.

[@jdevivre7512]

Yes! I've wondered for a long time why non-Republicans don't run that footage in a virtual loop always. He actually says out loud, "when everyone votes, Republicans lose." Not sure how the vote-suppressors can answer to that.

[@sawtooth808]

Ding ding 🛎️

[@darkgardener9577]

Yea, the people who want to just pillage the place will always outvote those who want to take care of it.

[@IMPOTUSx2]

@@darkgardener9577 you got that mixed up, kid...nice try though, qultist...

[@darkgardener9577]

@@IMPOTUSx2 How am I mixed up?? History is littered with democracies that voted themselves into the shitter. The USA is doing it live in real time as we speak. You can't name ONE SINGLE successful open and free democracy that didn't end that way. The parasites who just want FREE SHIT!! and always vote to kill the host. They never vote for the hard things to do to preserve the nation and do what's best for the citizenry. "FREE SHIT!!" always wins.

[@eddiecarranza9645]

Matt Walsh: "It's not your god given right to vote." Okay, I'm willing to agree and give that up. Only if we use the same logic about the 2nd amendment. Fair Matt Walsh? 🤣🤣

[@bongodave13]

God doesn't decide who can vote. Our constitution does.

[@tommy_kaira733]

Oh matty boy is not gonna like that

[@illinoislady40]

I think he should have to answer that question.

[@underscore319]

one, you're mistaken that anybody on the daily wire actually uses logic. two, the god that MAP Walsh believes in would grant the cons permission to murder anyone who doesn't agree with them.

[@illinoislady40]

They have the right to vote. Have you read the constitution Matt. You are not changing the constitution.

[@mrbrandonmartin388]

The irony about this is if we applied his standards of knowing policy, history, and stats to vote, most of Trump's base would deteriorate. Most voted for him because of his persona and not because they have an informed viewpoint.

[@AxeManOfSuburbia]

Right... So you're saying maybe this is a good idea?

[@mrbrandonmartin388]

@AxeManOfSuburbia no. I would never take away anyone's rights. I'm just pointing out the irony of Matt thinking democrats would be the majority of the ones who can't vote if his idea was reality.

[@Mae_Dastardly]

"I love the poorly educated!"

[@TheybyBaby]

Hell, trump would not be eligible to even vote.

[@samuelvimes5770]

"I´m a conshdidoodishnisd"

[@jessetorres8738]

I asked this about Vivek a while back, but why would any young person in The U.S. support the political party that wants to take away your right to vote?

[@mxnsab8461]

Because they don't actually know the gop platform. The U.S has a really bad problem with low information voters. It also doesn't help that the only other party that actually exists doesn't seem to care about the working class so it gets even easier to be hung up on wedge issues.

[@annjepsen1621]

Vivek is clearly doing what he's doing for money and attention. The right wing *loves* paying social minorities to be their token and unfortunately desperate (and selfish) ppl take the bait. Some delusional people think that they'll be safe from the GOP as long as they do as they're told, but they are just "useful idiots" that will be thrown aside when they are no longer useful to them.

[@jhonshephard921]

@@mxnsab8461 doesn't vare about the working class? Are you kidding? what do you think is prompting the labor movement now to continue? Bernie Sanders was the first to join the UAW strike and Biden is joining this week. He also got the railroad workers demands met even if he did initially stop the strike. He ran on $15 minimum wage, he tried to end student loans. He and the current Democratic party is doing a lot for the working class, sure it needs to be done by constant push from the left-wing of the party but they get stuff done. But you wouldn't know if you only watch centrist or right-wing media telling you Democrats spend too much time responding to the pointless culture war bullshit from the right.

[@danielx1224]

Because the average American is incomprehensibly stupid. There are SO many voters that have the stance of "I love guns, I'm a christian, I'm anti-abortion" so therefore they will vote for every Republican down-ballot with ZERO further research.

[@JosephKano]

@@mxnsab8461 hopefully that's finally changing. Maybe Biden is going to redeem himself with the UAW after pooping the nest a bit with the rail workers.

[@WilliamTaylorIII]

I guess Matt has never listened to the average Trump supporter, NONE of them would be allowed to vote under his standards of qualification.

[@synchronium24]

In other words, his political proposal is a good one. MR needs to get over their "waaaah historical voting suppression of minorities" talking point and recognize that a basic civics test (like the kind we have for granting citizenship) would overwhelmingly disqualify Trumptards.

[@richardarriaga6271]

They always made exceptions for the "right people"

[@sawtooth808]

@@PatrickWDunne or clips from “The Good Liars”, as a Canadian I would make Matt Walsh watch Rick Mercer’s Talking to Americans, to show him just how American Reactionary brain rot goes back

[@sawtooth808]

@@richardarriaga6271 Ah yes the Whi…I mean the “right people” 🙄

[@rayhall5280]

Maybe just maybe he thinks he will the one who decides the standards for the testing? If that is the case he would make the questions about the pretend "facts" that you hear about on the right side media. I hear them say stuff literally in congressional hearings that I have to look up to find out what they are talking about and 80 percent of the time it is dubious at best 😳🙄

[@Russelshackleford]

He does understand that he’s taking about conservative voters, right?

[@jasonrollins8217]

Yup it seems that he did not realize this rule would only effect the maga conservative who thinks the first amendment is Twitter And the second amendment is just 4 words. Also that means trump cannot vote since even though he going to jail for it does not know what the act he broke is at all...

[@dawndead9591]

Dunno. Probably. Would he ever admit it?

[@scifisyko]

Right? As if Republican voters do anything aside from fill in the bubble with the R next to it, ignoring literally everything else.

[@Footlong-zf4tg]

He should hes talking about taking the country and running it off the cliff, (looks at today's news about the Republican party even admitting they are the only ones responsible about trying to shut the government down.) Hmm, hes making a good point there is a party running the country off the cliff.

[@telamitchell8110]

No he is talking about ANYBODY whether it be conservatives, liberals, or anyone in between who does not have a BASIC understanding of their own government. You guys are so quick to think he is saying it's a way to discriminate against liberals. When he never once said that or really even implied it. Are liberals projecting here, assuming if such a test did exist, more of them would likely fail? If you are so sure it would eliminate more conservative voters than liberal ones then why would it be an issue to have them EARN it? You guys are acting like he is trying to devise the most complicated test ever that would eliminate most people. So I agree that we should not allow everyone to vote simply because they have reached the age of 18. There are way too many people in this country over 18 who know just as little about civics and government as the average four-year-old. Hence, the reason we don't allow four-year-olds to vote, they haven't gotten a clue about anything pertaining to civics. But the average adult SHOULD. We have to pass all sorts of exams/tests to prove we understand things so why should voting be any different? Do you really want people who have no clue to how our government operates having an effect over issues that pertain to you.

[@Krushak8888]

So... can you blame education cuts and etc. Whose fault is that? People like Walsh.

[@B03Eastwood]

Yeah, I was immediately thinking. He's right: you don't want people to vote when they don't have that knowledge... so how about educating them, instead of taking away their right to vote.

[@FrancisDrake-q3j]

"Performing his gender, ALWAYS..." was an epic burn. Good one, Emma.

[@kriswillman2779]

Wearing frilly clothing and dancing on a reality show will totally showcase his alpha male masculinity

[@bongodave13]

@@kriswillman2779 Not to mention the gay love scene in that student film.

[@adriannadjiwon1081]

Seder should have worn a flannel shirt (He already has the beard..) just to satirize Walsh.

[@threeofeight197]

The truest statement ever. Sometimes I wonder what must have happened to Matt as a kid because I think he is a true believer and I think it must have come from something traumatic considering the level of anger.

[@FrozEnbyWolf150]

Have you seen him without the beard? It's all glass under there.

[@keiththompson5193]

With his thinking, trump would have had NO votes.

[@bobbobbington3615]

You voted for a guy who sniffs kids... let that sink in.

[@sawtooth808]

Yup, which is why Clementine Caligula said “I love the uneducated”

[@bloo9699]

Judging by how many conservatives think a T.O.S. enforcement action on a social media site is a violation of the first amendment, basing the right to vote on how intelligent you are could only hurt matty boy's cause.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Right that would be actually a great question for one of these civics tests. "What does the first amendment protect you from... A) laws being passed that abridged your ability that speak freely on public lands or your own private lands. B) demonetization from KZbin C) being suspended from Twitter / X D) b&c only.

[@wizzlepants1274]

Matt Walsh's "civics test" is just a pantone color swatch

[@wbalvanz]

I think the test for competency should come before one is allowed to run for office, not to vote.

[@frontenac5083]

How about both?

[@JMcKey21]

True. Even those who may be unable to understand government or policies have a right to choose who makes decisions as an official that will impact their own personal life.

[@shis1988]

​@@Tsukiru MTG, Boebert, Gaetz and many others are my argument that everybody should be scrutinized.

[@wbalvanz]

because voting is a foundational right for Americans 18 years of age and older. full stop. @@frontenac5083

[@matthewgagnon9426]

@@frontenac5083 We tried that before, and in every single case the tests were rigged. There's zero reason to believe they won't be rigged if they came back. Read some damn history before you suggest braindead takes.

[@tonybarden9187]

More non Americans know more about American civics. Conservatives have made sure of it.

[@robertgibb6990]

I was gonna say, he really wants to prevent his base from being able to cast votes? lol I think everyone can agree that political literacy (not just in the US, but globally) is low, but the solution to that is not restricted voting, it's trying to increase education, awareness, and involvement in politics. I wonder why Matt isn't advocating for those solutions? Couldn't be that he's a Fascist or anything, right? 🤔

[@brandontrammel4581]

Facts

[@robertgibb6990]

@pranays Careful how much praise you give Canadians. I am one, and can tell you the Rightoids up here would be just as happy to be the 51st state if Trump was in charge. 😬

[@flyinglemon04]

How is that conservatives fault?

[@aaronratesic4905]

@@flyinglemon04The no child left behind act has wrecked public education. That’s just one way conservatives have made sure their constituents are not educated.

[@Seánasadventure]

What Matt Walsh Is saying here is incredibly anti American , even to the majority of conservatives. It’s crazy to me.

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

He's a fascist, he openly and proudly brags about it all the time

[@NickleJ]

Meh, probably less anti-American than most people think

[@rebeccaholcombe9043]

Anti American ideals? Or AntiAmerican experience?

[@JasperOFlanigan-fb5lv]

@NickleJ Cope

[@cosmosofinfinity]

They don't actually like America, American people, or what the country was founded on. Michael Knowles wants to go back to 1000 years ago, before America or democracy was even a thing, and that just floats by conservatives uncontroversially

[@MichaelAronson]

Conservatives: **destroy the public education system** Also Conservatives: Why Americans no know nothing?

[@richardarriaga6271]

Never go full Ralph Wiggum. You saw off your oligarch that way 😂

[@ericmacrae6871]

We all know that conservative destroy everything and then refuse to take responsibility for their actions

[@shionyr]

Because that was always the plan. Deny education to all but the rich, then deny rights to all but the educated. It's how you implement oligarchy in a democracy.

[@nakfoor1846]

Ive never heard a republican ask that.

[@stephenanderson1594]

Conservatives: "Close the borders and help Americans first" "America first!!" Rest of America: "Okay let pay our workers, fund our education to compete with China, and alleviate homelessness starting with our veterans" Conservatives: *Crickets*

[@PlanetOfTheApes999]

Well, you could just fund schools rather than stripping people of their basic civil rights, but that would be too reasonable and humane for any conservative.

[@seanwhitehall4652]

crazy talk

[@TayTayMakesBeats]

But if we did a better job at educating people what excuse would we have for taking away their right to vote? You're not thinking in 4D.

[@adriannadjiwon1081]

As a Canadian, I'm fairly certain I know more about American civics than Matt Walsh, or the average Trump voter.

[@dawndead9591]

And, as a 'Merikan, I'm certain of it.

[@lukemadrid5711]

God you Canadians always have to chirp, don’t ya? You sent us Jordan Peterson, Gavin McGuiness and Steven Crowder. Show some humility.

[@kawaki396]

Ted Cruz also lol@@lukemadrid5711

[@kennybachman35]

I can confidently say, sight unseen, the average Canadian 3rd grader knows more about civics than every republican and all of our law enforcement combined.

[@adriannadjiwon1081]

@@lukemadrid5711 Thank God both countries support free speech eh! And hey, I never sent anyone, let alone Jordan Peterson, Gavin McGuiness or Steven Crowder.

[@ChrisMolyneaux93]

"Voting is not a God-given right." But guns are?

[@Dr.Thirteen-bb1ub]

​@@TsukiruRonald Reagan riding on the back of a bald eagle while holding an AR-15 and a beer.

[@roberthussey595]

@@Dr.Thirteen-bb1ub Not just any beer - but a Budweiser

[@Mae_Dastardly]

@@roberthussey595 Budweiser? Did he change his name to Rhonda Reagan?

[@cosmosofinfinity]

Guns didn't even exist when the Bible was written lol. But governments certainly did, and the Christian viewpoint was render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, as in separation of church and state and religion from politics built right into the Christian philosophy. The theocracy Matt Walsh aspires to is fundamentally anti-Christian

[@checkm8snake]

Yes guns are, because life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are God-given rights. You can't have life without being able to defend it. Same with liberty.

[@mikejunior80]

Welp I earn my right to vote by virtue of being a citizen of said nation. Matt Walsh doesn't decide my rights or yours, plain and simple.

[@richardarriaga6271]

14th Amendments says I got my voting rights being born here. He needs one of those copies of the Constitution.

[@dave2408]

But it would be sensible to bar stupid folk 2 stupid people can out vote 1 of intelligence So you end up with stupid laws

[@TayTayMakesBeats]

​@@dave2408I get what you're saying but when the government has the ability to choose who gets to vote, especially when based on fairly subjective criteria like intelligence, you're just asking for problems. IQ and educational opportunities correlate heavily with economic status (schools are literally funded by property taxes) so in effect we'd just be punishing people for being born in poor or working class areas. Also tons of technically intelligent, well educated people vote for well educated candidates who enact what I'd absolutely call stupid laws while a lot of less intelligent people vote for good stuff. It's less a matter of intelligence and more a matter of priorities, as the further up the economic totem pole you are the less likely you are to care about what helps the greatest number of people. Either way the solution wouldn't be to take away people's voting rights, it would be to increase the amount and quality of education everyone has access to. Conservatives like Matt Walsh want to punish the less fortunate for not living up to the same standards as people with way more opportunities. I'm sure he's well educated and yet his career and many of the policies he supports go directly against scientific consensus with no real evidence to support holding such a position. A lot of policy doesn't require much knowledge about politics to come to the right conclusion about. A good and relevant example is free school lunches. You don't need to be a political scientist to know that making sure kids have enough to eat is a good thing, yet conservatives have been doing everything they can to stop such legislation from being passed. It's not because they don't know any better, it's because they're ghouls.

[@dave2408]

@@TayTayMakesBeats that was a lot of typing about a satirical point All these clever folk taking even the premise seriously He wasn’t being serious ffs 🤦‍♀️ Nor does anyone of any political view want this criteria red or blue Though the basic point stands

[@animezilla4486]

You can say that again

[@jagothegamer5750]

If Matt Walsh had his way, no one would be allowed to vote because he wants a dictatorship.

[@Reticulated_Spline]

I'll never understand people in America that do everything in their power to make voting as difficult as possible just because they disagree with who they'd vote for.

[@markzuckergecko621]

People should have to show they can make some kind of effort if they're going to vote. It's an important thing, it should be reserved for people who actually care what they're voting for. I'm talking bare minimum shit, like setting some time aside to go vote in person once every 2 or 4 years. That's really not asking a lot.

[@OscarLangleySoryu]

​@@markzuckergecko621🙄 most of us have jobs and other responsibilities bro

[@richardarriaga6271]

​@@markzuckergecko621Ah, drive during business hours to the other side of town when you have multiple jobs that give you no time off.

[@BB-rh2ml]

@@markzuckergecko621And who decides what level of care is needed?

[@ratgurl1]

⁠​⁠@@markzuckergecko621living in this country is participation enough to deserve a very small, equal voice in the ruling body of your government. you don’t need to pass an AP civics test to confidently vote in local, state, and national elections; legislation is summarized on ballots and politicians campaign (ideally on issues). voting *is* a granted right to non-felons over 18 with the assumption that they understand their own experiences and can say yes or no to things that will affect them and their family, and have the tiniest say in their representation. it’s literally the bare minimum in being an equal society

[@firegod001]

Thank you! I especially love it when theocrats say that they are fighting for religious freedom. No, religious freedom is for everyone, including those who have no religion whatsoever. When you fight to put your own particular religious beliefs into the law, that is the opposite of actual religious freedom.

[@loisjonesable]

PREACH!

[@cathyosbourne6986]

Can you imagine having a father that spends his entire life obsessing over other children's genitals?

[@dave2408]

Or a population that think it’s ok to mutilate them That’s you by the way thicko

[@blackcommunion3820]

Wouldn’t most trump supporters not be able to vote. 🗳️. I’m confused???

[@Islandswamp]

Yes but he’d have a way for white conservatives to pass no matter what.

[@DRChupacabrah]

he also knows it would never happen, so he's safe spouting his smoothbrain rhetoric.

[@jhonshephard921]

If they have control over the test, they will find a way to make it so only their supporters vote. See also poll tax and the literacy test after the civil war. Also ask an immigrant how they treat LEGAL immigration where they bury us in paperwork, CONSTANTLY ask us questions they know the answers to, just waiting to lunge at us for failing anything. As an immigrant, I know far far far more about the US government and US history than any Republican ever could.

[@flyinglemon04]

Hes not taking sides on the issue, all he said you should have to take a basic civics test in order to vote. Theres a lot of dumb people in both parties

[@bitchywoman]

@@flyinglemon04 nah the ignorant take is just believing the status quo talking points that are dominant in America.. and that’s pretty much Republican.. people educate themselves towards the left.. that is why smarter people tend to vote more left then dumber people. It’s not neutral to screen out ignorant people.. it would hurt republicans unless they were the ones who wrote the test to cater to their talking points

[@dmckenzie9281]

Trump himself couldn't pass a civics exam.

[@Dr.Thirteen-bb1ub]

Paul Weyrich, the "father of the Conservative Movement" said this in 1980: "Now many of our Christians have what I call the 'Goo goo syndrome.' Good government. They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country, and they are not now" "As a matter of fact, our leverage in elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down".

[@PamelaWilkins-l5n]

If people can't vote, they should not have to pay taxes.

[@andreabrown4541]

That part right there! Perhaps Walsh should try to implement this on this country's 250th anniversary. How fitting!

[@cosmosofinfinity]

Well he'd probably be fine with that too. These types want to revert back to anarchy so it becomes a might-makes-right free-for-all again

[@thescoobymike]

That part!

[@rickyjewett6082]

People, in the inter cities are not just walking in and randomly voting. They are voting against the candidates that Matt Walshe is voting for. So he says that they should not be allowed to vote.

[@tylerhackner9731]

His takes overall are generally unintelligent

[@zachnesmith]

“Generally”=always.

[@cosmosofinfinity]

This man thinks he knows more than scientists. Couldn't even get through college in any field, but he has more authority than the people who know what they are talking about because he is a special snowflake

[@cavebearstudio6517]

You earn the right to vote by surviving until 18 the gauntlet that is America for children.

[@oxman5571]

Is it possible that Walsh has decided to gain greater attention simply by doing the kind of takes that are so galactically stupid that people can't avoid responding?

[@jj947]

Yes. He’s painfully boring and profoundly unintelligent, so he has to resort to shock jock tactics

[@nathanielmathews2617]

This is a increasingly more common talking point since Vivek began saying it. I would imagine they are testing the waters, see how far they can push it into the mainstream Republicans. It is a contradiction to their prior beliefs that is pretty damn explicit. However that doesn't mean there can't be some way they can make it work. This is what they do all the time, if something seems to catch in their audience they will boost it. This is a tactic, knowingly or unknowingly, they are really putting into use.

[@cjtherou4427]

That's been my opinion of him for awhile.

[@oxman5571]

@@cjtherou4427 I confess that I missed most of his "content" up until the "documentary" about what a woman is.

[@Ellieempress]

That’s a great point .

[@Islandswamp]

Someone should tell Walsh “I think you’re right. You should have to have at least an associates degree to earn the right to vote” and see what he says 😂

[@dave2408]

Yes but a lot of those with that qualification are also stupid We need a better solution

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

​@@dave2408The point is his own solution would punish the conservatives the most since education would be the most likely criteria. But let's be real matt just wants to ride his own civics test... And basically if you agree with Matt you get to vote.

[@dave2408]

@@michaelcorcoran8768 given the difference on demographics and the fairly even split of red and blue it’s going to impact politics in a pretty even manner Unless you think the people who don’t vote like you makes them stupid or less intelligent than you But you would need to be right up your own rectum to think like that

[@sisuguillam5109]

Considering how many of people on the forefront of the right have only a highschool degree or often not even that... wait let me check something... Yeah, thought so... 😂

[@dave2408]

@@sisuguillam5109 oh look a clever clogs with the smarty pants on Try don’t vote the same as me they are much more stupid than me 🤣 conceit at its finest

[@Cruxvae]

I just wonder how he can be so certain of exactly what rights "God" has given us.

[@PassengerOnTheMenu]

Like all psycho fundies and assorted theocratic fascists, what "God" wants is whatever they want at any given moment, they're just too cowardly to stand by their own principles. It's easier to project their will through an outside authority figure so they can have plausible deniability when things don't work in their favor.

[@dawndead9591]

Hotline to Gawd, obviously! He gets speakened upon!

[@grmpEqweer]

He just assumes. He really should take some shrooms and actually ask God.😊

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Yeah like the right owner gun is God given but the right to education... That's given to you from some guy named Steve

[@xiniks]

If he was really worried about well informed voting he would advocate for better education.

[@AutisticTransbian04]

Everytime I hear a psychotic Matt Walsh take I'm just like "oh no, anyway" He's got so many skeletons he could make a graveyard out of his closet

[@cherylmillard2067]

Oh come on, please tell us where they are!!! Spill the beans, 🤣😂🤣😂no more suspense.

[@hannuala-olla4302]

Um no. If constituents don't know enough to vote, it's not on them. Educate them, don't take away their rights.

[@timcirulis5273]

What Matt is really saying here is people that don't vote the way I want them to shouldn't be allowed to vote.

[@Quadrophiniac]

Saying that fellow Americans don't deserve the right to vote is one of the most un-American things I have ever heard in my life. I say that as a Canadian. I probably know more about how the American government works than your average Republican does.

[@itsROMPERS...]

The nerve of this guy when his voters vote for Herschel Walker and Dr freaking Oz.

[@dave2408]

You see you agree with him then

[@hello_sunshine19]

​@dave2408 no, not the same. Saying that there are dumb voters or voters you don't agree with is not the same as suggesting stopping people from voting. I think there's lot's of uneducated, uninformed, misinformed voters, but I still want their votes included, cause stopping them from voting is dangerous... who decides who is good enough to vote.

[@dave2408]

@@hello_sunshine19 don’t disagree in principle Though 2 idiots can out vote a clever person I could be the deciding voice on who can and who can’t Gas we still put do not drink on bleach bottles 🤣

[@hello_sunshine19]

@@dave2408 lol, interesting since Tru.p suggested injecting blezch to cure covid.

[@lwo7736]

Gatekeeping voting behind certin arbitrary "patriotic" actions was a satirical joke in Starship Troopers

[@joshuaDstarks]

Matt Walsh loves kids movies. Excuse me, I misspoke. Matt Walsh loves kids.

[@dylaninpieces2]

Matt Walsh doesn't have any love, only hatred, hatred and hatred.

[@jdeljones]

@@dylaninpieces2 No he seems to really love marrying off teenage girls as soon as they're able to get pregnant. I've never seen him more animated than he was in his car ranting about that.

[@1MarkKeller]

​@@jdeljonesHe ranted that while parked near a school ... rumor has it.

[@XeroCool420]

I think you meant to say Matt Walsh loves kids in movies

[@kappadarwin9476]

All I'm hearing from Matt Walsh is. The right wing isn't very popular so we are going to supress the vote to stay in power.

[@calamityjean1525]

Yup.

[@leparfumdugrosboss4216]

Why is MAP Walsh so bent on disenfranchising his own audience? Also funny how rights are "God given" depending on whether MAP Walsh wants them to be or not. 🙄

[@tjenadonn6158]

Matt "I violate my children's consent all the time" Walsh thinks it is God.

[@flyinglemon04]

Hes saying that voting is a privilege not a right.

[@leparfumdugrosboss4216]

@@flyinglemon04 it means nothing. Everything is a privilege, not a right. All of your rights are enforced by humans and human conventions. And when a right is not enforced, it's just as if you don't have it. Nobody has any rights outside of the permanent collective bargain we call society.

[@PatDavis1989]

@@flyinglemon04 26th Amendment says you're wrong.

[@flyinglemon04]

@@PatDavis1989 that was during a time when people actually understood government, and a civics test would not infringe on your right to vote

[@rickyjewett6082]

I hear Republicans say that( The right to bare arms) is a God given right. Matt Washe says that (the right to vote ) is not a God given right. How did Republicans determine that (the right to bare arms) is a God given right but not ( the right to vote)?

[@matthewgagnon9426]

Easily. Everything they like is a god given right, everything they don't like isn't. It's not like this god is going to speak up when people put words in his mouth, so it's the easiest grift in the world.

[@christopherbuss680]

So if voteing isnt a god given right then how the hell is gun ownership a god given right?

[@XeroCool420]

To anyone who knew or grew up with Matt Walsh, shame on you for not punching him in the face when you had the f****** chance

[@dave2408]

Oh get you 😂 Tough person Whether he is correct or otherwise he would still kick your ass 😂

[@nathanielchieffallo4273]

​@@dave2408lol that soy chugging whiner would get bodied by the muscular class if he ever went outside his hipster studio and advocated to take their rights away 😂 he'd really be tasting boot then

[@cosmosofinfinity]

@@dave2408Matt Walsh? Seriously? Have you seen him beardless? Uber dork

[@exploderwrestlingpodcast2721]

If your position, in a democracy, is for LESS people to vote, you're already admitting your ideas aren't popular. The rest is just window dressing.

[@benhuang2773]

Funny how he can't seem to think of the perfectly simple solution of just _educating people about civics._

[@LizardWings]

This is a perfect example of lazy problem solving. Solution to poor civic education is remove voting rights rather than improving civics education, which makes way more sense. But that would require someone to value democratic values instead of just caring about maintaining the power of the people you like.

[@Islandswamp]

How did Matt Walsh get a job in radio with no education? I took two years of a radio/tv marketing class in high school and it wasn’t enough to get me a job at the local rock station.

[@danielhutchinson7073]

Because he serves power, the exact opposite of journalism.

[@dave2408]

Because you are clearly thick He isn’t That’s about it

[@cosmosofinfinity]

He is aligned with white supremacist legacy moneyed interests in this country, so he gets top billing on Spotify and Pandora political radio category. I saw that the other day and wanted to hurl. Every row of it was the cavalcade of ghouls at Fox News, Daily Wire, and Newsmax

[@noalowenstein6741]

for anyone who finds themselves remotely agreeing with Matt: if you give people the power to take away the right to vote, they _will_ come for you next

[@calamityjean1525]

"...they will come for you next" If not _next,_ at least eventually.

[@ronspri]

He is right that a lot of people know very little about it. Wouldn't a better solution be to teach civics in HS and insist on at least a C to graduate?

[@matthewmayton1845]

Walsh wants stupid citizens who won't question authority and the horrible things they want to implement. Teaching Civics in school would be counter to that.

[@rachael_grey]

That was the requirement when I graduated from high school in the 80s.

[@calamityjean1525]

@@rachael_grey That's interesting. I graduated from HS in 1969, and I got civics in Junior High.

[@rachael_grey]

@@calamityjean1525 I did as well. A 9th grade class, but many classes that year counted towards high school graduation. Foreign languages, science, civics, math, English, and state history, off the top of my head.

[@SaraphDarklaw]

I once talked to a right winger who wanted to restrict my right to vote by taking starship troopers seriously and proposing only military service members should be allowed. I told him I was a twice deployed currently serving member of the Army and under his delusions, would still have the right to vote while he didn’t and would never (he had some physical disabilities). That shut him up real quick. Honestly, I believe even people in prison should still have the right to vote. It should be universal. Only under extreme cases (insurrection) should strip a person that right.

[@dave2408]

Aye let’s have rapists and murderers decide the laws of the land Ffs 😂

[@matthewgagnon9426]

@@dave2408 No taxation without representation. If you can't vote you aren't being represented, you are being ruled over. There should be no exceptions.

[@dave2408]

@@matthewgagnon9426 aye ok If you rape someone you have zero rights Ffs Where is the moral compass with you idiots ?

[@dave2408]

@@matthewgagnon9426 come on Matt tell us about the right to representation of the guy who raped and murdered a child He deserves his vote you say 🤦‍♀️

[@dave2408]

@@Tsukiru and it’s weirder to have someone say their rights when talking about prison

[@lanariordan5950]

He is correct on one point; "voting is not a right", it is in fact a responsibility, and every citizen should vote.

[@corinnapetry65]

It is a privilege and a duty.

[@TheSTEVEANDEILEEN]

My god is Cuthulu and Cuthulu will strike him down.

[@Dr.Thirteen-bb1ub]

Cthulhu nfragn!

[@JoshColletta]

Important to note that not only does Walsh support THIS idea, he also supports the destruction of public -- and, by extension, ACCESSIBLE and VALID -- education. If you make it illegal for people who are uninformed about their civic responsibilities to vote, and then you strip the people of their public, accessible, and valid education opportunities, who are going to be the only people allowed to vote? That's right: rich people who can AFFORD education, mostly white, mostly Judeo-Christian in at least religious background if not active faith, and who generally want the government to work only for THEM at the expense of all else. Walsh may be blisteringly stupid, but he knows exactly what he's doing here.

[@unduloid]

Matt Walsh already argued that people who don't share his views should not be allowed to vote.

[@barbarakerns3914]

One of our constitutional rights is the right to vote. This jerk is to be ignored. More reason to get out and vote🩵💙

[@kellyloganme]

The idea that any current Republican could pass an exam on the civic realities of this country is profoundly ridiculous. Over half wouldn't get past the first question, "Who is the current president of the United States of America?"

[@patrickmcgowan7826]

I think that his use of the word impotent may be the most instructive part of his rant.

[@XeroCool420]

Did he use the word impotent? Cuz we know that they project like none other, using that word probably signals he is having trouble down under at home. His masculinity may not be standing at attention for his masculinity

[@patrickmcgowan7826]

Yes

[@Furry-iousNews]

"Its not a god given right. " - Walsh. Our founders *said* that men had a god given right to have a say in their government!

[@dragerdet]

Men & only men

[@Asrahn]

I sound like a broken record every time I say this, but I always note that it's not "stupidity" or any kind of ignorance that drives the likes of Walsh to make the statements that he does. He knows fully what the consequences of what he says would be, and he is actively pursuing that reality. These people know what they are saying, and they know what they are doing.

[@PeterbFree]

I don’t think you begin to understand just how seriously the right intends to fight you anti-American fascists. You all live in a bubble

[@PeterbFree]

Legalising pedophillia is democrat policy. You voted for it

[@dansegelov305]

So the answer to intentionally poor education is to disenfranchise the victims of that intentionally poor education. It's not to admit the problem and improve education?

[@johnshafer7214]

Matt Walsh is like the people in my township board. They believe that you need 35 acres in order to vote and speak out about land use. Like Matt Walsh, they are dangerous people.

[@jaydisqus3353]

The republican party would be decimated.

[@benketengu]

I was both flabbergasted and too shocked to respond when an American missionary told me that it was our duty to support President Bush because god had chosen him to be president. I live in Japan, it was the first time for me to encounter this line of thought since I studied the divine right of kings in High school history. I thought he was some kind of anomaly. What did he think the revolutionary war was all about? I never imagined he wasn’t alone in his thinking. Thank you for pointing this out to me again.

[@richardarriaga6271]

Some theocrats think the formation of the US was a product of Satan since it broke divine rule.

[@streetstroller]

Interesting his reaction wasn't "we need to improve civics education" but instead "just don't let them vote." Also I love how confident he is that this scheme wouldn't end up disenfranchising the majority of people who agree with him.

[@grmpEqweer]

They would get a waiver. Others would get an unpassable test. That's how Jim Crow excluded black people from voting.

[@JMcKey21]

I have yet to jump on the bandwagon of calling these Republicans 'fascists' but this dude sounds so much like a fascist it's really hard to ignore.

[@worthlesstrash9662]

Matt fails to realize how badly any civics test would nuke his side's voter base.

[@carolinemaybe]

Whoever does their logos are terrible. It’s probably them. They all think they’re brilliant.

[@maynardcrow6447]

But he'll tell you that having guns is a GOD GIVEN RIGHT that shall NOT be INFRINGED. He'll tell you that you have to register to vote but it's unconstitutional to make people register their gun. I'm sorry but people voting on the basis of religion is more scary to me than a immigrant or felon voting.

[@MimiMurphy1651]

By Walsh's standards 99% of his followers wouldn't be allowed to vote 😮😊😂

[@azarisLP]

Right-wing bot farms already aren't allowed to vote.

[@magbodza]

Updated language for ‘They’re savages and need us to do what’s best’

[@StormCrownSr]

Updated?

[@andrewbrady6154]

The one thing you've got to give Matt Walsh is that he's very consistent ...... his takes on pretty much every issue are 'epically stupid!'

[@ianneale9353]

Americans have been deliberately dumbed down over the last 40yrs,I worked with your military for 30yrs and noticed the gradual decline in their overall education, it's scary and sad.

[@larrietta_atkins]

I worked on college campuses from the 90s until 2015 and noticed the same thing. I blamed it on colleges becoming money printers and trying to get as many checks as they possibly could. It was much more broad and universal. Conservatives destroyed education and the "liberals" let them.

[@whosays1977]

He has now put DWTS Contestant in his bio. 🙄 People like him are why my sister and I stepped away from the Catholic Church.

[@janharg1]

Perhaps we should focus more on teaching students about civics in history classes as well as civics classes. That might at least more people understand the way the government works. Also, reinstitute and expand public information ads similar to the old “I’m just a bill” ones.

[@CinemaMack]

The zero self-awareness by Walsh is just a sight to behold.

[@chriskershaw9046]

Doesn't sound like Walsh believes what he is saying here. I think his grift may be starting to run dry

[@cosmosofinfinity]

He has run out of trans people in the population to sic his demonic audience at

[@mikethompson601]

The right to vote should be taken from anyone who thinks some people shouldn't have the right to vote

[@elwoodzmake]

Kind reminder, Trump did't know the 3 branches of gvt. when asked....

[@bryanmachin3738]

Rightwinger says: "Not everyone should vote." Rightwinger means: "Our side keeps losing."

[@brograb898]

Matt Walsh seems like a true believer. So weird that hysterical men can truly dupe themselves this way

[@DescartesStrollsIntoAPub]

God didn’t write the second amendment either. Watch Matt Walsh fold like a lawn chair if you bring that up.

[@jakublizon6375]

Walsh is such a burden on humanity.

[@davidsweeney7837]

We literally got past these silly arguments with the suffragette movement. What he is saying is that I don’t want politicians to take into account the needs of black people, women, homosexuals and poor people. He wants to be part of the ruling class. He’s the type of person that says the USA is not a democracy it’s a constitutional republic. Though that is a type of democracy…

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

I can't be the only one who thinks Matt Walsh's voice doesn't match his face.

[@1MarkKeller]

Shave his beard off and maybe it would match then

[@vitorschultz9892]

Matt Walsh watched Starship Troopers and didn't realize it was supposed to be a joke.

[@dave2408]

Oh dear Are you stupid ?

[@freedhhhhhhumb]

If you eliminated people from voting based upon their understanding of politics Donald Trump wouldn't stand a chance.

[@FrightKnight17]

Does Walsh think that the right to bear arms is "God-given?"

[@strezztechnoid]

When does Walsh not give a stupid take, his own positions have precluded any personal history deemed "harmless". Having done some much damage no penance or appeal makes it possible to criticize or ignore the idiot--his life deserves to become irrelevant, it is how he is living it now. Walsh sounds like an SS officer in Germany in the 1930's and 40's.

[@kiwiruna9077]

When the National Socialist German Workers Party, prominent members or leaders and their activities in the 1930s-1945 we take a drink.

[@jingbot1071]

@@kiwiruna9077 Bot comment?

[@kiwiruna9077]

@@jingbot1071 no i heard it somewhere

[@jingbot1071]

@@kiwiruna9077 kk

[@dave2408]

Quite the most stupid post of the day No vote for you

[@Vina_Ravyn]

Hey hey hey - Matt's a lumberjack and he's ok ...

[@walexander8378]

I'll be honest, I say the exact same things about Republican voters. Like Sam noted, there's quite a few videos of R voters not knowing basic things. Not to mention the football coaches they vote into elite offices.

[@nubgaming5342]

He doesn’t care about them. Only the wealthy. He once to return to when only wealthy people could vote.

[@K8yestella]

One important thing to remember is that people arguing for revoking votes for certain groups never think they're among the group that get their vote revoked. In my opinion, if anything, every person that votes for revoking votes should have their vote revoked. If that revokes my own vote, of course not! I'm not among that group ❤

[@JaimeareRainey]

he dose know that most liberal are more educated right

[@synchronium24]

Apparently this irony went over both his and MR's head. The latter whined about historical racial discrimination instead of recognizing that a civics test would primarily eliminate low-information conservative voters.

[@soulknife20]

​@@synchronium24Which is still un American

[@fiercelytrans1599]

Walsh doesn't understand that Starship Troopers was satire. "Only soldiers become citizens!"

[@1MarkKeller]

Since he wants to take away the right to vote, maybe it's also time to take those guns away for the same reason that God didn't give them that right either.

[@jj947]

There are no guns in the Bible after all

[@Dr.Thirteen-bb1ub]

​​@@jj947My version of the Bible had David using a .357 to take out Goliath. You're telling me that wasn't legit? Damn it!

[@dave2408]

Guns are exactly the point Allowing stupid folk to vote means everyone can have them If we followed what Walsh says they would be gone in a generation

[@wncoriginalmusic9869]

First question on the voting test 'Who is the ACTUAL president?'

[@PeterbFree]

Yes good point. Right now nobody knows. Biden does not know what day it is and is clearly not making the decisions. Harris has less mental capacity than Patrick from Sponge Bob.

[@ErasMcras]

It’s hilarious he wears flannel shirts to come off as masculine. I’ve seen more lesbians wear them than straight men.

[@augustwest3170]

They’re generally tougher too

[@ErasMcras]

I mean that’s also true