When this pamphlet came in the mail last year, I specifically remember spending a few hours on a Saturday reading every little detail. After I read the ballot portions I went to Ballotpedia ( http://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia:About ) and also researched it there. In addition, to the opinions in the voters pamphlet, I also looked at the coverage of pros and cons by the state newspapers (The Oregonian, and the Statesman Journal). Once I made up my mind, I penciled it as a Y or N in the voter pamphlet.
On Measure 88, I found the explanatory statement de be a little misleading. In the last paragraph I was quite uncertain exactly what references was being made, pertaining to what object, i.e., Drivers license, drivers card, drviers permit. …show more content…
For example see first argument in favor. This argument makes the claim that Oregon veteran's with military ID would not be eligible for a traditional drivers licencse. This is deceptive. First, if a person is a military veteran (that is no longer active, not retired, just a veteran) they would not have a military id. The only people that have military id's that are veterans are people that are A: Retired B: still serving (e.g. National Guard, USAR), or got out before their id card expired and kept it (which, by the way, is a crime...) Anyway, the point being that the for argument could have been a lot clearer and focused on the facts, and not on rhetorical …show more content…
Take for instance the argument in opposition by Michael W. Cutler, Senior Special Agent INS (retired). This argument is saturated in appeals to fear. Although not explicitly said, you can see the questionable precursors of racism imbedded in this argument. If you were to do a background search of Mr. Carter (who by the way, who uses Senior Special Agent INS (retired) as part of their name? I had a title, but when I retired you can bet that I don't use that in my name. Why? Because it is an appeal to authority... another fallacy). Anyway, the background search on Mr. Carter would reveal that Cutler regularly contributes his opinions in the White Supremacist Journal “The Social Contract.” He has also written disparaging published opinions about undocumented workers. Such as an op-ed piece for The Washington Times, in which he suggested that a significant portion of the undocumented population “have dangerous communicable diseases”
On Measure 88, I found the explanatory statement de be a little misleading. In the last paragraph I was quite uncertain exactly what references was being made, pertaining to what object, i.e., Drivers license, drivers card, drviers permit. …show more content…
For example see first argument in favor. This argument makes the claim that Oregon veteran's with military ID would not be eligible for a traditional drivers licencse. This is deceptive. First, if a person is a military veteran (that is no longer active, not retired, just a veteran) they would not have a military id. The only people that have military id's that are veterans are people that are A: Retired B: still serving (e.g. National Guard, USAR), or got out before their id card expired and kept it (which, by the way, is a crime...) Anyway, the point being that the for argument could have been a lot clearer and focused on the facts, and not on rhetorical …show more content…
Take for instance the argument in opposition by Michael W. Cutler, Senior Special Agent INS (retired). This argument is saturated in appeals to fear. Although not explicitly said, you can see the questionable precursors of racism imbedded in this argument. If you were to do a background search of Mr. Carter (who by the way, who uses Senior Special Agent INS (retired) as part of their name? I had a title, but when I retired you can bet that I don't use that in my name. Why? Because it is an appeal to authority... another fallacy). Anyway, the background search on Mr. Carter would reveal that Cutler regularly contributes his opinions in the White Supremacist Journal “The Social Contract.” He has also written disparaging published opinions about undocumented workers. Such as an op-ed piece for The Washington Times, in which he suggested that a significant portion of the undocumented population “have dangerous communicable diseases”