I understand on the surface and with some of our country's history why many say and think this, but I don't.
When I say that less people should vote, I'm sure some (here and other places) immediately start thinking of people of color, but that's not why. Living in a state like West Virginia, we have the ability, if desired, to see very common or similar problems internally without looking thru the lense of race and racism. We have almost no people of color here (I've told y'all before that my freaking housekeeper is white), and yet we have some serious problems with education, drugs and dumfuckery often associated with cultures (or subcultures..... think of Vic's facebook postings) . I don't want more of Cletus Delbridge and his cousin Guppy or his sister Arthela at the polls making civic choices. They aren't educated enough on the issues to have even a modicum of understanding and will just vote for some commercial they liked, or who a friend said is going to give them more stuff or even who isn't a Muslim or won't take their guns (true or not). We keep pushing for more Cletuses (Cleti ...plural?) to vote we are fucked as a society. I'm not saying ban Cletus or Guppy from voting, but I can find no rational reason to promote or encourage him to vote.