G Tennessee Three Reflection by Iona Masil https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3 en-us 2023-04-10 16:20:00 UTC 2025-11-16 16:52:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Additional context imasil https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2548993937 Jones and Pearson represent 140,000 constituents in Tennessee. News outlets are reporting that Nashville's city council and the Memphis board of commissioners will likely vote to allow Jones and Pearson (respectively) to reclaim their seats temporarily later this week so that their constituents don't feel disenfranchised by the absence of their representative.

Metropolitan Nashville and Memphis contain the bluest counties in Tennessee. And the Blackest counties in Tennessee. ]]> 2023-04-10 16:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2548993937 Instructions imasil https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2548993938 Answer the questions to the right anonymously by adding posts below the questions.]]> 2023-04-10 16:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2548993938 imasil https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2548996800 2023-04-10 16:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2548996800 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549141450 a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.]]> 2023-04-10 18:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549141450 A form of representative government in which people are elected to represent their constituents. https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549141787 2023-04-10 18:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549141787 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549141851 There are now two missing representatives, which impedes the democratic process

]]> 2023-04-10 18:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549141851 What are the lawmakers true intentions? (on this topic) https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142275 2023-04-10 18:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142275 a government where people vote and elect representatives of their state and country https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142276 2023-04-10 18:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142276 Two people were expelled from the positions that they were elected to. https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142288 2023-04-10 18:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142288 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142423 It highlights the level of corruptness in our government. even at a district level!]]> 2023-04-10 18:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142423 This event affects our democracy by setting a new precedent for the overruling the decisions of the people. https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142530 2023-04-10 18:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142530 they should get reinstated https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142614 2023-04-10 18:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142614 To represent different topics, ideas, and peoples https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142813 2023-04-10 18:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142813 With two people being expelled, it causes an imbalance of republican and democratic representatives within the democracy of Tennessee https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142891 2023-04-10 18:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142891 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142898 Having one person or idea/thing etc. to portray a larger group of people/things/ideas]]> 2023-04-10 18:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142898 Representation is the ability to have many voice's heard and communicated through one person. https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142954 2023-04-10 18:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549142954 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143065 a system of government in which decisions are made by a majority vote from the people of that state]]> 2023-04-10 18:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143065 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143119 put them back in office and focus on gun violence]]> 2023-04-10 18:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143119 The members should be reinstated. https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143142 2023-04-10 18:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143142 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143397 This event disrupts the democracy of Tennessee because the opinions of citizens were not considered. ]]> 2023-04-10 18:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143397 to act or speak on someone's behalf https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143482 2023-04-10 18:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143482 Are The people who kicked them out of office justified in anyway? Did they take an oath or break the rules to be in the situation they are in right now? https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143610 2023-04-10 18:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143610 the members should be reinstated https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143768 2023-04-10 18:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549143768 Representation is about a person or a group of people having a seat in their government. https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549144311 2023-04-10 18:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549144311 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549144455 To bring forward the struggles and opinions of someone else. ]]> 2023-04-10 18:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549144455 This is so silly 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549144457 2023-04-10 18:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549144457 What were the lawmakers exact reasons for expelling the representatives https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549144493 2023-04-10 18:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549144493 People are focusing on what they did (being loud, disruptive or whatever) that got them expelled or on their race and gender but I think the issue of gun violence being ignored in favor of those things is a problem in itself https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549144528 2023-04-10 18:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549144528 Are the remaining lawmakers still allowed to pass laws or do their jobs while two lawmakers are missing? https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549145407 2023-04-10 18:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549145407 The lawmakers of Tennessee are distracting from the gun violence issue and expelling representatives for voicing their opinion on the issue and continuing to do nothing about gun violence https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549145423 2023-04-10 18:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549145423 What was the shooters motive? https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549145517 2023-04-10 18:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549145517 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549145686 There should be a reevaluation of what happened to reinstate the members that were unjustly expelled. ]]> 2023-04-10 18:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549145686 They were elected then kicked out for trying to stand up for what they wanted to enforce possibly because of race/gender. The lawmakers tried to cover up the shooting with kicking them out. https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549145867 2023-04-10 18:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549145867 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549146154 It shows that certain representatives can gang up on other representatives from certain districts and expel them, effectively taking the voting power away from the people of those districts. This is very dangerous for our democracy as it favors a certain portion of the population when everyone's vote should matter.]]> 2023-04-10 18:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549146154 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549146952 representative democracy is a system in which the people elect representatives to vote on their behalf]]> 2023-04-10 18:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549146952 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549147433 Seems like while there is a republican majority. Aswell the NRA is existing. The money that this big company is giving to these is law makers under the table May be a very big factor on why there is no change. One argument it seems they are keep on using ie mental health for keeping guns. They say that people with mental health issues shoukd not have guns. And will use this person who was mid 20s struggling with gender identity and has series of mental health as the problem with guns. Yet they make guns more accessible to these exact type of people when passing these news laws such as the one in Florida. ]]> 2023-04-10 18:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549147433 https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549148130 hopefully those representatives will be reinstated or reelected if possible]]> 2023-04-10 18:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549148130 Was the vote intentionally rushed? https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549150113 2023-04-10 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/imasil/sashk5av7hegjlx3/wish/2549150113