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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
A real bad hombre
Accusing someone of racism is only cheating when it's not relevant, and it was beyond directly relevant there.
edited 10th Feb '17 7:13:55 PM by LinkToTheFuture
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Sessions is a man who freely admitted he stopped one step short of joining the Klan. He's an overt racist. The "Race Card" isn't being played by the Democrats. It was put in the field by the people who nominated Sessions.
edited 10th Feb '17 7:14:48 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar
A real bad hombre
That's what I was getting at, and that's what they are accusing her of. It's obviously total bullshit, and Sessions is clearly racist, but the Republicans are trying to pretend that Warren was trying to smear him instead of, you know, presenting a rather relevant bit of evidence.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
That's not new behaviour for them, sadly. This is how they always react to having their racism pointed out.
Being called a racist invokes the same reaction in white people as if you called a black person the N-word.
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Would that it were so simple.
I'm completely unfazed by that op-ed. Some Beltway idiot complaining about "decorum" is utterly beneath my notice.
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No racist is ever going to admit to being racist. I did a little bit of reading into the racism allegations regarding Sessions; his responses to the claims made by his black subordinate sound exactly like the kind of downplaying and backpedalling a racist would do when he gets caught, and even taking Sessions at his word that it was a joke, he's still an enormous asshole. Not to mention all the other testimony about him from other people.
At best, he is a casually racist bargain bin conservative republican with a horrible civil rights record.
The GOP have no leg to stand on. Claiming that he has a good civil rights record is a complete fabrication, and their defense of the race allegations are entirely dependent on the essentialist, one-dimensional definition of "racism" that is fundamentally useless. Prosecuting a KKK member does not magically make him not racist.
edited 10th Feb '17 8:09:03 PM by Draghinazzo
Anymore than fighting the Nazis erased American or Soviet or British racism. People often struggle it seems not only to accept that racism goes beyond the one dimensional as you say, but that it comes in degrees. One can hold African-Americans in utter contempt, think they're stupid and want to avoid helping them, while still thinking that burning crosses into their laws and lynching them is wrong.
I read about how the Chaffetz town hall went with protestors and some of the questions that some people asked in it. It gives me a little bit of hope.
I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency
A real bad hombre
Does the Electoral College actually protect small states and rural areas from being dragged around by metro areas?
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
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The Electoral College was built upon giving the smaller states a stronger pull in presidential races.
This is why we don't need to get rid of the Electoral College. We need to combine it with the popular vote.
Possibly one more thing other than those two to keep Congress from deciding the vote too much.
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IMO congress should be the ones voting for the President, not the general public; there's no clear advantage to Presidential systems over parliamentary systems, and the drawbacks are well established in political science literature.
Eh. No. I'd say the party should've been deciding, yes, but letting the people decide from their nominees would've been ideal.
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Looking at Brittan right now does not inspire my admiration of parliamentary systems, though they do also have a lot of old monarchist baggage being dragged around.
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Hearing of Trump's cabinet reminds me of this song...(Sorry if it's another link.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWYtdeH4Whg
A real bad hombre
Make the EC proportional, maybe? And no faithless electors
edited 10th Feb '17 10:35:23 PM by LinkToTheFuture
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Making the EC proportional would've made Hillary's loss even worse.
I'd say just get rid of it all together.
It was a product of its time.
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A real bad hombre
That does raise the concern of only needing to win the largest metro areas at the expense of the rest of the country, no?
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
A procrastination in of itself
I'd rather someone need to win the majority of populated areas to win than a majority of unpopulated areas to win. Tyranny of the majority is a real problem but you don't fight against it by imposing a tyranny of the minority.
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You don't need the EC to make people from smaller states have a say and be represented by the government.
A real bad hombre
I don't get how Clinton was supposed to be a warmonger?
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
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This movement is gaining supporters and it has the majority on its side. They aren't sitting around and mourning democracy. There using democracy to fight for what they believe in.
They know which side they're on. I know which side I'm on. Which side are you on?
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A profile of Jessi Bohon, a Christian teacher from Tennessee who went viral criticizing the GOP on their disregard for the ACA, countering the claims that the Drumpf represents the white labor class and Christianity.
To me the central message of Jesus Christ is pulling up the oppressed, the vulnerable, and the poor. You could apply that to a lot of things today. Black Lives Matter, people with disabilities, the LGBT community, the refugees, or health insurance. The central principle remains the same.”
edited 10th Feb '17 11:44:32 PM by Tuckerscreator
I think that's about the extent of what the opposition is capable of offering. I mean unless they want to just keep sharing memes about how she got "Mitch Slapped" and the like.