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.....So...the black dealers go to prison. Their white customers essentially get off free. The crime statistics would reveal, say, 6 felonies committed by blacks and, perhaps, a dozen or so misdemeanor possession charges, if any at all. By looking at the statistics which result from this little scene, it would be easy to conclude that "blacks commit all the crimes" when, in fact, white criminals outnumbered them by at least 2 to 1. They WERE all criminals, right?
That's like comparing drivers who get caught speeding to those guilty of a hit and run. There are degrees of guilt.
Don't worry. For every Dem vote lost to felons not being able to vote, the liberals will bus in at least 3 to the polls after promising them neverending entitlements that keep them living in govt housing, using food stamps, and not having any motivation to change their situation. That is the Dem strategy. Build as much dependence on government handouts as possible, and make sure the poor stay that way so they always vote Dems.
Seems pretty cut and dry to you? Maybe it's because you don't have any interest in thinking about the issue critically.
Your first comment is insulting, but let me lay it out for you. Mississippi is one of the poorest states in the country. Many people in poverty end up making the mistake of turning to crime in order to make a living, or using drugs to escape from their problems. It's wrong, but people make mistakes.
So you're making excuses here. I see.
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You get locked up, you lose the right to vote, you have difficulty getting a job. The cycle of poverty continues. Removing the right to vote only furthers this disenfranchisement and ensures that policies that would change the state which create this cycle of poverty will be difficult to enact.
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Were they voting before they got locked up? or is there an excuse for this too?
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Meanwhile, people like you stand there and smugly say things like DON'T MESS UP without thinking about the issue in a more nuanced way. If you've ever been in a black ghetto for any period of time you would realize that escaping the way of life that many lead there is extremely difficult.
I see. So You want me to sympathize with clear thinking fools who can't think clear enough to stay out of trouble and face the consequences if they do get in trouble? not gonna happen.
And I came from the ghetto. it's not hard at all. just people like you make it hard by making up a milllion excuses why you can't make it out. I grew up around your type. not sure where they are now. probably still complaining and blaming "whitey".
like I said....NEXT TOPIC. nothing more to see here.
But, every time I hear someone make the argument that blacks selling drugs is a racial characteristic (and let's face it; that's what he's implying)
what? are we talkiing about black folks going to prison and losing their right to vote in Mississippi or are we talking about some
"we shall overcome" BS?
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what does that say about their white customers?
are the white customers gettin' caught? whose out there til the wee hours pumping juice. white boys or black boys in Mississippi?
Anything the GOP can do to limit the number of poor and middle class voters helps them out at the ballot box.
Whether it be limiting polling places, ID requirements, disenfranchising felons, etc.
They are all for it.
True.
That's horrible about Mississippi, but I think the only answer is to send more kids to law school and business school and let them change the situation in the state that way.
That's horrible about Mississippi, but I think the only answer is to send more kids to law school and business school and let them change the situation in the state that way.
they gotta stay outta jail first. and that;'s the issue here. WHY are they racing to the jailhouses?
Were they voting before they got locked up? or is there an excuse for this too?
Assumption, no proof, ignored.
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And I came from the ghetto. it's not hard at all.
Outright lie. "It's not hard at all". The poorer you are, the harder it is to gain wealth.
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just people like you make it hard by making up a milllion excuses why you can't make it out. I grew up around your type. not sure where they are now. probably still complaining and blaming "whitey".
like I said....NEXT TOPIC. nothing more to see here.
You grew up around my type? I doubt it. You know nothing about me, don't make me laugh. I do not live in a ghetto now, I am simply aware of the reality of the conditions there, whereas you choose to pretend that everyone who is impoverished wants to be that way, like Mr. DeLay.
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