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Old 12-27-2020, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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That’s your defense? That leftists aren’t calling for blacks to be racist against whites specifically, but racist against anyone who isn’t black?

Sorry, but advocating for non-whites to be considered a half-person and thus get a half-vote, while blacks are considered full people and get a full vote, is as abhorrent as the days that blacks got 3/5 of a vote.

It really is disgusting how racist the far-left is.
Blacks never got 3/5 of a vote, they got no vote at first, then we gave it to them after the civil war, then we took it away again, then we finally gave it back during the civil rights era.

However, blacks were initially counted as 3/5 of a person in the census for apportionment purposes. And yes as far as that addresses your main point, legally setting the worth of some people above others is abhorrent and should be condemned anytime that ideology rears its head.
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Old 12-27-2020, 03:40 PM
 
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Is the OP just now noticing the anti-white rhetoric and policies that have been proliferating for years now?
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Old 12-28-2020, 10:47 AM
 
Location: Chicago area
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There was some valid points about the disenfranchising of black votes, but I don't think counting black votes twice is the key. Biden won in part because of turn out, and that included the high turn out of the black vote. So we see that the system does work when people are engaged, so it also shows that double counting is not needed.

The problem lies with the electoral college, and I can see where some adjustment is needed. I was pleased to see zero faithless electors this cycle going against the will of we the people. There is something wrong with a system that allows people to vote for a president that does not align with the vote cast by the constituents.

I'm also glad that the supreme court unanimously upheld laws across the country to remove and or punish rogue delegates who refuse to cast votes for the delegated candidate. There's something wrong when ten electors in 2016 voted for candidates which were not pledged. Seven of which successfully cast faithless votes.

Is our voting system perfect? No it's not. Lets just fix that instead of doing something radical like double counting votes.
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Old 12-28-2020, 11:18 AM
 
Location: Heart of the desert lands
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https://www.thenation.com/article/so...errymandering/

Ok, I’ve been a bit concerned that the anti-white racism seems to be picking up too much on the far left.

This piece is one of the most absurd I’ve seen yet. What is it with these kinds of attitudes?

This is a photo of the racialist idiot that wrote that piece, and wants black's votes to count twice:



Of course he is a law professor. Of Course.

How much would his vote count? 1.2%? Or would the "One Drop" rule apply? If so I clearly have black folks in my family tree, so my double vote against leftist idiots all the way down ballots would be good, right?

You are correct to think these "anti racist" racialists are too nutty to consider having any valid input.

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Old 12-28-2020, 11:48 AM
 
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I’ve never been a SJW.
What’s wrong with being an SJW? I’m one.
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Old 12-28-2020, 11:51 AM
 
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This is a photo of the racialist idiot that wrote that piece, and wants black's votes to count twice:



Of course he is a law professor. Of Course.

How much would his vote count? 1.2%? Or would the "One Drop" rule apply? If so I clearly have black folks in my family tree, so my double vote against leftist idiots all the way down ballots would be good, right?

You are correct to think these "ant racist" racialists are too nutty to consider having any valid input.
The obvious irony here is that these so-called anti-racists are not trying to stop racism - they are trying to institute it, but against another group: whites. My friend is married to a black guy, and he told her that the goal is to “reverse” the racism, and put whites in the inferior position that blacks think they themselves are in. Hence, it’s no surprise you’d find a leftist, activist black advocating that whitey should get a half-vote.

P.S. For clarity, my friend’s husband is appalled by what the activist, militant blacks are doing.
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Old 12-28-2020, 12:09 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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What’s wrong with being an SJW? I’m one.
IMO, most people that are SJWs tend to project too much importance on external factors and other people as opposed to individual effort and internal change when it comes determining success or failure in their lives.
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Old 12-28-2020, 01:08 PM
 
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What’s wrong with being an SJW? I’m one.
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IMO, most people that are SJWs tend to project too much importance on external factors and other people as opposed to individual effort and internal change when it comes determining success or failure in their lives.
What??? We are agreeing. I too think people, primarily liberals, tend to place too much importance on (blame) external factors and discount personal effort and traits when it comes to success or failure.
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Old 12-28-2020, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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What??? We are agreeing. I too think people, primarily liberals, tend to place too much importance on (blame) external factors and discount personal effort and traits when it comes to success or failure.
Im glad we agree, though I’m saying I think it’s primarily the SJW liberals that have that trait though, and there are plenty of liberals that are not SJWs.
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Old 12-28-2020, 02:06 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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This is a photo of the racialist idiot that wrote that piece, and wants black's votes to count twice:

Of course he is a law professor. Of Course.

How much would his vote count? 1.2%? Or would the "One Drop" rule apply? If so I clearly have black folks in my family tree, so my double vote against leftist idiots all the way down ballots would be good, right?

You are correct to think these "anti racist" racialists are too nutty to consider having any valid input.
Right I mean, just logically subdividing his racist policy, one would have to conclude that a fully black man's vote would have to be worth more than his.
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