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Nebalebadingdong posted:they're not going to stop being bigoted "on their own". you cannot educate them out of racism. No, they won't, but the fact that they can't do it on their own does not make it okay to insist that somehow marginalized groups are the ones who need to put in work to fix this.
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Raenir Salazar posted:Four years of Hillary though would've allowed to cement the Supreme Court in favour of liberal causes for a generation; now even if Trump loses in 2020 the damage will have been done and impossible to retract. Unless you are a single-issue gun voter, we kinda already won though. The SCOTUS is not going to reverse gay marriage. Yeah, there were potentially significant victories to be had, but I don't believe we'll lose much ground.
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oswald ownenstein posted:"All of my political opponents are racists" All the ones that voted for Trump, pretty much by definition, yep. Weren't you going to mansplain to us about pregnancy, or did that get lost somewhere I didn't see it?
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Northjayhawk posted:Unless you are a single-issue gun voter, we kinda already won though. The SCOTUS is not going to reverse gay marriage. Unless another vacancy happens in the next four years.
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oswald ownenstein posted:"All of my political opponents are racists" If Trump didn't want be called a racist maybe he shouldn't have run on an anti-Mexican anti-Muslim platform.
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Majorian posted:Most of them do, yeah, but enough of them voted for Obama in '08 and '12, and then voted down Hillary last night. The fact that she so clearly represents stuff like neoliberalism, free trade, "The Establishment," etc, seems like it's a big part of the reason why. It's possible that they're all deplorables and we shouldn't waste our time going after them anymore, but I'm not quite convinced yet. I expect a lot of academics are writing their dissertations on this very topic, though. Considering that we need those missing voters,might be best not to treat them like poo poo. Skex posted:What the gently caress is it with people not being able to understand basic math? Another excellent mini essay. The DNC should be purged and its time for the left to take control. TyrantWD posted:We don't need them going forward. There is another more persuadable group to target (college educated whites). Yeah you'll never get enough of them to get you elections over a few percentage points. You need the poor who jsut chose to not vote HRC. Crowsbeak fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Nov 10, 2016 |
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PKJC posted:No, they won't, but the fact that they can't do it on their own does not make it okay to insist that somehow marginalized groups are the ones who need to put in work to fix this. no one is insisting on that. that is stupid. the answer is to show some moral courage, actually believe in progressivism and fight for justice for both marginalized peoples and those who are racist.
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Crowsbeak posted:Considering that we need those missing voters,might be best not to treat them like poo poo. We don't need them going forward. There is another more persuadable group to target (college educated whites).
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Majorian posted:To be fair to Nate, he was a lot closer to being right than any of the other major predictors. To be fair to Nate, they repeatedly dismissed the numbers were wrong pretty much out of hand. He was not THAT far off, but he dismissed several sources of polling error, most notably closeted Trump supporters. 538 has pissed me off for awhile now. Their pretentious self-labeling at "data journalists" is irritating, particularly when the only thing with predictive validity on their website is their forecast. Outside of that, their articles were trash. Nate and co. frequently cherry-picked data to make whatever point it is they wanted to make, which with the volatility of the polls ended up being ridiculously bipolar/reactionary (i.e. "What are the odds of a Clinton landslide?" then "Clinton's firewall could be breached" to "Most situations have Clinton Winning," all within a couple weeks time) rather than serious inspection of WHY the polls were as volatile as they were. Their articles analyzing anything non-poll related were even worse. I also am spiteful of horserace politics and the absurd number of resources devoted to reporting on it. Gio fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Nov 10, 2016 |
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Northjayhawk posted:Unless you are a single-issue gun voter, we kinda already won though. The SCOTUS is not going to reverse gay marriage. Can we really be confident about this though? There's three justices we can get replaced by someone potentially worse than Scalia; with Thomas and Alito that's five majority even if Roberts ends up driven to being more moderate in his opinions just out of a sense of professionalism. Three justices that can just go "Meh" on the idea that you shouldn't just straight up reverse past decisions without a good cause.
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Waltzing Along posted:Have the conspiracy theories about rigged e voting machines started trickling in yet? I mean, the repubs haven't legitimately won an election in 28 years and it is possible that the polls were right. Did the exit polls match up with the results? No, stop that. I'm more interested in the tea leaves being read re the gutting of the VRA.
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PKJC posted:No, they won't, but the fact that they can't do it on their own does not make it okay to insist that somehow marginalized groups are the ones who need to put in work to fix this. The work isn't stopping people from being racist, that's impossible. The work is giving minorities better opportunities. Nothing about giving anyone opportunities requires anybody to admit that they're racist, only that the system needs to be fixed. Yelling RACIST at the top of your lungs makes you feel better, but it doesn't do anything for the racists OR the oppressed.
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Liberals throughout the media and in this thread continue to deny or ignore that there was a messaging problem in the Clinton campaign, deep flaws with the candidate, or a significant section of the public yearning for the political class to actually address their problems. Instead, they just yell themselves hoarse about racism. You would think Barack Hussein Obama never got elected twice against stronger opposition.
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TyrantWD posted:We don't need them going forward. There is another more persuadable group to target (college educated whites). Yes a group of educated voters that you can't get jobs for Black people that you refuse to even acknowledge policy brutality about because it'll startle the white people and A latino crowd that goes racist/FYGM at alarming rate Yep that looks like a great way to never win elections again good job!
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I hope Tulsi Gabbard runs for President in 2020. Duckworth would be great too but she only just got into her Senate position.
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Nebalebadingdong posted:no one is insisting on that. that is stupid. a) multiple people in this and uspol (it is hard for me to keep track because both threads are huge) have done so, and it's sickening b) yeah, I don't have a problem with the bigots who actually learn to stop being poo poo people, I am not and have never said it should be a scarlet letter. I have personal experience with talking to someone about casual use of slurs, being patient and talking it out is possible when it is just from a place of ignorance and unfamiliarity. I don't think that is the case with a lot of Trump voters. There are legitimately a block of them who have to be dragged kicking and screaming into progressivism and listening to those particular people is not in any way helpful.
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Northjayhawk posted:He will be a TRUMP incumbent who did Trump things for 4 years.
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Cup Runneth Over posted:Duckworth would be great too but she only just got into her Senate position. She'd literally have the same senate experience, in the SAME SEAT, as Obama.
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kartikeya posted:All the ones that voted for Trump, pretty much by definition, yep. That you don't realize how unfathomably stupid you are speaks more than any post of yours ever could Also are you seriously using the term mansplain? LOL Here let me rub the salt in - Donald Trump is your new POTUS. Elections have consequences. ![]()
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Also does Gabbard have any appeal other than "only dem to support Bernie so Bernouts love her"? A random representative from a ridiculous excuse for a state like Hawaii isn't exactly firm credentials.
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dont even fink about it posted:Liberals throughout the media and in this thread continue to deny or ignore that there was a messaging problem in the Clinton campaign, deep flaws with the candidate, or a significant section of the public yearning for the political class to actually address their problems. Instead, they just yell themselves hoarse about racism.
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dont even fink about it posted:Liberals throughout the media and in this thread continue to deny or ignore that there was a messaging problem in the Clinton campaign, deep flaws with the candidate, or a significant section of the public yearning for the political class to actually address their problems. Instead, they just yell themselves hoarse about racism. This argument is bad because the same people voted against Barack Hussein Obama. Its not like there wasn't racism. The difference was that MORE people came out against the D's and less D's turned out to vote. Using past election success as a bell weather against racism is dumb. They were just out voted last time, they didnt' just go away or exist.
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A lot of people are pretty much discounting voter suppression out of hand, and with those razor thin margins I really don't see how they are. Oh wait, I do. It's easier to call a woman a bad candidate and blame minorities than it is to confront the fact that white people white'd up the election and here we are. Dr. Luau posted:BS? It's not. Well, perhaps hate crime isn't the appropriate term, so I apologize for being unclear. But far more whites are killed by African-Americans than the obverse. How far back are we taking these numbers? And you do realize that racially motivated killings are usually not prosecuted when its white on black? And if white people getting killed is your issue, then you do realize FAR more white people are killed at the hands of other white people?
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PKJC posted:There are legitimately a block of them who have to be dragged kicking and screaming into progressivism and listening to those particular people is not in any way helpful. you don't have to LISTEN to their dumbshit racist prattle. you fight for justice for them! unconditionally and without mercy! donald trump carried the rust belt by simply threatening rich property owners that would outsource their jobs. i mean, goddamn, no wonder he didn't need a ground game.
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Clinton probably would have won without Russian intelligence leaks and J. Edgar Comey, but it shouldn't have been close enough for them to matter.
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Goatman Sacks posted:Also does Gabbard have any appeal other than "only dem to support Bernie so Bernouts love her"? A random representative from a ridiculous excuse for a state like Hawaii isn't exactly firm credentials. Since when do we care about credentials?
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Will the GOP in Congress actually cooperate with all the crazy things Trump wants to do on Day 1, or will they fight him on many of them? I forsee a civil war in the GOP for the coming 4 years.
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OneEightHundred posted:The worst-case scenario is that he does Trump things, like be a thin-skinned vindictive rear end in a top hat that brazenly abuses presidential authority, and his supporters love him for it, which is completely plausible. Don't forget the possibility that he only gets some of his Trump plans through because a few manage to get blocked by courts or the democratic party, the republican party goes all out screaming about the dems interfering with everything as if 2008-2016 never happened, they blame all their failed policies on the dems blocking the other ones, and the base eats it up and gives them 4 more years.
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LegoMan posted:I personally acknowledge she was a horrible candidate, but she was running against Donald loving Trump. It's hard to imagine being so horrible that you can lose to everything he is. Well, it happened. I guess it turns out it can always be worse.
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disjoe posted:I have a real question and I don't know where to ask it That loss of coverage should be a "qualifying event" to allow immediate enrollment, so she should be fine. If she's worried, though, she should confirm with HR.
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Any Hillbots still in denial?
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TyrantWD posted:We don't need them going forward. There is another more persuadable group to target (college educated whites). We tried that this election. It didn't work.
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Recoome posted:Any Hillbots still in denial? negromancer posted:A lot of people are pretty much discounting voter suppression out of hand, and with those razor thin margins I really don't see how they are.
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The Kingfish posted:Signs point to yes: hahahahahaha
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Goatman Sacks posted:She'd literally have the same senate experience, in the SAME SEAT, as Obama. In that case bring it on. Duckworth 2020.
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Nebalebadingdong posted:you don't have to LISTEN to their dumbshit racist prattle. you fight for justice for them! unconditionally and without mercy! donald trump carried the rust belt by simply threatening rich property owners that would outsource their jobs. i mean, goddamn, no wonder he didn't need a ground game. Seriously. If you have any kind of legal or political experience or talent, go to these people. Talk to them. Listen to their problems, and fight for them. And you know what? When you tell them you're similarly helping African Americans in the community, they begin to understand that racially divisive rhetoric can be bullshit. You're building a bridge between those communities and laying the groundwork for left populism.
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Suckthemonkey posted:We tried that this election. It didn't work. What did Hillary offer college educated whites?
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disjoe posted:I have a real question and I don't know where to ask it From what I'm hearing and reading, the Republicans are likely to pass the Obamacare repeal almost immediately, but they will phase it out over a couple of years. They literally have no plan to replace it right now and spooling up whatever plan they prefer would take years, just like Obamacare did. So its likely she'll be fine at least until 2018.
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oswald ownenstein posted:That you don't realize how unfathomably stupid you are speaks more than any post of yours ever could No, dude, you were going to tell us all about pregnancy and how we don't know anything about the consequences of it. Don't be shy.
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Recoome posted:hahahahahaha This thread is a literal salt mine. They're throwing everything out - racist, homophobe, you're a piece of poo poo for supporting Trump, voter suppression, white people are evil - it's loving wonderful (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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