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Wednesday, 18 January 2017
quote [ I’ve been angry and disgusted about a lot of things since Election Day. But over the past few days I’ve been angrier than Jack Nicholson’s character from The Shining to see all these so-called “progressives” come out of the fucking woodwork to crucify Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) for voting against one amendment to a budget reconciliation bill that could have allowed Americans to buy cheaper imported prescription drugs from Canada — even though the amendment wasn’t going to become law ]
I'm not sure I endorse these sentiments, but let's have a spirited discussion about them!
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bbqkink said @ 3:34pm GMT on 19th January
Black voters are usually looking for racial progress, economic and social.
They are for the most part anti gay, anti Muslim, and that mostly comes from their Christian churches.
"But there's a reason I say "those progressives" instead of just "progressives": because not everyone in the Democratic base shares those particular passions, or those passions alone. For other progressives — many of them black or Latino — economic inequality is important, but so is racial inequality. They're extremely concerned about racial bias in policing, and about ending mass incarceration. They're concerned about the treatment of unauthorized immigrants, and about protecting voting rights (an issue like campaign finance where progressives are worried the integrity of the political system is at stake — and where the outcome doesn't look good for them)."
I know all politics is local, but black voters generally are only concerned with issues directly connected to their community. They have long relationships with 3rd way politicians and look at progressives as interlopers.
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bbqkink said @ 3:35pm GMT on 19th January
Black voters are usually looking for racial progress, economic and social.
They are for the most part anti gay, anti Muslim, and that mostly comes from their Christian churches.
"But there's a reason I say "those progressives" instead of just "progressives": because not everyone in the Democratic base shares those particular passions, or those passions alone. For other progressives — many of them black or Latino — economic inequality is important, but so is racial inequality. They're extremely concerned about racial bias in policing, and about ending mass incarceration. They're concerned about the treatment of unauthorized immigrants, and about protecting voting rights (an issue like campaign finance where progressives are worried the integrity of the political system is at stake — and where the outcome doesn't look good for them)."
I know all politics is local, but black voters generally are only concerned with issues directly connected to their community. They have long relationships with 3rd way politicians and look at progressives as interlopers.
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bbqkink said @ 3:39pm GMT on 19th January
Black voters are usually looking for racial progress, economic and social.
Key on racial...not universal. The biggest moment in the black community is black lives matter. Haven't seen to many minimum wage rallys.
They are for the most part anti gay, anti Muslim, and that mostly comes from their Christian churches.
"But there's a reason I say "those progressives" instead of just "progressives": because not everyone in the Democratic base shares those particular passions, or those passions alone. For other progressives — many of them black or Latino — economic inequality is important, but so is racial inequality. They're extremely concerned about racial bias in policing, and about ending mass incarceration. They're concerned about the treatment of unauthorized immigrants, and about protecting voting rights (an issue like campaign finance where progressives are worried the integrity of the political system is at stake — and where the outcome doesn't look good for them)."
I know all politics is local, but black voters generally are only concerned with issues directly connected to their community. They have long relationships with 3rd way politicians and look at progressives as interlopers.
That is not to say they can't be convinced with an ecnomic message that is universal. It means it hasn't been done.
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bbqkink said @ 3:34pm GMT on 19th January
Black voters are usually looking for racial progress, economic and social.
Key on racial...not universal. The biggest moment in the black community is black lives matter. Haven't seen to many minimum wage rallys.
They are for the most part anti gay, anti Muslim, and that mostly comes from their Christian churches.
"But there's a reason I say "those progressives" instead of just "progressives": because not everyone in the Democratic base shares those particular passions, or those passions alone. For other progressives — many of them black or Latino — economic inequality is important, but so is racial inequality. They're extremely concerned about racial bias in policing, and about ending mass incarceration. They're concerned about the treatment of unauthorized immigrants, and about protecting voting rights (an issue like campaign finance where progressives are worried the integrity of the political system is at stake — and where the outcome doesn't look good for them)."
I know all politics is local, but black voters generally are only concerned with issues directly connected to their community. They have long relationships with 3rd way politicians and look at progressives as interlopers.
That is not to say they can't be convinced with an ecnomic message that is universal. It means it hasn't been done.
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