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Anonymous
Oh given more than 2 years with a filibuster majority to pass legislation. Every consequential period where one can see majority quality of life improvements in society resulted from times like this (e.g., FDR New Deal, LBJ Civil Rights but not Vietnam). I'm excited about Schumer dropping the filibuster and actually passing voting rights legislation if Harris wins, and Democrats hold the House and Senate. |
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Thanks. RNC roll call was boring, old fuddy duddies. DNC delegates reflect the diversity of America; RNC delegates look like um.. not. |
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| The person who keeps baiting in here is so unartful about it. I'm kind of laughing at the attempts to stir things up. Friend, you just sound silly. |
Anonymous
Maureen Dowd has been a quiet Republican for about thirty years. |
Anonymous
You seem really sore about being Republican. Maybe find another thread with more sour grapes like yourself on it. |
Anonymous
If not for the traditional primary process, Hillary would have been nominated in 2008. Presumably your knowledge of American politics doesn't predate 2016. Oh, the blind and ignorant do exist. |
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Yes, white Americans are given much more leeway and are a privileged class. URM, specifically Blacks and Hispanics have to be a perfectionist to be treated equally. For example, in peer-to-peer situations, blacks and Latinos earn less for equivalent work: 
URM have to work harder and be higher performers to earn what average whites earn. All minorities and women have to work harder and be stronger performers to have equivalent levels of promotion: 
Plenty of statistics gathered show that those who are white are more likely to be promoted in the armed forces, corporate and government environments than their non-white counterparts. Women are also disdvantaged, but minority women are disadvantaged rather proportionally to their white counterparts and relative to men of their races. So women and minorities do have to perform at a higher level or strive for perfection to be treated equivalently to average white males. There is a lot of inherent systemic racism. In general people like to compliment, promote and honor people who are more similar to them. With more white males in positions of leadership, they tend first towards white men, then towards white women, then to minorities. It's not all, but there are a significant number of people in positions of leadership who do tend towards rating and promoting people like them more frequently than those who are not like them. And even if it is split rather evenly, that still gives a significant advantage to those who are of a race and gender with their supervisors/managers. As for the comment about only white people get to make mistakes, the converse of the above is likewise true. People are more lenient to those who share a race or gender with them and are more harsh to those who are of a different race or gender from them. For example, black men in particular, but also Latino men and Asian men are convicted at higher percentages relative to those who are charged, than whites. Likewise, for those who are convicted, then generally get harsher sentencing. Whites are more likely to be given forgiveness and get convicted of the same crimes at a lower rate (not just arrested and charged at lower rates, but also convicted at lower rates). Whites are more likely to get lighter sentences for equivalent level crimes. In employement, minorities who make mistakes are more likely to be demoted or fired for offenses or mistakes than white counterparts. Employers, managers and supervisors are more likely to give more lenient penalties for mistakes made by white employees. Look at cases like Brock Turner. He gets a pass because he's a white athlete and he got a very light sentence. Blacks or Hispanics, even wealthier athletes, do not get passes for equivalent level crimes. The judge was afraid that a harsher sentence would negatively impact his college and career. Judges rarely give those kind of considerations to non-white convictions. Yes, it's an isolated case, but it is generally true that blacks and Latinos have higher rates of arrest, higher rates of charges, and higher rates of conviction for similar situations. At every level from the police to the judge, URM tend to have higher rates of negative results, not just total, but proportionally. |
Anonymous
I am listening to her memoir right now and she has some things to say, that's for sure. It was when she made those comments about Biden having to decide if he's dropping out, that I realized he had to and it would be better if he did. I really trust her instincts. |
Anonymous
You are missing one piece...Trump is representing the billionaire class and using race and grievance to stoke fear and anger in "his voters" so that as leader, he can do the bidding of the Oligarch class to transform our country into something that looks more like Russia. |
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People repeatedly say that she is bad at debates. She had problems in the open forum debates with multiple people. However, later in that same election year, when she had a 1:1 debate with Mike Pence, she came out great and helped her ticket. She was able to handle Pence easily and the ratings showed that the majority of people thought she had "won" the debate and her personal rating improved after that performance. Mike Pence came out looking worse. And frankly, Trump is a much worse debater than Mike Pence was, especially now that he has had a significant amount of mental decline since 2020. His vocabulary has continued to drop to a grade school level and his mind wanders even more frequently. He used to be able to stay on topic for a paragraph or two, now he can barely go two sentences without starting to drift off-topic. It also takes very little outside influence to get him to wander off mentally. One word by someone mid-sentence and he's drawn to the word like a moth to a flame. People shout out "shark" and he will stop what he is talking about to defend his completely off-topic rant about boats, batteries and sharks. The difference in mental age between the two is stark and a debate will show that. He gives rallies and already he is looking like an old man. Harris will make him look even older. She had a career as a prosecutor and many days of speaking and presenting her case in court. She'll treat him the same way and he will be on the defensive or off in the mental wilderness. |
Anonymous
She's a 90s era liberal who is quietly appalled by this generation of progressives. One of many. |