MLB pulls all star game, draft from Atlanta

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Anonymous wrote:Grammys, Emmys, Tony Awards, Golden Globes, Academy Awards: every speech political. Every sport. It starts to turn even people who are behind these issues off. Can we just have a break and have something to enjoy with politics being a part of everything? It's exhausting.

Yes, it is exhausting having to continually fight for civil rights rather than just have half the country accept the other half and let them vote and participate freely in our society. Perhaps if the racist rural white Christians would just accept that they are humans like everyone else, then we could all kick back and enjoy sports and movies for the entertainment that they are.

+1. The unacknowledged privilege in pop’s post is amazing.

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[Anonymous]

Good. Now just let all citizens vote with no special restrictions.

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Anonymous wrote:this board's gonna have a meltdown when they announce they moved it to florida lol

It doesn't look like you understand what's going on.

it will likely be moved to FL or TX because of the lack of covid restrictions in those states. this board will then switch to thinking of MLB as granny murderers rewarding those states' bad behavior instead of champions of social justice.

You can do full capacity in any blue state this summer if you require attendees to be vaccinated and masked.

Businesses are going to pivot to this so fast; they don’t want the liability. Look at the College forum - they are already requiring it for fall in-person attendance.

My county does not have money for proof of vaccination. Uh oh.

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And, this is why what the GOP has been doing for 30 years is bad for democracy

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You know when Biden suggested moving the game from Georgia, I kind of thought okay, big deal, politicians say a lot of things. I have to hand it to him though, he got it right and used his influence for a great cause. Really pleased he spoke out!

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Anonymous wrote:You know when Biden suggested moving the game from Georgia, I kind of thought okay, big deal, politicians say a lot of things. I have to hand it to him though, he got it right and used his influence for a great cause. Really pleased he spoke out!

IMO, the decision was made before Biden said anything. But yes, it is nice to see other MLB and pro teams weighing in.

I would love to see a couple of ***** star recruits at UGA or GATech threaten to find another school as well, but that would be a lot to ask of a 17 year old high school senior.

It would also be nice to see some pro and college players in Texas, Florida, Arizona and other states where this is happening, add to the pressure.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:this board's gonna have a meltdown when they announce they moved it to florida lol

It doesn't look like you understand what's going on.

it will likely be moved to FL or TX because of the lack of covid restrictions in those states. this board will then switch to thinking of MLB as granny murderers rewarding those states' bad behavior instead of champions of social justice.

You can do full capacity in any blue state this summer if you require attendees to be vaccinated and masked.

Businesses are going to pivot to this so fast; they don’t want the liability. Look at the College forum - they are already requiring it for fall in-person attendance.

My county does not have money for proof of vaccination. Uh oh.

Huh? This doesn’t make sense.

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How exactly is the GA policy limiting voters? It’s my understanding that GA has more lenient early voting options than places like NY and people can bring their own water. What am I missing here?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grammys, Emmys, Tony Awards, Golden Globes, Academy Awards: every speech political. Every sport. It starts to turn even people who are behind these issues off. Can we just have a break and have something to enjoy with politics being a part of everything? It's exhausting.

Yes, it is exhausting having to continually fight for civil rights rather than just have half the country accept the other half and let them vote and participate freely in our society. Perhaps if the racist rural white Christians would just accept that they are humans like everyone else, then we could all kick back and enjoy sports and movies for the entertainment that they are.

+1. The unacknowledged privilege in pop’s post is amazing.

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So tell us how black voters were prevented from registering to vote and legally voting in the 2020 election please. Please educate us on this. People could mail in, use a drop box, vote early, vote in person. All kinds of options. Under this new law people can still do this, so other than smoke and mirrors what’s really changed?

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What exactly in the bill restricts voting rights. I have studied the bill and have not seen what the problem is. Is it ID? MLB obviously has the right to do whatever they want but I don’t understand what part of the bill they are against.

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly in the bill restricts voting rights. I have studied the bill and have not seen what the problem is. Is it ID? MLB obviously has the right to do whatever they want but I don’t understand what part of the bill they are against.

Smorgasbord of ways to make it more difficult and to give the GOP more control over the process. Elections shouldn’t be partisan.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/us/politics/georgia-voting-law-annotated.html

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly in the bill restricts voting rights. I have studied the bill and have not seen what the problem is. Is it ID? MLB obviously has the right to do whatever they want but I don’t understand what part of the bill they are against.

For one thing it cuts early voting hours to 9 to 5. So you'll need to miss a day of work to vote (because we are also cutting back number of stations). And that's just one of a many changes, seemingly small changes that disenfranchise people without much means.

Read the nytimes story for an education.

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly in the bill restricts voting rights. I have studied the bill and have not seen what the problem is. Is it ID? MLB obviously has the right to do whatever they want but I don’t understand what part of the bill they are against.

For one thing it cuts early voting hours to 9 to 5. So you'll need to miss a day of work to vote (because we are also cutting back number of stations). And that's just one of a many changes, seemingly small changes that disenfranchise people without much means.

Read the nytimes story for an education.

Cutting early voting from 9 to 5, but not regular voting from 9 to 5. Still allows absentee and mail in too. Again, explain how this is significant for those truly interested in voting? This negative press is all smoke and mirrors to make GOP look bad and make CEOs feel good about themselves (which I am fine with as the GOP sucks), but this is much ado about nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly in the bill restricts voting rights. I have studied the bill and have not seen what the problem is. Is it ID? MLB obviously has the right to do whatever they want but I don’t understand what part of the bill they are against.

Smorgasbord of ways to make it more difficult and to give the GOP more control over the process. Elections shouldn’t be partisan.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/us/politics/georgia-voting-law-annotated.html

Where in the bill does the word GOP or Republican party appear?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly in the bill restricts voting rights. I have studied the bill and have not seen what the problem is. Is it ID? MLB obviously has the right to do whatever they want but I don’t understand what part of the bill they are against.

Smorgasbord of ways to make it more difficult and to give the GOP more control over the process. Elections shouldn’t be partisan.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/us/politics/georgia-voting-law-annotated.html

Where in the bill does the word GOP or Republican party appear?

I didn’t say that it did.