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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Say goodbye to your gains among black voters, Republicans.[/quote]

I don't believe that's the case. Progressives and racists believe the same thing-- that people are defined by their race and that people should be treated as members of groups rather than be evaluated for individual merit. They differ on what actions to take, but they both share the same foundational belief. I don't think most black people see the world this way, so I don't think this ruling will have an effect on black voting patterns. Also, they don't react well to Biden telling them that they aren't black, to him, unless they vote for him, etc, and surely he will say even more of this garbage during the campaign. [/quote]

I wrote on this website about a decade ago that separating people into all these groups and favoring some groups over others is racism. In typical DCUM fashion, my post was deleted.

Also, Biden has some of the highest approval ratings coming from black voters. Why? The guy is clearly a racist as defined above and per prior statements, but they've largely bought into this rewritten definition (pandering?) coming from the left in which anything negative that happens to a person of color can ONLY be explained by "racism", end of story.  [/quote]

The guy who's "clearly a racist" has a VP who's female, black and indian, appointed the first black female justice to SCOTUS, is working on improving schooling and fixing infrastructure like replacing lead pipes in underserved historically black communities.  You want to call it "pandering" as a deflection because the fact is, and history shows, you would have done NOTHING for those underserved communities.[/quote]

DP. Have you heard of a man called LBJ?[/quote]

Actions speak louder than words.[/quote]

+1000.  LBJ's actions in support of civil rights and ending Jim Crow and toward promoting the Great Society speak volumes and volumes more than him using the now-antiquated southern language he grew up with.  The PP trying to suggest otherwise is clearly a complete and utter moron for not seeing that.  [/quote]

Here you go again trying to sanitize this man's legacy just because he is on your team. The man was a massive, raging racist. You would not grant such grace to someone on the other "team" and are showing yourself to be an unprincipled, unserious hypocrite. It's funny how you can so easily brush aside the pernicious and wildly racist underpinnings of many of his utterances, let alone his [i]actions[/i]. You are the type to cancel someone nowadays for something they did 30 years ago and provide no quarter for those words or actions being a "product of their time", yet sit here trying to grant LBJ the very same get out of jail free card that you so loathe when it is marshaled in defense of your political enemies. Girl bye!

Biden's history of questionably racist commentary is well documented. [/quote]

Would a "massive, raging racist" want to end racist Jim Crow regulations, end racial segregation and discrimination, and promote civil rights and equality for other races?

And if you came up with any answer other than "no" then it shows how you are either seriously dishonest or deeply confused about the fundamental underpinnings and concepts of racism.

And furthermore, stop making up fake accusations of who I would "cancel." - As we see right here it is in fact YOU who is trying to cancel LBJ, for using the 'n' word.  Do not project your own nonsense onto others.  [/quote]

Yes, they would.

The same type who is a nakedly ambitious, power hungry political animal. The type that Lincoln said would either free slaves or enslave free men, in pursuit of their ambition, depending on the status quo ex ante. The kind that told civil rights leaders to "make me do it" with regard to critical civil rights legislation.

Contrary to your balderdash, I am not trying to cancel LBJ at all, merely pointing out the complex man that he was and not shying away from the power of personal ambition and political calculus to achieve things in this sclerotic town. Your belief in the sincerity of politicians is kinda cute.[/quote]

Is that what you got from reading Robert Caro's LBJ biography? You HAVE read it, haven't you? If not, come back after you've read it to discuss this president.

Yes, LBJ was complex. He was not some pure hero without flaws. But he could have easily been ambitious in the opposite direction as a champion of segregation, and he was not. He didn't have to champion the Civil Rights Act or the Voting Rights Act. He knew those would turn the south against Democrats but he did it anyway. He didn't have to decide his signature domestic policy was going to be a war on poverty, but he knew from experience teaching in Texas what real poverty was like and also the effect of systematic racism on poverty. Give me a flawed politician like Johnson whose legislative legacy is so impactful and improved the lives of countless Americans (especially those whose lives most needed improving) any day over some mythical pure hero who can't get anything done.

Yes, he was racist like so many whites of his generation and he doesn't need to be held up as a hero. But he at least had the courage to overlook his racist views to make the US a better country.

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You just said the same thing using more flowery language.

Yes, he was racist. We know.[/quote]

Good lord, are you still trying to peddle your bogus #bothsides crap?

You already had your ass handed to you when it was pointed out to you that it was the DEMOCRATS who actively promoted civil rights legislation, ending Jim Crow, segregation and other horrible racist policies, while it was YOUR SIDE ALONE, the REPUBLICANS, who actively and aggressively opposed civil rights and who fought to keep segregation and Jim Crow in place.    End of story.  Stop embarrassing yourself.[/quote]

So you right-wingers support civil rights 100% today? Is that what you are saying? You are a clown. [/quote]

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