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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line - the Northam camp is defending this ad.
Pretty sad, really.

Why? If Latinos truly feel threatened by a candidate & his policies then I think their voices should be heard.

It's not hard to understand why they'd feel that way:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/26/a-10-year-old-immigrant-was-rushed-to-the-hospital-in-an-ambulance-she-was-detained-on-the-way/

Nobody is saying their voices cannot be heard. This ad is unacceptable. It is inflammatory and blatantly false.
And, I think it will backfire on the Dems.

It is false that racists and white supremacists support Gillespie? Really?

Racists and white supremacists support Gillespie. Therefore, everyone who supports Gillespie is a racist or a white supremacist. Right? That's how I learned it in school.

No, but if you don't want to be called a racist and a white supremacist you have to stop taking support from racist and white supremacist. This "wink, wink, nod, nod" crap is getting a little old.

I'm not a politician, so I don't take support from anyone. As a citizen, however, I'm not going to align myself with Democrats when I don't agree with many of their positions, and I'm sickened by their identity politics. So, I guess I'll just stay a Republican, disavow racism, live my life as a good person, and know that being a Republican, like I have been my entire adult life, does not suddenly make me a racist. And if you feel you need to, then go ahead and continue claiming that it does.

So you'll disavow Democrats because you "don't agree with many of their positions" but will stay a Republican DESPITE their racist policies and positions. Yeah, that makes a shit ton of sense. Good luck with the mental gymnastics.

It makes a lot of sense once you realize it's not despite those policies and positions but because of them.

How do you know that? If you honestly believe that all conservatives are racists, then you are delusional. If it's a fact that half of all Americans are raging racists, then we as a country are effed up. God, you must live in complete despair. I'm so sorry.

I don’t think all conservatives are racist. But everyone who still supports Trump after all that has happened most certainly is. 100%.

I do not support Trump, and I didn't say that I did. You might want to watch how freely you go around accusing everyone of being a racist. You're not doing yourself any favors.

This isn’t about you. This is about Gillespie. He supports Trump. Ergo, he is racist.

It is clear that reasoning skills are rough for you.
So - lots of Hollywood “stars” supported Hillary. She trotted them out, embraced them, loved their support. Turns out some of those stars were rapists and pedophiles. So, I guess if you supported Hillary, you support rapists and pedophiles? Or, maybe you ARE a rapist or pedophile?

Of course liberals are not pedophiles! Stop painting everyone with such a broad brush!
*5 seconds later*
EVERY SINGLE TRUMP SUPPORTER IS A RACIST. FULL STOP!

Make up your minds, liberals.

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Anonymous wrote:This is VA. Where a car did run down and kill a woman for opposing the KKK, if you remember. Our President came out and said some members of the group that killed the young women— and a VA citizen—were “very fine people”.

Gillespie has now decided to cosy up to Trump. Who defended a racist who used a car to mow down one of our citizens. Gillespie could have come out and said he didn’t want the endorsement of someone who repeatedly failed to condemn the KKK and Heather Heyer’s killers. He chose not to. I am 100% okay with this ad. In the wake of Charlottesville, it is fair to say that racists with confederate flags are mowing down Virginia citizens. And next time the KKK rallies and there is violence, I do not want our governor to be someone who would refuse to condemn the murder of a young woman.

NPR did a segment on this ad. And it is apparently playing very well well with minorities, but also women and moderates. A lot of us want to take our state back from the “very fine people” who killed Heather Hayer. I know I do.

I thought the alleged perpetrator was from out of state.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on people I know personally, the more strenuously someone objects to the deplorable label, the more overtly racist they are.

Based on people I know personally - and here on DCUM - the more recklessly someone throws around the word "racist," the more hypocritical and sanctimonious they are.

In my kids' elementary and middle schools, they have had to ban the word "racist" as it has become such a constant accusation, exclaimed in any and every situation, most of which have nothing to do with racism. The word has become meaningless and honestly, a joke, because of its misuse and overuse.

Wait a second. They do not let children in an ES and an MS say the word racist? Seriously? Where do you live, in Alabama? Not to mention that that is likely illegal.

Okay, I exaggerated when I said it was banned. The teachers in my kids' classes, last year and now again this year, have had to tell kids to stop shouting our "RACIST!" all the time as it had become obnoxious and out of control.

Maybe try sticking to the truth. People will be a lot less likely to go

This is good advice and I'll take it. Similarly, if liberals would stop calling every conservative a racist, people would be a lot less likely to Half of all Americans (give or take) are not racists.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought this was a pro-Gillespie ad that would appeal to his base.

When liberals (above example) make these types of comments, I get concerned. I hate the fact that Gillespie may lose, and we will have in charge Democrats who despise half their constituents.

Anonymous wrote:This is VA. Where a car did run down and kill a woman for opposing the KKK, if you remember. Our President came out and said some members of the group that killed the young women— and a VA citizen—were “very fine people”.

Gillespie has now decided to cosy up to Trump. Who defended a racist who used a car to mow down one of our citizens. Gillespie could have come out and said he didn’t want the endorsement of someone who repeatedly failed to condemn the KKK and Heather Heyer’s killers. He chose not to. I am 100% okay with this ad. In the wake of Charlottesville, it is fair to say that racists with confederate flags are mowing down Virginia citizens. And next time the KKK rallies and there is violence, I do not want our governor to be someone who would refuse to condemn the murder of a young woman.

NPR did a segment on this ad. And it is apparently playing very well well with minorities, but also women and moderates. A lot of us want to take our state back from the “very fine people” who killed Heather Hayer. I know I do.

Anonymous wrote:This is VA. Where a car did run down and kill a woman for opposing the KKK, if you remember. Our President came out and said some members of the group that killed the young women— and a VA citizen—were “very fine people”.

Gillespie has now decided to cosy up to Trump. Who defended a racist who used a car to mow down one of our citizens. Gillespie could have come out and said he didn’t want the endorsement of someone who repeatedly failed to condemn the KKK and Heather Heyer’s killers. He chose not to. I am 100% okay with this ad. In the wake of Charlottesville, it is fair to say that racists with confederate flags are mowing down Virginia citizens. And next time the KKK rallies and there is violence, I do not want our governor to be someone who would refuse to condemn the murder of a young woman.

NPR did a segment on this ad. And it is apparently playing very well well with minorities, but also women and moderates. A lot of us want to take our state back from the “very fine people” who killed Heather Hayer. I know I do.

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line - the Northam camp is defending this ad.
Pretty sad, really.

Why? If Latinos truly feel threatened by a candidate & his policies then I think their voices should be heard.

It's not hard to understand why they'd feel that way:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/26/a-10-year-old-immigrant-was-rushed-to-the-hospital-in-an-ambulance-she-was-detained-on-the-way/

Nobody is saying their voices cannot be heard. This ad is unacceptable. It is inflammatory and blatantly false.
And, I think it will backfire on the Dems.

It is false that racists and white supremacists support Gillespie? Really?

Racists and white supremacists support Gillespie. Therefore, everyone who supports Gillespie is a racist or a white supremacist. Right? That's how I learned it in school.

No, but if you don't want to be called a racist and a white supremacist you have to stop taking support from racist and white supremacist. This "wink, wink, nod, nod" crap is getting a little old.

I'm not a politician, so I don't take support from anyone. As a citizen, however, I'm not going to align myself with Democrats when I don't agree with many of their positions, and I'm sickened by their identity politics. So, I guess I'll just stay a Republican, disavow racism, live my life as a good person, and know that being a Republican, like I have been my entire adult life, does not suddenly make me a racist. And if you feel you need to, then go ahead and continue claiming that it does.

So you'll disavow Democrats because you "don't agree with many of their positions" but will stay a Republican DESPITE their racist policies and positions. Yeah, that makes a shit ton of sense. Good luck with the mental gymnastics.

It makes a lot of sense once you realize it's not despite those policies and positions but because of them.

How do you know that? If you honestly believe that all conservatives are racists, then you are delusional. If it's a fact that half of all Americans are raging racists, then we as a country are effed up. God, you must live in complete despair. I'm so sorry.

I don’t think all conservatives are racist. But everyone who still supports Trump after all that has happened most certainly is. 100%.

I do not support Trump, and I didn't say that I did. You might want to watch how freely you go around accusing everyone of being a racist. You're not doing yourself any favors.

This isn’t about you. This is about Gillespie. He supports Trump. Ergo, he is racist.

It is clear that reasoning skills are rough for you.
So - lots of Hollywood “stars” supported Hillary. She trotted them out, embraced them, loved their support. Turns out some of those stars were rapists and pedophiles. So, I guess if you supported Hillary, you support rapists and pedophiles? Or, maybe you ARE a rapist or pedophile?

+ 1 Kevin Spacey supported Hillary, and he is a apparently a pedophile. So, all of you who supported Hillary, you're all pedophiles!

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This isn’t about you. This is about Gillespie. He supports Trump. Ergo, he is racist.

It is clear that reasoning skills are rough for you.
So - lots of Hollywood “stars” supported Hillary. She trotted them out, embraced them, loved their support. Turns out some of those stars were rapists and pedophiles. So, I guess if you supported Hillary, you support rapists and pedophiles? Or, maybe you ARE a rapist or pedophile?