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Wed Mar-12-08 12:36 PM
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| 35. Voting for a person because of the color of his skin is racist. |
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92% blacks voted for obama last night. 72% white voted for HRC. Of those percentages how many voted based on the color of his or her skin? I would not even venture a guess.
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| -Poll question: Is it racist when 90% of white people in America vote for the White candidate? |
ericgtr |
Mar-12-08 09:37 AM |
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90% of white people voted for Hillary Clinton? |
northzax |
Mar-12-08 09:40 AM |
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Call it a hypothetical |
ericgtr |
Mar-12-08 09:40 AM |
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of course it is |
northzax |
Mar-12-08 09:49 AM |
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You can't answer a question posed in this way. |
marekjed |
Mar-12-08 09:55 AM |
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Except you said "when" not "if" |
spoony |
Mar-12-08 09:59 AM |
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It doesn't say Hillary Clinton |
kokono |
Mar-12-08 09:42 AM |
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ok, so let's take another example |
northzax |
Mar-12-08 09:45 AM |
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As a white person, I agree with the black voters 99% |
kokono |
Mar-12-08 09:51 AM |
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most people don't |
northzax |
Mar-12-08 09:57 AM |
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No he would not. |
kokono |
Mar-12-08 10:15 AM |
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no, that is the negative part of racism |
northzax |
Mar-12-08 10:21 AM |
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I'm sorry you lost me, what is the positive part of racism? |
kokono |
Mar-12-08 10:40 AM |
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well, there are identity politics than can be very useful |
northzax |
Mar-12-08 10:45 AM |
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The problem is love beats hate. |
kokono |
Mar-12-08 11:06 AM |
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Except for Rice and the Powell family. |
mac2 |
Mar-13-08 07:26 AM |
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This is not a fair poll when a majority of the people in this |
mac2 |
Mar-12-08 09:40 AM |
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Ahh.. so it's only racist if blacks vote for blacks then? n/t |
ericgtr |
Mar-12-08 09:41 AM |
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What? |
mac2 |
Mar-12-08 09:49 AM |
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This only happened in Miss. |
skooooo |
Mar-12-08 09:42 AM |
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Right |
mac2 |
Mar-12-08 09:52 AM |
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Until this year, 99% of Democratic voters voted for white candidates in the primaries |
EffieBlack |
Mar-13-08 07:31 AM |
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Bad question. People vote for candidates for various reasons. I would have voted..... |
Exilednight |
Mar-12-08 09:43 AM |
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Is it sexist when women vote for the woman? |
TheZug |
Mar-12-08 09:44 AM |
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if that's the reason they are going it, yes |
northzax |
Mar-12-08 09:50 AM |
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Exactly my point |
ericgtr |
Mar-12-08 09:52 AM |
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What about the fact that a women might be more sympathetic |
mac2 |
Mar-12-08 09:54 AM |
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In between |
dmallind |
Mar-12-08 09:44 AM |
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Too many variables. |
Ronnie |
Mar-12-08 09:52 AM |
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Yes, it would be. |
Beacool |
Mar-12-08 09:58 AM |
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So white voters in 2004 were racist? |
EffieBlack |
Mar-12-08 10:03 AM |
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Al Sharpton? |
northzax |
Mar-12-08 10:24 AM |
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Yep, it's called overreaching.......... |
Beacool |
Mar-12-08 11:14 AM |
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Not at all - if black voters were voting for candidates solely because they're black, they SHOULD be |
EffieBlack |
Mar-12-08 12:09 PM |
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you are not giving enough information on these polls. either way ir people base their decision on |
Johnny__Motown |
Mar-12-08 10:01 AM |
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Yes, it's racist |
cricket08 |
Mar-12-08 10:10 AM |
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kick |
AX10 |
Mar-12-08 12:40 PM |
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100% of presidents have been White; Blacks were enslaved, disenfranchised, and discriminated against |
George_Bonanza |
Mar-12-08 10:13 AM |
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Everyone of a different race can be racist and angry. |
mac2 |
Mar-13-08 07:30 AM |
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Voting for a person because of the color of his skin is racist. |
BenDavid |
Mar-12-08 12:36 PM |
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About the only way I see |
marions ghost |
Mar-12-08 12:40 PM |
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Bad Question. |
Mystery2Me |
Mar-13-08 07:33 AM |
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So, as long as whites are more than 50% of the electorate, it is wrong to ask whether there's a |
EffieBlack |
Mar-13-08 07:49 AM |
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