LongBeachCoupe wrote:First im a firm believer in
"if you dont vote, stfu because you have no right to complain unless you weigh in"
Totally agreed!!
LongBeachCoupe wrote:How someone wants to vote is their own opinion and isnt for anyone to tamper with...
Also totally agreed!!
LongBeachCoupe wrote:For every african american voting for Obama "just because hes black" theres an equal if not greater (IMHO) amount of honky bigots who are voting McCain because hes "not black".
Maybe. Probably. Perhaps. Pick your phrase ...
LongBeachCoupe wrote:People talk about the numbers of african american voters who are saying "im voting because hes black" etc... but wheres the popular media showing the whites who are saying "i aint votin for no (insert racial term here)".
Because, in the second case, those people would be called "racist", but in the first case, those people are not labelled as such.
We have inconsistent ideas of what constitutes racism in this country.
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