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From what I've seen it is the freedom of thought and individualism that draws them....kinda like the island of misfits,flaws are tolerated more among the fringeOriginally Posted by zoony
Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
From what I've seen it is the freedom of thought and individualism that draws them....kinda like the island of misfits,flaws are tolerated more among the fringe
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Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
This is all BS. Racism is dead and something something race card.
Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
Makes one wonder if they think they are flawed.
Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
Introspection in that manner was never celebrated much, that which united outweighed flaws
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How should society view a cure for a ailment of limited duration that takes another's life to 'cure'?
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Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
The irony is thick in this thread. The response to a bigoted statement has largely been to generalize and demonize entire groups of people (christians, republicans, southerners, etc.) You cant make this **** up...
Last edited by Koala; October-9th-2012 at 04:26 PM.
Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
Do the constituents in Arkansas who elected and empowered these men not deserve some scorn from their peers? I think some fault has to go on the people who vote for people like this.
Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
These voters elected these individuals as their representatives in government. What, if anything, are we allowed to make of that?
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Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
Love it.
Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
Echoing previous comments.
There comes a point when a person does represent a group.
I think that we can all agree that when said group elects that person to represent them, is one of the time.
To pick an analogy I use a lot, when the Palestinians elect Hamas to be the majority party in their government then yes, Hamas does represent the Palestinians.
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Having said that, though, I will also observe that the idiot who is the subject of the thread is a former state rep.
Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
The California fiscal crisis was your fault. You suck terribly as a citizen and you have brought shame and embarrassment to yourself your state and your country.
Now stop being so irresponsible and quit sucking as a citizen and voter. Thanks.
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Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
That some people dont show their true colors until after they are elected.
Correct me if Im wrong, but didnt he make these comments after he was elected? In whcih case, judging his constituents makes 0 sense, unless youve bestowed up Arkansas voters the power of mind-reading...
Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
I seems this way of looking at it can too easily go awry. If I want to see Palestinians in a particular light, I may focus on them electing Hamas even though Hamas only got 44.45% of the vote (just looked it up).
So while it is accurate to say that democratically elected governments represent their people, we should be careful not to assume that all of the people agree with all positions of their elected representatives.
Last edited by alexey; October-9th-2012 at 06:42 PM.
Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
Mauch would have been an ignorant, racist PoS even in the 1870s.
Wide expansions in our ability to communicate have certainly produced some evil consequences. People who were meant to live and die in natural isolation are now connecting with each other, sharing ideas, and forming communities. If you don't believe me, and if you're morbidly curious, just google search for white supremacist forums and see the horrible **** that gets posted in them by the absolute dregs of society. Some make these guys seem like MLK and Hitler seem thoughtful and moderate.
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Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
I haven't seen anybody claiming that 100% of the people in this doofus' district agreed with 100% of every thing he has ever said.
I said that he represents them. Meaning "can sometimes be used a a model for"
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I'll also draw another analogy/point, too. I'll create an imaginary person, to illustrate.
Imagine a hypothetical politician. Let's say that this politician is well known for publicly advocating, say, the position that black people aren't real people, or real Americans, or some such, and that the government should ship all of them to Africa.
Pretend that this hypothetical politician gets elected.
Now, consider a hypothetical voter in his district. Let's say this voter voted for this politician. That still doesn't mean that that individual voter agrees with the politician's "ship em back to Africa" position. The voter may have voted for him because of his position on tax cuts, or some other issue.
Even then, what this vote has shown is that said voter(s) don't think that the politicians "ship em back" policy disqualifies him.
When said politician gets elected, it doesn't even prove that a majority of the voters support him, on that one issue.
But it proves that a majority of the voters are willing to vote for somebody with that position.
Re: Atlanta BlackStar: Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
Thank you. Now, if they re-elect him in a landslide, and he gets a lot of positive feedback from his constituents for those comments, then you can start judging. Till then, I remind you that this logic is the same logic that Osama Bin Laden used to justify his attacks on american citizens.
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Were the voters aware he held these viewpoints when the elected him?
Last edited by Koala; October-9th-2012 at 10:36 PM.
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