Theres only a few things I truly despise in politics, the main being drawing out the deepest darkest fears of the black community, the gay community, and other groups with bad histories within our country, to get them to go along with you.
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On Sunday the NYTimes released an article regarding how fragile the Democrat electorate is, as it relies so heavily on the high turn out and high dem leaning vote from the black community.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/us/in-black-vote-democrats-see-lifeline-for-midterms.htmlSince then fliers have shown up in Georgia and NC regarding the senate races that are beyond questionable. As well as Wendy Davis in Texas claiming that her opponent would ban interracial marriage...
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The first being NC - On Monday - Lynching in the background as a threat about what will happen if Hagan loses.The second being Wendy in Texas - On Monday - Making claims that interracial marriage is in troubleThe third being Georgia - On Tuesday - Using Ferguson, in Georgia, as a political tool_________________________________________________________________
I can only imagine it will get worse from here, pretty much daily up until election day.
My main issue with it is how the groups involved are given a pass by the NAACP time and time again, simply because it comes from the "Party for the black people".
No one should be endorsing this kind of political behavior, not only is it beyond childish, not only does it turn off people from even being involved in politics...
It is extremely damaging to race relations that are already on edge.NAACP Pres on the matter of the NC fliers
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Fortunately, according to a local NAACP representative, likening the unlikely impeachment of the president to a time when African-Americans were systematically murdered by white mobs is not racist. “That’s what the community feels,” said Fayetteville NAACP branch president Jimmy Buxton.
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Any one else have any opinions on this type of desperate politicking we have going on in the south, as well as other areas I'm sure?
This post was edited by Mangix on Oct 21 2014 01:53pm