Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jan 24 2019 02:48pm)
Oh, I totally get that race is a powerful identity, more powerful than female identity for sure.
That's exactly why I already said that I expect a particularly strong backlash from white conservatives if it is Kamala Harris instead of someone else, say Beto, who's running on a platform of CJ reform and all-around "wokeness".
Let me look at it from a different perspective: I believe that being black was a big net positive for Obama exactly because he did not lean into his blackness, because he did intentionally not play the race card during his campaigns. Simply being a black candidate was enough to get unheard of levels of black turnout, while his low profile on racial issues prevented a large-scale "whitelash".
Some people say that Trump's surge in turnout and margin from rural and working-class whites, which won him the election, was a "whitelash". I dont really agree with this notion, but let's run with it: So even when a white candidate ran on a platform of wokeness in 2016, it already triggered a whitelash. What do you think will happen when in 2020, it is a black candidate who's running on that same platform?
You keep emphasizing that "she's black", and therefore her platform supposedly doesnt matter. My point simply is that being black is a double-edged sword, it can be an advantage (see: Obama) or a disadvantage (see: countless examples on the congressional level) and the platform does very well influence the side a candidate falls on.
the bold is silly. the blackness was all over his campaign. at my college i saw black guys with 1.5 GPAs running all over campus getting votes. did he have a slogan on posters that said "can a nigga get a vote"? no. but to call his campaign anything but a black empowerment wave is ignorant. maybe another "you had to be there" thing tho.
the underlined is bad application of transferative logic. u cant compare congressional black runs with presidential, the electorate doesnt work like a state and is incomparable.
trump needs to fear any black candidate, it's really that simple. the modern liberal platform is plug-and-play compatible with any black candidate without a nasty sorted past (obviously no Farrakhan or w.e.)
Quote (Plaguefear @ Jan 24 2019 02:52pm)
I don't care WHO you are, if you stand around in maga gear chanting build the wall and maga you are going to get opposition, end of story.
They were out there trying to provoke people, its as simple as that.
Trying to paint these asshole anti abortion kids as some kind of saints is just pathetic, they are there to try to oppress woman and as a bonus are trying to offend anyone else they come across.
im not trying to paint them as saints, but you're trying to paint them as devils. tell me who the biased fuckboi is here bud?
This post was edited by thesnipa on Jan 24 2019 02:53pm