Mid-Term Elections 2018
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In Texas, calling Trump a racist is fighting words. It energizes his 2016 voters to declare he's not a racist, they're not racists, and to prove it they would vote him in 2018, but because he is not on the ballot, they will vote the straight GOP ticket. For how that works, see "The polite way to call someone a racist"
www.cnn.com/2018/09/29/us/polite-racism/index.html
The people who don't say the word racism put President Donald Trump in office; they use a term like "racial anxiety" or "racial resentment." If a white politician running for governor warns voters that they may "monkey this up" by electing his black opponent, that's not racist; that's "racially charged." White Americans who are uncomfortable with a changing culture or who believe they're left behind while minority groups get ahead aren't exhibiting racism; that's "racialized economics."
There's a buffet of racial euphemisms that awaits anyone shopping for a more polite word for racism. There's "racially freighted" for venomous anti-immigrant remarks. And white voters who resent demographic changes aren't motivated by racism; they're driven by "ethno-nationalism" or "white nativism."
Why are these racial euphemisms spreading? Do we need them to avoid offending people and to give nuance to a complex topic? Or do they sometimes reinforce racism instead of calling it out?
This language may be new, but it reflects an old social taboo that discourages many Americans from talking directly about race, especially many white progressives, says Robin DiAngelo, author of "White Fragility." The result is that many end up "talking in ridiculous circles" to avoid actually using the words "racist" or "racism."
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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You clowns are priceless.
I haven't hear any claims that anybody is Russian for the last few days.
The media must have programmed you to use the racism tactic in the week leading up to the election instead, huh?
I'll be sure to tell my Mexican step-dad that you said he was racist when I talk to him on the phone today. But he married a white woman, so you already knew that, didn't you?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Tomorrows the day. Here's a link to the latest polls.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/#!
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We'll see what happens after the inevitable Republican vote suppression tricks.
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We'll see what happens after the inevitable Republican vote suppression tricks.
Here's hoping for a democratic tsunami
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Today's the day folks. VOTE...
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Just did.
I was surprised to see as many people in there as there were before me. Figured I'd be the first one.
Donnelly is toast.
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Speaking of Donnelly being toast...
Anybody check out the latest polls where RCP got their aggregate for that race?
I wonder if FOX news is trolling with that 7 point lead for Donnelly. CBS only gave him 2 and NBC gives it to Braun with 3 points. Don't know what HarrisX is, but they give Braun 1 point too.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/senate/in/indiana_senate
_braun_vs_donnelly-6573.html
Should have backed Kavanaugh, buddy.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Anybody but me planning on watching the results come in tonight?
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Facebook blocks 115 potentially bogus accounts on Election Eve after tip from federal authorities
Facebook has blocked 115 accounts federal authorities told it were acting suspiciously and might be "linked to foreign entities" and coordinating their activities.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-blocks-115-potentially-bogus-acc
ounts-on-election-eve-after-tip-from-federal-authorities/
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