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“After we came out of the

Flavius — Wed, 17 May 2017 01:33:52 +0000

In reply to "Many are strongly liberal

“After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley’s ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, ‘I refute it thus.'”

Perhaps not true in Europe but round here right to life , or ¨is it good for the jews¨ wildebeests are sufficiently prevalent their existence can be proved without breaking a single toe.

As with single issue PTA moms..

And herds of global warming EPAbeestes are restively testing their fences. .

Now that's funny.

rmrd0000 — Tue, 16 May 2017 23:39:14 +0000

In reply to Here's what happens when

Now that's funny.

Trump is in the process of imploding. Today NYT report about a memo is earth-shattering.

Here's what happens when

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 16 May 2017 21:45:00 +0000

In reply to I'm done with this issue

Here's what happens when white people start messing with black people's stuff ;-)

(I think Dizzy credited some of this Scottish influence from singing along the Carolina shoreline or isles at one point, but don't think even he would have imagined...)

AA, an article from the

rmrd0000 — Tue, 16 May 2017 19:54:45 +0000

In reply to I'm done with this issue

AA, an article from the Nation goes into details about the Obama-Trump voter and how racial anxiety played a role in the support for Trump. The race issue played a larger role for Republican Obama-Trump voters than it did for Democrats who made the switch.

https://www.thenation.com/article/fear-of-diversity-made-people-more-lik...

The CCAP data indicate that 9 percent of Obama 2012 voters switched to Trump in 2016, and about 5 percent of Romney 2012 voters defected from Trump by voting for Hillary Clinton, and 6 percent voted for another candidate. Perceiving growing racial diversity as a threat strongly predicts Obama to Trump vote switchers, and more positive attitudes towards diversity predict the probability that a Romney 2012 voter would defect from the Republican nominee in 2016.

Race impacted the 2016 vote.

"Among whites with the most positive views of rising diversity, the model predicts a less than 2 percent chance of an Obama voter’s voting for Trump. This compares to a 50 percent chance of voting for Trump among whites with the most negative views of rising diversity. Moreover, our analysis indicates that these attitudes had a stronger effect on vote switchers than any other variable, including racial resentment and attitudes towards immigration."

One shouldn't use racism to

artappraiser — Tue, 16 May 2017 19:49:14 +0000

In reply to Huh? In the same way as "some

One shouldn't use racism to describe people who hate because of tribal, cultura or class differences. Can't we laud where there is progress if some people's "best friends are black", that they no longer judge people by the color of their skin but like, maybe they don't like gangsta culture? Can we leave the word "racist" to label people who are actually racist? Cause that's the way a lot of people take it! And if they're called racist and they don't actually judge people by the color of their skin, they tend to take it badly and not think well of the person (or party) labeling them that way.

Huh? In the same way as "some

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 16 May 2017 19:41:01 +0000

In reply to so how can they be "racist"?

Huh? In the same way as "some of my best friends are black" and "but you're not one of those types of Negros" or being friendly to the black car mechanic while voting for the guy who's promised to keep blacks from voting and kick all those ne'er-do-well blacks off their free health care and keep them from using up our emergency rooms and what-not.

And people in their cars with windows rolled up can easily run you over out of straight callousness, while if they were talking to you face to face, they might be quite civilized.

Yes, they may have moments when they're not as deplorable and racist and inhumane - chalk that up to modern progress, eh?

I'm done with this issue

artappraiser — Tue, 16 May 2017 19:40:25 +0000

In reply to Excuse me if I don't buy into

I'm done with this issue after this. I agree that this recent SNL sketch with Tom Hanks as a Trump supporter playing on "Black Jeopardy" was brilliant:

http://www.businessinsider.com/snl-black-jeopardy-tom-hanks-donald-trump-supporter-2016-10

The Dems should hire those writers, they "get" the whole situation.

Considering the number of

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 16 May 2017 19:32:35 +0000

In reply to Not ignoring. Just looking at

Considering the number of Trump-backers still backing him in polls after 120 days of glaring atrocities and abominations, I'd say Hillary distinctly undershot the number of deplorables. As Trump himself said, ""I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," One of the few times I believed him.

so how can they be "racist"?

artappraiser — Tue, 16 May 2017 19:29:31 +0000

In reply to Excuse me if I don't buy into

so how can they be "racist"? Hello: Obama has black skin!

Excuse me if I don't buy into

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 16 May 2017 19:28:32 +0000

In reply to Apples and oranges. The

Excuse me if I don't buy into this vast barrel of unaligned Independent voters waiting for reason to sway their vote. They're largely the same usual suspects, leaning left or right, voting for the same parties in every election. I'd say Obama was exceptional for a number of well-documented obvious reasons, so got some exceptional turnout and crossover - even my father voted for him at least once, and at that point somewhere in Conservative heaven a gargoyle lost its wings.