Vote reparations would create possibilities to build what W.E.B. Du Bois called “abolition democracy,” or the practice of achieving a racially just society. Abolition democracy invites us to engage with abolition not as a finite goal but as a radical process of challenging injustices wherever and in whatever form they might appear. Vote reparations would empower us to replace oppressive institutions with life-affirming structures of economic, social, and political equality. And if our elected representatives did not prioritize this transformational work, we could vote them out.
Because white votes currently count more than Black ones, double-counting Black votes would restore electoral balance. Vote reparations would be a giant step toward remedying our nation’s long history of denying and devaluing Black votes. To address systemic racism, we must transform how we choose our government. Even if vote reparations aren’t instituted, Black voters will keep tirelessly dragging our states toward a more perfect union. But just imagine our country if our votes counted twice.
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This should fix all our political woes...
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Re: Vote reparations
Another reason I laugh when people say the right is the side of anti-democratic inclinations. Complete lunacy.
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Re: Vote reparations
Random writer at the Nation no one has heard of
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the President of the United States and a good portion of GOP Congressmen.
Not exactly a like-for-like "both sides" argument.
This is obviously a dumb article and I doubt anyone on the board will defend it.
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the President of the United States and a good portion of GOP Congressmen.
Not exactly a like-for-like "both sides" argument.
This is obviously a dumb article and I doubt anyone on the board will defend it.
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Re: Vote reparations
So the author knows that black votes are exactly 50% of representative power as white votes? Are Hispanic 75%? Jews are 150%?Col Hogan wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 8:47 pm This should fix all our political woes...
Vote reparations would create possibilities to build what W.E.B. Du Bois called “abolition democracy,” or the practice of achieving a racially just society. Abolition democracy invites us to engage with abolition not as a finite goal but as a radical process of challenging injustices wherever and in whatever form they might appear. Vote reparations would empower us to replace oppressive institutions with life-affirming structures of economic, social, and political equality. And if our elected representatives did not prioritize this transformational work, we could vote them out.
Because white votes currently count more than Black ones, double-counting Black votes would restore electoral balance. Vote reparations would be a giant step toward remedying our nation’s long history of denying and devaluing Black votes. To address systemic racism, we must transform how we choose our government. Even if vote reparations aren’t instituted, Black voters will keep tirelessly dragging our states toward a more perfect union. But just imagine our country if our votes counted twice.
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Re: Vote reparations
The author is an assistant professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law...and John StOnge has convinced me that people with advanced degrees have a much higher IQ than people like me with a lowly BA...so I trust him that he’s correct...
Now, he didn’t give us the percentage value for any group other than blacks, so your questions are pure speculation that you’ll need to ask the Professor...
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C’mon man! That would be like assuming that all successful business people have achieved their status entirely through hard work, smarts, and guts.
I truly worry about the level of JSO butthurt around here.
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Your sarcasm detector is on the fritz...did you not see the below the words...
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On average. I, of course, have a higher IQ than most PhDs even though I don't have a graduate degree.
And Bill Gates has a higher IQ than me even though he doesn't have a degree at all.
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And say things as they really are
But if I told the truth and nothing but the truth
Could I ever be a star?
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Re: Vote reparations
The steaming pile I left in the toilet this morning has a higher IQ than you, so....JohnStOnge wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:51 pmOn average. I, of course, have a higher IQ than most PhDs even though I don't have a graduate degree.
And Bill Gates has a higher IQ than me even though he doesn't have a degree at all.
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Dude - you don’t know what “Post College” means but you’re going to judge other people’s intelligence?JohnStOnge wrote:On average. I, of course, have a higher IQ than most PhDs even though I don't have a graduate degree.
And Bill Gates has a higher IQ than me even though he doesn't have a degree at all.
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Not to mention personality.Baldy wrote:The steaming pile I left in the toilet this morning has a higher IQ than you, so....JohnStOnge wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:51 pm On average. I, of course, have a higher IQ than most PhDs even though I don't have a graduate degree.
And Bill Gates has a higher IQ than me even though he doesn't have a degree at all.
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Yet, you allow emotion to control your thoughts.JohnStOnge wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:51 pmOn average. I, of course, have a higher IQ than most PhDs even though I don't have a graduate degree.
And Bill Gates has a higher IQ than me even though he doesn't have a degree at all.
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What is your definition of Post College? Say somebody goes right after high school and gets an engineering degree and knocks around for 10 years then decides they want to be a teacher. So they go back and get an education degree and go to work doing what they really feel fulfilled at. They weren't finished with college until they finished with the education degree. Does what happened during the 10 years before they went back to get their education degree count as Post College?Ibanez wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:00 amDude - you don’t know what “Post College” means but you’re going to judge other people’s intelligence?JohnStOnge wrote:
On average. I, of course, have a higher IQ than most PhDs even though I don't have a graduate degree.
And Bill Gates has a higher IQ than me even though he doesn't have a degree at all.
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The English meaning is pretty simple: "Post" means "after." But is it after any college experience or after all college experience?
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Could I ever be a star?
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And say things as they really are
But if I told the truth and nothing but the truth
Could I ever be a star?
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And intelligent people worry about the level of JSO stupidity around here.
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You are splitting hairs here. Post is after. After college. After college is cut and dry and if you can't figure that out for yourself...we shouldn't be allowing you to vote. You clearly have a below average intelligence.JohnStOnge wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:27 pmWhat is your definition of Post College? Say somebody goes right after high school and gets an engineering degree and knocks around for 10 years then decides they want to be a teacher. So they go back and get an education degree and go to work doing what they really feel fulfilled at. They weren't finished with college until they finished with the education degree. Does what happened during the 10 years before they went back to get their education degree count as Post College?
The English meaning is pretty simple: "Post" means "after." But is it after any college experience or after all college experience?
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JSO is far and away the Troll Supremo on this site. He can even get to the usually unflappable CID - I think its long past time that we recognize his accomplishments, you gotta be pretty good to troll this crowd
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A good troll would be able to do what he does in 2 sentences, not 10 paragraphs.
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JSO’s not smart enough to troll. He actually believes the drivel he posts.
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Kind of like the posts of that NDSU guy who had the melt down. His "trolls" were just as obvious/intentional as JSO's.
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Not similar at all. That dude created a fictional world. The Golden Arm Committee, and the lair or something under the FFD.
Obvious and intentional until the cock and balls showed up.
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A dude that created a fictional world seems pretty similar to a guy who lives in a fictional world. Maybe JSO could rent a house in what's his name's world.
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