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PoliGAF 2017 |OT5| The Man In the High Chair

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Valhelm

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Voting for Democrats to keep the right out of power is good and necessary, but please don't pretend that this is a viable means of overthrowing a centuries-old racial order.

There are meaningful ways to oppose this hierarchy on top of voting. Many activists and organizers who don't vote have done much more to fight white supremacy than your average Democrat! Suggesting that a vote for Hillary Clinton is all it takes spits on their legacy and keeps us trapped in the quicksand of legislative incrementalism.
 
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jtb

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Valhelm said:
Voting for Democrats to keep the right out of power is good and necessary, but please don't pretend that this is a viable means of overthrowing a centuries-old racial order.

There are meaningful ways to oppose this hierarchy on top of voting. Many activists and organizers who don't vote have done much more to fight white supremacy than your average Democrat!
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Literally nobody is arguing otherwise.

Valhelm said:
Suggesting that a vote for Hillary Clinton is all it takes spits on their legacy and keeps us trapped in the quicksand of legislative incrementalism.
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And another straw man!
 
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Ryuuroden

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The millenial generation ended when smart phones came out. Anyone who can't remember a time where you could not be connected to the internet 24/7 anywhere is part of the new generation.
 
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Valhelm

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jtb said:
Literally nobody is arguing otherwise.
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Randolph Freelander just said that young black people who didn't vote for Hillary are white supremacists. That's exactly the kind of out-of-touch moralizing that stops us from accomplishing any serious and permanent change.
 
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tbm24

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Ryuuroden said:
The millenial generation ended when smart phones came out. Anyone who can't remember a time where you could not be connected to the internet 24/7 anywhere is part of the new generation.
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I agree. My daughter will never experience the joy of having to do a school report and firing up encarta 95(and 98 if your cousin had it like mine) then lose time playing mind maze.
 
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Ignatz Mouse

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So in that "liberals are responsible for the 'alt-left' term thread, somebody was arguing that Bernie Sanders was too far right for the real leftists.

I guess that's true, but at that point you're just the fringe. We aren't electing anyone left of him anywhere big in the neat future.
 
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Basileus777

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jtb said:
Literally nobody is arguing otherwise.
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He just quoted someone calling black millennials white supremacists. That's the kind of sentiment that is just absurd. This awful equivalency argument, a non-vote is a vote for Trump so a non-vote equals support for white supremacy. Yeah, no. Maybe bring more nuance to the conversation.
 
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jtb

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Valhelm said:
Randolph Freelander just said that young black people who didn't vote for Hillary are white supremacists. That's exactly the kind of out-of-touch moralizing that stops us from accomplishing any serious and permanent change.
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He just quoted someone calling black millennials white supremacists.
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Fair enough.

Voting is an act of exercising political power. Activism is an act of exercising political power. Surely we can all agree on this and move on to discussing more interesting and less 'moralizing' topics.

In particular, Valhelm since you see the Tea Party as a model for the 2018 Democrats - how do you create a version of that coalition that isn't completely dysfunctional? Or is the kind of hostage-taking we've seen over the past decade a feature of the would-be new Democratic party, not a bug?
 
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Valhelm

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I think the terrorism in Charlottesville and Trump's "alt left" comment has made some people realize that the narrative of violent black activists is ridiculous
 
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Box of Kittens

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Ignatz Mouse said:
So in that "liberals are responsible for the 'alt-left' term thread, somebody was arguing that Bernie Sanders was too far right for the real leftists.

I guess that's true, but at that point you're just the fringe. We aren't electing anyone left of him anywhere big in the neat future.
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I mean, Bernie Sanders is not a leftist. And, yes, the problem leftists have is that they're a small minority, which makes it difficult to gain power in a democracy.
 
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tbm24

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Ignatz Mouse said:
So in that "liberals are responsible for the 'alt-left' term thread, somebody was arguing that Bernie Sanders was too far right for the real leftists.

I guess that's true, but at that point you're just the fringe. We aren't electing anyone left of him anywhere big in the neat future.
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I think the term leftist is pretty useless at this point. You have no idea what it actually means given the wide spectrum that it'll cover. It makes sense given what makes up the right is a few key things and those are all driven by insecurity, fear, and hate. I think it's amusing people are concerned about a term like Alt-Left when really that lost all weight the minute Trump used it, outside the right.
 
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AntraxSuicide

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whyamihere said:
great numbers for Bannon
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I think Rasta was the one who said this, but BLM is going to be an instant litmus test for any Democrat running nationally or in a highly diverse area. Those numbers are incredible for them, and should be held up as a sign that running from them is a bad move outside of some specific races (that is, the norm better be saying Black Lives Matter instead of the exception).
 
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Spoiled Milk

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Box of Kittens said:
I mean, Bernie Sanders is not a leftist.
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What does leftist mean, then? Is this some definition that's only functionally useful on a video game forum where 3 posters are proper socialists? Also, whenever I hear the word leftist used in conservative political discourse it refers equally to liberal values.
 
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Abinash117

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The BLM number is great. The others just tell me that people have always been very good at lying about their racism.
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Shouldn't the word be bad? The numbers show that white supremacists and nationals, and the alt-right are heavy disliked. It can be intercepted that they are still seen has racists.

Racists are only good at convincing themselves that they aren't I would assume.
 
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RastaMentality

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AntraxSuicide said:
I think Rasta was the one who said this, but BLM is going to be an instant litmus test for any Democrat running nationally or in a highly diverse area. Those numbers are incredible for them, and should be held up as a sign that running from them is a bad move outside of some specific races (that is, the norm better be saying Black Lives Matter instead of the exception).
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They better show up to every politician running in major cities next year, forcing them to engage. Same with the 2020 candidates.
 
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The Technomancer

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Box of Kittens said:
I mean, Bernie Sanders is not a leftist. And, yes, the problem leftists have is that they're a small minority, which makes it difficult to gain power in a democracy.
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a lot of political arguments are happening right now between leftists who recognize that they are a very small minority and those who seemingly...do not
 
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RastaMentality

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jtb said:
The BLM number is great. The others just tell me that people have always been very good at lying about their racism.
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I honestly think the only thing that's really changed since the 60s is that white people are now afraid to associate themselves (out loud) with the KKK and white supremacy. 30-40% of the country definitely holds some of their views though.

This is why I've been able to simultaneously go into so many white hard-core republican families' homes and be greeted with open arms while they spew vicious anti-BLM garbage on facebook.
 
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pigeon

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Spoiled Milk said:
What does leftist mean, then? Is this some definition that's only functionally useful on a video game forum where 3 posters are proper socialists? Also, whenever I hear the word leftist used in conservative political discourse it refers equally to liberal values.
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Leftist means "us"

Centrist means "those guys"

Edit in before Crab complains about this
 
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CygnusXS

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Spoiled Milk said:
What does leftist mean, then? Is this some definition that's only functionally useful on a video game forum where 3 posters are proper socialists? Also, whenever I hear the word leftist used in conservative political discourse it refers equally to liberal values.
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You have to parse a definition based on the speaker. They're highly contested terms (in the general public dialectic).
 
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Aaron Strife

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The narrative surrounding #blm up until this point (at least among white people I've talked to about it) was kind of the same as MLK's comment about moderate whites, "well I don't disagree with them but I disagree with how they go about it" etc

Now that we're seeing actual fucking Nazis out in the streets I can imagine a great deal of people thinking "oh maybe they had a point." Plus it offers a really easy contrast where the "worst" #blm generally did was block traffic and the worst Nazis have done is run over protesters.
 
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Randolph Freelander

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Valhelm said:
Randolph Freelander just said that young black people who didn't vote for Hillary are white supremacists. That's exactly the kind of out-of-touch moralizing that stops us from accomplishing any serious and permanent change.
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That is not what I said.

You asked if a majority of black millennials supported white surpremacy, and linked to an article on voter participation rates. On November 8, the majority of black millennials did not vote. On November 8, an overt white supremacist was on the ballot. By not voting, yes, that is passive support on that date. It is.

You asked a question. I'm sorry you don't like the answer.
 
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CygnusXS

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Aaron Strife said:
The narrative surrounding #blm up until this point (at least among white people I've talked to about it) was kind of the same as MLK's comment about moderate whites, "well I don't disagree with them but I disagree with how they go about it" etc

Now that we're seeing actual fucking Nazis out in the streets I can imagine a great deal of people thinking "oh maybe they had a point." Plus it offers a really easy contrast where the "worst" #blm generally did was block traffic and the worst Nazis have done is run over protesters.
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I think it may be the case that a significant number of young whites who nominally oppose white supremacy had no actual idea that the end of de jure white supremacy didn't mean the end of de facto white supremacy. They are now getting an education in reality and will hopefully factor that into their voting choices.
 
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pigeon

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Valhelm said:
That's such a weird thing to say. People who suffer under white supremacy most acutely are the ones who oppose it most vigorously. But they don't vote in every single election because voting for democrats has historically not been a great tactic in resisting and overturning white supremacy.
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I know plenty of the people you're talking about. We share values but disagree on methods, as is so common.

Adding free college is not going to make them vote. Nor should it! Their philosophical objections to the American system are real ones, not faux pretensions, and milksops will not suffice to overcome them.
 
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Aaron Strife

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Rumblings that Trump may endorse a primary challenger to Jeff Flake, State Treasurer Jeff DeWitt.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Politics1com/status/897862815284944896

I wonder if Trump endorsing primary challengers to incumbent congresspeople would convince them to act on impeachment. What's the point of trying to please his base if he's just going to rally them against you anyway?

CygnusXS said:
I think it may be the case that a significant number of young whites who nominally oppose white supremacy had no actual idea that the end of de jure white supremacy didn't mean the end of de facto white supremacy. They are now getting an education in reality and will hopefully factor that into their voting choices.
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Like I said earlier, I think a lot of people can be fooled by talking points but once you break out the hoods and swastikas will go "oh shit you are actually fucking racist."

To paraphrase Robert Downey Jr., you never go full Nazi.
 
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Thunder Monkey

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Spoiled Milk said:
What does leftist mean, then? Is this some definition that's only functionally useful on a video game forum where 3 posters are proper socialists? Also, whenever I hear the word leftist used in conservative political discourse it refers equally to liberal values.
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Well yes, perspective is key.

Conservatives in Kansas use Communist, Socialist, Leftist, and Democrat interchangeably.

They sometimes string them together as descriptors. "Barack Obama wants a Socialist, Leftist, Communist country with death panels."

I feel safe in saying that the vast bulk of conservatives have below average intelligence. They believe what they've been spoonfed by their favored media sources because they don't have much to work with overall.
 
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AntraxSuicide

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CygnusXS said:
I think it may be the case that a significant number of young whites who nominally oppose white supremacy had no actual idea that the end of de jure white supremacy didn't mean the end of de facto white supremacy. They are now getting an education in reality and will hopefully factor that into their voting choices.
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I met someone new to Mississippi a few months ago, and they genuinely thought the Klan was extinct. Lol no
 
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whyamihere

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Aaron Strife said:
Rumblings that Trump may endorse a primary challenger to Jeff Flake, State Treasurer Jeff DeWitt.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Politics1com/status/897862815284944896

I wonder if Trump endorsing primary challengers to incumbent congresspeople would convince them to act on impeachment. What's the point of trying to please his base if he's just going to rally them against you anyway?
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Kusagari

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Aaron Strife said:
Rumblings that Trump may endorse a primary challenger to Jeff Flake, State Treasurer Jeff DeWitt.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Politics1com/status/897862815284944896

I wonder if Trump endorsing primary challengers to incumbent congresspeople would convince them to act on impeachment. What's the point of trying to please his base if he's just going to rally them against you anyway?
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DeWitt would definitely be a more formidable challenger than Ward. Flake's ass is probably grass.
 
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Basileus777

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Aaron Strife said:
Rumblings that Trump may endorse a primary challenger to Jeff Flake, State Treasurer Jeff DeWitt.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Politics1com/status/897862815284944896

I wonder if Trump endorsing primary challengers to incumbent congresspeople would convince them to act on impeachment. What's the point of trying to please his base if he's just going to rally them against you anyway?
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Jeff Flake probably isn't a good example for this considering how he has gone out of his way to alienate pretty much everyone and then decided to make a spectacle of denouncing Trump after supporting all of his agenda.
 
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