Poll: A Third Of Democrats Believe It’s Racist To Criticize Politicians Of Color

Raggamuffin wrote:It's not racist to criticise someone who is not white, unless you're criticising them because they're not white.

Raggamuffin wrote:It's not racist to criticise someone who is not white, unless you're criticising them because they're not white.

Raggamuffin wrote:If that's the message, it needs to be more clear. To suggest that it's racist to merely criticise someone "of colour" is absurd.

You start out in 1954 by saying, “niggah, niggah, niggah.” By 1968 you can’t say “niggah”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.… “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “niggah, niggahr.”

Syl wrote:So they think any politician  of colour cant be criticised for the views they hold....and if they are, that's racist, but only if you are white and you criticise them....if you are black that's OK then?

eddie wrote:That’s true Ben but the thread is about these idiots and what they’re doing to harm the democrats.

Syl wrote:So they think any politician  of colour cant be criticised for the views they hold....and if they are, that's racist, but only if you are white and you criticise them....if you are black that's OK then?

gelico wrote:

Syl wrote:So they think any politician  of colour cant be criticised for the views they hold....and if they are, that's racist, but only if you are white and you criticise them....if you are black that's OK then?

not really,

candace owens gets heaps of abuse because she is a black conservative who dares to criticise and call out the democrats and all they can come back with is name calling

so do the ladies diamond and silk who are trump supporters.

the hatred and venom i've seen being chucked at black conservatives is appalling

eddie wrote:“It really all boils down to another attempt to malign the majority of a group by pointing out the bad things the minority does, and I'm getting bored with it, to be blunt.”

But it’s a news forum and each party can be dragged through the mud if it’s deserved, and in this instance, those 32% deserve to be mentioned as they’re dumb and this type of news should be attacked and derided by the democrats surely?
It’s like the Muslims who say “Not in my name”. The democrats here, need to speak up and say the same.

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:“It really all boils down to another attempt to malign the majority of a group by pointing out the bad things the minority does, and I'm getting bored with it, to be blunt.”

But it’s a news forum and each party can be dragged through the mud if it’s deserved, and in this instance, those 32% deserve to be mentioned as they’re dumb and this type of news should be attacked and derided by the democrats surely?
It’s like the Muslims who say “Not in my name”. The democrats here, need to speak up and say the same.

Yeah, I do think that many (not most) of the Democratic Party's supporters have gotten so caught up in identity politics and social justice that they've forgotten the somewhat futuristic-sounding goal of a society in which sex, race, etc. doesn't factor into how people are treated, but rather their words and actions.

I think that's part of what's going on with this 32 percent. Another part of them probably are simply afraid to criticize people of a different race, thinking they'll be seen as racist. And there's probably a number of them who were too dumb to understand the question

Original Quill wrote:"Go back to Africa" has always been a racial epithet.  But, we've always known that Trump is a racist

gelico wrote:

Syl wrote:So they think any politician  of colour cant be criticised for the views they hold....and if they are, that's racist, but only if you are white and you criticise them....if you are black that's OK then?

not really,

candace owens gets heaps of abuse because she is a black conservative who dares to criticise and call out the democrats and all they can come back with is name calling

so do the ladies diamond and silk who are trump supporters.

the hatred and venom i've seen being chucked at black conservatives is appalling

Ben Reilly wrote:So it's 32 percent. You take any large group of people and you're going to find people of sub-par intelligence. I promise that I can find all sorts of outlandish beliefs held by at least 32 percent of any other large group, as well:

* About 60 percent of British people believe in miracles (those sexy things!).

* About half of Republicans think Trump became president because it was the will of God.

* About two-thirds of Americans don't believe in evolution through natural selection.

I know this seems like whataboutism, but I'm trying to lend a little perspective and illustrate a larger point -- that it's easy to find a percentage of people from any group who believe things that are easily debunked.

phildidge wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:So it's 32 percent. You take any large group of people and you're going to find people of sub-par intelligence. I promise that I can find all sorts of outlandish beliefs held by at least 32 percent of any other large group, as well:

* About 60 percent of British people believe in miracles (those sexy things!).

* About half of Republicans think Trump became president because it was the will of God.

* About two-thirds of Americans don't believe in evolution through natural selection.

I know this seems like whataboutism, but I'm trying to lend a little perspective and illustrate a larger point -- that it's easy to find a percentage of people from any group who believe things that are easily debunked.

Yes but this shows people are going down a path. Where they simple shout racism and try to shut down any discourse

I think this is showing how more and more identity politics is so damaging and leading people into tribal groups

Everyone is open to criticism and or people to believe they cannot be simple based on gender, sexuality, race etc. Is people seeking to place an imaginary barrier to around people. In order to stop them facing any criticism for their views. Frankly I think your country is beyond repair and is heading for disaster by how polarizes the nation has become.

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

phildidge wrote:


Yes but this shows people are going down a path. Where they simple shout racism and try to shut down any discourse

I think this is showing how more and more identity politics is so damaging and leading people into tribal groups

Everyone is open to criticism and or people to believe they cannot be simple based on gender, sexuality, race etc. Is people seeking to place an imaginary barrier to around people. In order to stop them facing any criticism for their views. Frankly I think your country is beyond repair and is heading for disaster by how polarizes the nation has become.

The DisUnited States of Ahmerika is big enough and bad enough that it could comfortably dissolve into 3 or 4 smaller entities; if it keeps on going down this same path..

Doubling the number of countries comprising North America..