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giving Biden what Obama never had, control of the senate
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Obama had a senate majority. He just did fuck all with it.
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As relieved as I am that joe Biden (legal challenges apart) has won the us presidency, what scares me is that 57% (or close to that number) of white people voted for trump! Over half the white population of the United States voted for a man whose been a racist throughout his political “career”.
Unfortunately >80% of people will never vote for the "other" party. Ever. Absolutely never. This is because in the US there are a few key issues that some people will never stand for. I am in that 80%. Luckily (ha!), I am liberal.
I will never accept making abortion illegal under the guise of 'beating heart' bullshit, ignoring gun violence in the name of personal liberties, unusually strict immigration practices in the guise of mitigating gang violence, breaking down gay/trans rights, etc. Therefore I will always vote liberal, even if it means voting for a candidate who is "a weak, expensive, pro regulation, antichrist socialist who wants to defund the police." On a different forum, one could paint me me in a very different light.
on the other hand, there are folks who will never accept shrinking the military, weakening the dollar, opening the borders, regulating wall street, etc.... Even if it means voting for a "racist, corrupt, fascist, etc...." anyway.
one thing I find inexcusable is the perception your favorite point of view is somehow superior to another. Liberal - such as myself - are assholes! self serving, self righteous assholes.
we are just as myopic and close-minded as conservatives are.I like to summarize my point with lawn signs. An example is this political lawn sign. Liberals think this is "funny" or some educated version of light hearted. They are wrong. This is just as repulsive and offensive as this one
We could all do better to try understand the other side before expecting them to understand us. This isn't suggesting that we should empathize with racist people. But rather to suggest that none of us are perfect and that it is okay to admit that. For example, I admit that I have tiny shreds of racism in me; I am not perfect. This admission helps me to get other people to admit it to themselves and work towards improvement. Some people aren't even at the 'self aware' stage of racism, and I think getting to that stage is the first step. I think it's useful to try to help other get to that stage.
anyway on and on. It is one of my dreams that one day we do not see races or sexes or genders, and instead we see humans. I am not there, and I doubt I ever will be, but I try and I also try to raise my children in a way that they stand a chance of getting there.
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As relieved as I am that joe Biden (legal challenges apart) has won the us presidency, what scares me is that 57% (or close to that number) of white people voted for trump! Over half the white population of the United States voted for a man whose been a racist throughout his political “career”. If it wasn’t for the black and Latino vote, trump would have got four more years and I don’t think it would have been particularly close..
Now it’s down to black voters in Georgia to see if they can turn the tide in the senate in the face of gerrymandering and institutional attempts to disenfranchise their ability to vote, come January, giving Biden what Obama never had, control of the senate and the ability to push through policies that could reverse some of the legislative damage that this administration and complicit republicans have put in place.