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Mosby

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36. im not pushing a narrative

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 02:29 PM

Sep 2017

Voter apathy is killing this country by favoring republicans and pushing democrats to the right/center to pick up votes.

As you can see from the charts I posted (post 29) the lowest turnout is among 18-29 year olds (who are mostly white) followed by Hispanics.

We need to change this somehow.

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Just Be Honest And Say You Want Black People To Suffer In Silence [View all] MrScorpio Sep 2017 OP

I thought it was and is pretty obvious that he is a racist BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #1

!!! Alice11111 Sep 2017 #3

He was the chief Birther. How could folks not grasp how racist he is from that fact alone? emulatorloo Sep 2017 #4

+1. A Real BIC politicasista Sep 2017 #31

Fuck no. I do not want black people, or any minority, or Alice11111 Sep 2017 #2

I share this view. JNelson6563 Sep 2017 #5

!!! Alice11111 Sep 2017 #13

90 million non voters determined the election Mosby Sep 2017 #6

That's a true thing. stewrat Sep 2017 #8

trump won MI, WI and PA by a combined Mosby Sep 2017 #9

so heaven05 Sep 2017 #17

And the huge numbers of white people that actually voted for trump JI7 Sep 2017 #22

And the huge number of liberal whites who felt they had the luxury of a non-voting protest... marble falls Nov 2017 #54

Ditto heaven05 - did I read your response correctly? JustAnotherGen Sep 2017 #18

im not blaming minorities Mosby Sep 2017 #19

nah heaven05 Sep 2017 #25

Yeah. Mosby Sep 2017 #29

I prefer to blame those infamous "white working class men" who Hortensis Oct 2017 #42

HRC did lose a lot of middle, low income obama voters to trump Mosby Oct 2017 #43

Everyone understands what you're doing, Mosby. Hortensis Oct 2017 #44

voter apathy is just a term Mosby Oct 2017 #45

Bye. Hortensis Oct 2017 #46

do these posters have an "agenda"? Mosby Nov 2017 #48

I'll answer your question, no agenda here steve2470 Nov 2017 #49

yep, I think so heaven05 Sep 2017 #24

Let's be REALLY honest radical noodle Sep 2017 #26

I worked September and October 2016 in PA. lapucelle Oct 2017 #41

Cut the bullshit repug talking point,as if dirty, repug vote suppression never targeted black voters brush Nov 2017 #55

Many more of whom were not. LanternWaste Sep 2017 #35

im not pushing a narrative Mosby Sep 2017 #36

Odd that... because in your initial pos LanternWaste Oct 2017 #38

Voter turnout in 2016 among Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and other non-whites.... George II Oct 2017 #39

Voter suppression mcar Oct 2017 #40

The media can kiss my ass. 47of74 Sep 2017 #7

Racism and Bigotry got Trump Elected thbobby Sep 2017 #10

it's the talk radio - see below certainot Sep 2017 #12

I am a 'white' second generation American sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #28

the only reason he got close to the white house was liberal/left/sane american ignorance of certainot Sep 2017 #11

Haters gonna hate thbobby Sep 2017 #14

i think ignoring the hate and ignorance from those stations makes it more 'acceptable' certainot Sep 2017 #21

You are correct thbobby Sep 2017 #23

its hard for them to feel confronted if it's ok for more than 88 universities and a lot of pro certainot Sep 2017 #30

but they had no problem speaking out against Kaepernick for not standing during the anthem JI7 Sep 2017 #32

and trump got to the white house on the backs of certainot Sep 2017 #33

I would say it was because of millions white racists JI7 Sep 2017 #34

KQQQ Pullman, WA is one of those. We call it KKKQ. Pullman is where Washington State U. is. brewens Nov 2017 #53

Ta-nehisi Coates is covering this same ground .... kwassa Sep 2017 #15

That's exactly how I read this article MrScorpio Sep 2017 #16

I was not convinced of this right after the election ... kwassa Sep 2017 #20

I think it could be called radical noodle Sep 2017 #27

+++ heaven05 Oct 2017 #37

Ignorance is Bliss but Ignorance is also Taught. hoping4betterdays Oct 2017 #47

Welcome to DU irisblue Nov 2017 #50

Recommended, and thank you. eom guillaumeb Nov 2017 #51

Give California an equal voice, and equal vote, in presidential elections, Sophia4 Nov 2017 #52