The fact is that Democratic party is a centrist party that knows it will get leftists to vote for it ...because there is no leftist party in the US!But the main point is to watch what the DNC did in 2016 and again in 2020. The DNC is at war with their own left. The GOP is a secondary target. If Biden wins, fine. If Biden loses, at least the Biden/Clinton/Obama wing of the party is in control for the next four years. That is the lens through which one processes the Kamala appointment. — fishfry
It's the Dems and the left who went insane.
— fishfry
In what way? — Michael
↪fishfry I am black - and as far as we are concerned - Senator Harris is black, especially (though not only) because she identifies herself as black. Nonblacks - whether "whites" or not, "liberals" or not - don't get to define the color-ethnic identity of anyone else but themselves or their own. That's colonialist, sir; that's racist. :shade: — 180 Proof
You represent modern sensibilities. You think your ethnic identity informs or amplifies or contextualizes the words you say. I'm from an older generation. I'm with Dr. King. I dream of the day when we are judged on the content of our character; and not the color of our skin. For that matter I'm with Michael Jackson: "It don't matter if you're black or white."↪fishfry I am black — 180 Proof
- and as far as we are concerned - Senator Harris is black,↪fishfry I am black — 180 Proof
especially (though not only) because she identifies herself as black. — 180 Proof
Nonblacks - whether "whites" or not, "liberals" or not - don't get to define the color-ethnic identity of anyone else but themselves or their own. — 180 Proof
That's colonialist, sir; that's racist. :shade: — 180 Proof
You believe Trump is for peace? — creativesoul
Res ipsa loquitur (or, more your speed, "it is what it is" re: your remarks). You doth protest too much - with ahistorical and banal rhetoric of privilege - methinks. — 180 Proof
"Two weeks ago, Sen. Elizabeth Warren released the results of a genetic test showing she has a small but detectable amount of Native American DNA. The report concluded there is “strong evidence” she had a Native American ancestor approximately six to 10 generations ago. But many have misconstrued the results — including President Donald Trump, who wrongly claimed Warren “doesn’t have any Indian blood.”and Liz Warren — fishfry
"Two weeks ago, Sen. Elizabeth Warren released the results of a genetic test showing she has a small but detectable amount of Native American DNA. The report concluded there is “strong evidence” she had a Native American ancestor approximately six to 10 generations ago. But many have misconstrued the results — including President Donald Trump, who wrongly claimed Warren “doesn’t have any Indian blood.” — tim wood
Yep, again you've no clue WTF you're talking about. At least from 1791 to 1965 non-white citizens of the United States effectively had no "free speech rights" which was/is racist (Faulkner). You clearly take for granted that just because you have "free speech" that I have to accept how you, a white person, uses that "right" to tell me, a non-white person, how we think, or should think, and whether or not non-whites have 'properly self-identified' according to your ignorant (old colonialist) standards. Well, that's the prerogative of a 173+ year old legacy of racist presumption. :shade:Youthink people's free speech rights are determined by the color of their skin.You'rean actual racist. — fishfry
Are you claiming to not have read these facts at the time?
Come on, man. This was beneath you. Do your homework. That test was a major political embarrassment for her. And it wasn't two weeks ago, it was in 2018. — fishfry
Yep, Read it then. And apparently the methodology was good. and yes, somewhere between 1/64th and 1/1024th. And yes, being a member of a tribe according to some tribes is political rather than blood. But what, exactly, did she claim? That family lore had her as part Indian, and that she was part Indian. The lore was wrong, but that's how it is with lore, but the testimony of her DNA supported her claim. And where does that leave us? With this question: what is your problem? — tim wood
I'm shaken by how 'mercans make an individual's race so pivotal. — Banno
Maybe because the point was already made rather clearly in this thread. — Benkei
Differing conclusions (or interpretations) are worthy of probitive discussion but not incommensurable premises (i.e. "facts"). — 180 Proof
Got very close with Iran. Really close.Yes most definitely. He has not started any new wars. — fishfry
(The reason for brain injury and concussions was the blast wave from the explosions.)The number of US troops who sustained traumatic brain injury when Iran launched missiles at their base in Iraq last month has risen to 110, the Pentagon said Friday.
The figure is one higher than the last toll, which was announced on February 10.
All of the wounded were diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury, the Pentagon said in a statement, adding that 77 had already returned to duty. President Donald Trump had initially said that no Americans were hurt in the strike on the Ain al-Asad base in western Iraq on the night of January 7-8, although authorities later reported that nearly a dozen troops were wounded.
He as the neocons were Republicans, as you likely know.. The Dems are chomping at the bit for more wars. The selection of Biden is a huge win for the war party. Don't you remember the 2016 GOP debates when Trump knocked Jeb! out of the contest by attacking him for his brother W's war? — fishfry
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