Chickens in Malibu 7,873 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, TheQueenEnthusiast said: Crime bill of 1994. I will not argue this. Racism isn't always "I hate *said marginalized race*" It's systematic, violent, and largely done on a macro-scale. He knew exactly the repercussions that were to follow. Focus more on the present. You're talking about a bill that, no on the face of it, was not racist, that was passed 26 years ago. Sure the bill ended up having more serious repercussions on certain minorities that were more affected by those types of crimes, but no where in the bill did it explicitly target a certain minority. You'd be punished the same way if you were black or white for that type of crimes. Being black did not carry extra jail time in the bill. That's up to judges and many of them were biased against minorities yes. The bill was also supported by Hillary Clinton and almost all democrats back then. And FYI, crime bill 1994 also had harsh punishment for hate crimes. So it's ironic to me that the person who wrote somehow was "racially motivated", yet they decide to include hate crimes in the bill? It was an ill-advised bill that just proved that harsher punishment is not necessarily a deterrent, but was it really a bill that was conceived with a racist intent? Absolutely not. The bill banned assault weapons for example. Also if not for that bill, we wouldn't have registries for sexual offenders today. So let's not act like all of it was bad. Some crimes especially drug-related were too harsh, but we've evolved as a society to realize that it doesn't work that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LilyLark 10,141 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 15 minutes ago, TheQueenEnthusiast said: This too. But we cannot forget about https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/politics/joe-biden-crime-bill-mass-incarceration.html I have serious issues with Joe and I think he and (to be fair, Bernie) are both mildly racist in that old white guy kind of way. But...I do want to point out the video in this clip on twitter was edited and taken wildly out of context. Credit to several Bernie people who hate Joe but have been calling the twitter account out for the disinformation. I truly worry that 2020 is going to turn into people falling for things on social media that get passed around way easily without people doing research. Even a few blue check journos retweeted this, before correcting the mistake. I've already seen right wing accounts masquerading as Dems passing around edited or straight up photoshops/deep fakes of Biden, Bernie, and Warren (mostly Biden and Bernie, as they are the two front runners), and it's going to get so much worse. At least a couple of journos have been calling the accounts out, but I worry.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley 59,545 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 The woman who sang that song. Bad Romance by the Rah Rah Bitch Applause by the Performer who Lives for It Perfect Illusion by the Woman who Was Disillusioned Million Reasons by the Woman who Stayed Shallow by the Woman who Needed More Always Remember Us This Way by the Woman who was all choked up. @KinneyUnderYou Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQueenEnthusiast 937 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 minute ago, LilyLark said: I have serious issues with Joe and I think he and (to be fair, Bernie) are both mildly racist in that old white guy kind of way. But...I do want to point out the video in this clip on twitter was edited and taken wildly out of context. Credit to several Bernie people who hate Joe but have been calling the twitter account out for the disinformation. I truly worry that 2020 is going to turn into people falling for things on social media that get passed around way easily without people doing research. Even a few blue check journos retweeted this, before correcting the mistake. I've already seen right wing accounts masquerading as Dems passing around edited or straight up photoshops/deep fakes of Biden, Bernie, and Warren (mostly Biden and Bernie, as they are the two front runners), and it's going to get so much worse. At least a couple of journos have been calling the accounts out, but I worry.... That's exactly what happened with 2016 though. If it weren't for the misinformation of DT and just the explosion of right wing trolls on Twitter and Facebook, he probably wouldn't have won. My mom thought the Sun was going to hit us with a solar flare because of Facebook. Like???? WHO IS TELLING SIS THIS STUFF LOL. Young people for the most part can tell when something smells fishy. It's the older people on social media. No one votes like old people. NO ONE. Regardless, I highly doubt Biden is going to win the nominee. Many people on the left REALLY REALLY do not like him and what he did in the 90s. Policing and more laws is NOT the way you go to try to grow black and brown communities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQueenEnthusiast 937 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Bradley said: The woman who sang that song. Bad Romance by the Rah Rah Bitch Applause by the Performer who Lives for It Perfect Illusion by the Woman who Was Disillusioned Million Reasons by the Woman who Stayed Shallow by the Woman who Needed More Always Remember Us This Way by the Woman who was all choked up. @KinneyUnderYou Omg you have Geralt as your main profile. I posted a thread trying to convince people to watch it The Witcher and people didn't reply sjsjsksksks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meredith Grey 3,168 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 52 minutes ago, Buddy said: Get a job (not president)! I’m SCREAMING Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley 59,545 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, TheQueenEnthusiast said: Omg you have Geralt as your main profile. I posted a thread trying to convince people to watch it The Witcher and people didn't reply sjsjsksksks. The blasphemy. I haven't seen the whole thing but I'm really enjoying it so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane_c 480 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 This is sad if its true because he considers Gaga his friend. He knows her name very well. If he purposely didn't say it it could be because she indicated she doesn't want to be involved in his campaign, maybe because of his controversies about working with segregationists and 'sniffing people's hair'. She may not want to be associated with him because of that. She may think it could damage her for LG6. I know someone said she follows Sanders and not Biden which is surprising. Sanders has young supporters though who would be more likely to buy her album. It could be he just forgot though or he said her name after the video cut off. I hope thats what it was because once Biden is the nominee Id like to see her be involved. I guess at that point just about everybody in show biz will though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDaniel 14,666 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 The way he said culture cringes my ears Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 noah fence but.. i dont think being on a campaign trail is healthy for him anymore.. his mental state, at least to me, seems bad lately. i just feel really bad for him, thats all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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