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Goodheart

(5,760 posts)
Fri Jun 28, 2019, 03:08 PM Jun 2019

Huh? Politicianspeak: "I never, ever opposed voluntary busing".

WTF is that even supposed to mean?

If you weren't in favor of mandatory busing then you were opposed to busing, period.

"I was never, ever opposed to voluntarily surrendering your guns" is the same sort of statement a politician would use if he wanted to be mealy-mouthed about opposing some future mandatory gun buy back program should we ever finally decide that we don't want those on our streets.

Sorry, Joe... JUST ADMIT YOUR MISTAKE for chrissake.


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Huh? Politicianspeak: "I never, ever opposed voluntary busing". (Original Post) Goodheart Jun 2019 OP
See: "On the busing controversy" emulatorloo Jun 2019 #1
Kamala's Berkeley program was voluntary per NPR. ucrdem Jun 2019 #2
 

emulatorloo

(45,498 posts)
1. See: "On the busing controversy"
Fri Jun 28, 2019, 03:30 PM
Jun 2019
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=175484

The history of busing is not that simple. Many unintended consequences caused both the AA community and left-liberals to question it once it was implemented.

Is Senator Harris running on reinstating busing? I haven’t heard that she is.
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ucrdem

(15,700 posts)
2. Kamala's Berkeley program was voluntary per NPR.
Fri Jun 28, 2019, 03:31 PM
Jun 2019

So it's a relevant distinction.

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