General Discussion

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)

55. I don't think I have said a person's origin, age or income bracket can make them qualified or not.

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 12:02 PM

Dec 2018

I believe that would be you making that argument, I have said quite the opposite in fact.

You keep talking in absolutes, which is generally a conservative trait - the with us or against us, positive/negative, black/white, good/evil, etc. Almost everything about humans is a range, rather than polar opposites. Indeed, we are starting to recognize that seemingly opposites such as gender, have a range between them.

What a person has done, what a person says is more important to me than what they look like, where they grew up. These are not, as you put it, the "only qualities" I would consider, but the qualities you keep promoting as advantages are not qualifications in my opinion. You, as always are free to think that way. I do not.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

55 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Minority voters vote for white presidential candidates ALL the time [View all] EffieBlack Dec 2018 OP

Of course, goes without saying but I guess it doesnt. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #1

True, but I think that's a moot point right now. ecstatic Dec 2018 #2

As long as people are discussing potential candidates, my point is not moot EffieBlack Dec 2018 #3

Curiosity compels me to ask... druidity33 Dec 2018 #4

No EffieBlack Dec 2018 #5

Absolutely Effie. Caliman73 Dec 2018 #6

You nailed it! EffieBlack Dec 2018 #13

If the party accepted the reverse. Democrats would never win. rogue emissary Dec 2018 #7

K&R. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2018 #8

And women have voted for male presidential candidates mcar Dec 2018 #9

You're exactly right. EffieBlack Dec 2018 #14

This. K&R JHan Dec 2018 #10

Exactly Afromania Dec 2018 #11

What gets me is the thread from yesterday with a allegedly well researched finding... brush Dec 2018 #12

But some Democrats just don't see color or gender! johnp3907 Dec 2018 #15

With Democrats like that, who needs Republicans? violetpastille Dec 2018 #17

It needs to be strongly stressed that the most qualified candidate that can be elected should LiberalFighter Dec 2018 #16

What constitutes "qualified"? EffieBlack Dec 2018 #18

K&R Solly Mack Dec 2018 #19

Hear! Hear! Kick, Rec and BRAVA! Stinky The Clown Dec 2018 #20

A different view question everything Dec 2018 #21

No, a majority of white voters did not vote for Obama EffieBlack Dec 2018 #30

The truth is - I voted for him because I would always vote for the Democratic candidate question everything Dec 2018 #34

That's everyone EffieBlack Dec 2018 #36

She has been active progressively her whole life, even before marrying Bill. question everything Dec 2018 #38

Republicans think this way IronLionZion Dec 2018 #22

Of course you are right. potone Dec 2018 #23

K/R'ed LovingA2andMI Dec 2018 #24

I'm really like Kamala Harris; but I wish WhiteTara Dec 2018 #25

That's why the Repubs couldn't allow her to win... Wounded Bear Dec 2018 #28

Of course, she is very powerful. WhiteTara Dec 2018 #33

I was struck on Election Night EffieBlack Dec 2018 #37

It is a bit of a double edged sword, isn't... Wounded Bear Dec 2018 #26

Post removed Post removed Dec 2018 #27

A-fuckin'-men. Basement Beat Dec 2018 #29

K&R betsuni Dec 2018 #31

Voting for white presidential candidates people Dec 2018 #32

Awesome post! EffieBlack Dec 2018 #35

K&R PunkinPi Dec 2018 #39

This pasty old white guy sellitman Dec 2018 #40

Several factual misstatements in the OP Bucky Dec 2018 #41

What exactly in my OP were "factual misstatements" EffieBlack Dec 2018 #42

I do use race and gender as metrics when considering my vote. WeekiWater Dec 2018 #43

Very interesting take. Thanks! EffieBlack Dec 2018 #44

Thank you for hosting such a conversation. WeekiWater Dec 2018 #45

Can we get Obama back? Like, for life? Nt lostnfound Dec 2018 #46

Let this old white lady get in her two cents worth dem in texas Dec 2018 #47

"for the pushback I see against suggestions that the Dems should try to include a minority candidat" LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #48

I'm not aware of anyone who selects a candidate SOLELY because they are a minority EffieBlack Dec 2018 #50

"having their race be considered as an attribute" LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #51

How is saying someone is a woman any different than saying they are working class or from Scranton? EffieBlack Dec 2018 #52

I see that you are an African-American woman because you have said so. LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #53

How does being from Scranton or being young or not being wealthy EffieBlack Dec 2018 #54

I don't think I have said a person's origin, age or income bracket can make them qualified or not. LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #55

I vote a straight Democratic ticket, ALWAYS! oldlibdem Dec 2018 #49