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Kashkakat v.2.0

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7. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, and what isnt happening - is for people to just own their mistakes in a
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 02:20 PM
Feb 2019

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forthright way. Use the media attention to inform and educate - tell us what they learned and why it shouldnt have happened, and what they have done to make amends.

Beto O did a good job of modeling how this can be done.

Everyones done stupid things - the question is, what would you have done differently and what do you do in the present to make it better?

Dont deny deny deny, and then offer some lame half arsed apology. "Im sorry if it offended anyone."

Ralph N - explain to us why on earth blackface is such a big thing in VA (this white person wants to know) and explain why it is so offensive to people now ( ie give history of blackface and how carcicatures portrayed black people as less than human and how it was used systematically to keep them in their place)

Accused of date rape? Even this could be a teachable moment if handled right. Tell us how you got your signals confused and in the past the awareness wasnt as great, and if you had it to do over again youd get a clear "yes" and consent from your partner.

THEN MOVE ON. Dont keep rehashing.

Yeah there are things that are completely unforgiveable, and which would require a "time out" from being in a political role..... at least until person can redeem themselves and prove theyve changed. But the things you listed I think are things that could be addressed and resolved by someone with good communication skills and sincerity.

I wont and cant call out one person in particular ( he knows who he is) Rustyeye77 Feb 2019 #1
Do not rush to judgment. Get the facts. Say "no" to manipulation. delisen Feb 2019 #2
THIS!!! They are running GAME on us and using moral absolutism to divide and conquer. Baltimike Feb 2019 #35
too bad we bdamomma Feb 2019 #3
We purified our party with Al Frankin Rustyeye77 Feb 2019 #4
Yeah, Doug Jones beat Roy Moore because we got rid of Franken dalton99a Feb 2019 #29
Yes and no Empowerer Feb 2019 #5
Basically... ConnorMarc Feb 2019 #10
I respectfully disagree Rustyeye77 Feb 2019 #11
I am being consistent Empowerer Feb 2019 #17
It's public now. theboss Feb 2019 #25
Yes, I just read her statement Empowerer Feb 2019 #27
That's out as well theboss Feb 2019 #28
I'm sure if we keep this up every one of the candidates will be gone democratisphere Feb 2019 #6
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, and what isnt happening - is for people to just own their mistakes in a Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2019 #7
In Virginia they declare the chaos and Republican takeover.... LAS14 Feb 2019 #8
Holding people accountable is always the right move theboss Feb 2019 #15
See we hold someone accountable for a single offense so that... LAS14 Feb 2019 #22
Do we all get one free rape? One free act of racism? theboss Feb 2019 #23
Rape, no. Racism???? So you're saying neither you nor anyone... LAS14 Feb 2019 #31
What is the nuance in black face? theboss Feb 2019 #34
It's the trade off with the consequences, not the midconduct, that's nuanced. nt LAS14 Feb 2019 #42
So we have 0 tolerance for racism unless it hurts us politically theboss Feb 2019 #43
Not presently racist treestar Feb 2019 #67
I'd imagine the answer is to look at each individually, objectively, on on their own merits. LanternWaste Feb 2019 #9
+1 DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #14
I know some people who would give you an argument about that. Rustyeye77 Feb 2019 #16
This sounds reasonable MustLoveBeagles Feb 2019 #45
Yes. Like stop claiming that hesitation on whether Northam should resign is treestar Feb 2019 #64
That's for their constituents to decide leftynyc Feb 2019 #12
Fairfax, I give more time. Warren is a known quantity, but she shouldn't seek the presidency theboss Feb 2019 #13
Well DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #18
OK Rustyeye77 Feb 2019 #20
No Democrat should resign or be forced to resign their position unless dalton99a Feb 2019 #19
I agree Rustyeye77 Feb 2019 #21
So if Farifax admits that he raped her, but it's outside the statute of limitations, he stays theboss Feb 2019 #24
I'm hoping you'll keep us in line. BannonsLiver Feb 2019 #49
Shouldn't we have a higher standard ? Trumpocalypse Feb 2019 #26
Did youj miss the Ertel resignation?... PoliticAverse Feb 2019 #55
I think there is a deep rooted cause of our PC trigger finger LiberalLovinLug Feb 2019 #30
Apparently, yes. We're the party of no forgiveness and intolerance. bitterross Feb 2019 #32
I wasn't aware that Elizabeth Warren had done anything that warranted her stepping down... brooklynite Feb 2019 #33
Many of these are targets of Republican operatives DBoon Feb 2019 #36
No one should resign until Trump does Poiuyt Feb 2019 #37
+1. And Chris Collins, Duncan Hunter, Steve King, Gym Jordan, et al dalton99a Feb 2019 #41
They don't play by the same rules we do our King would be gone. redstatebluegirl Feb 2019 #38
OMG...your last sentence sums it up perfectly. nt Baltimike Feb 2019 #39
We need to be careful about that, situational ethics is not a good look for us as we try ... marble falls Feb 2019 #57
I've said from the beginning that NotAPuppet Feb 2019 #40
Tyson told everyone at the time. Rustyeye77 Feb 2019 #50
Tyson did not tell anyone until 2017. NotAPuppet Feb 2019 #52
Northam: resignation. Fairfax: investigation. We shouldn't lump them all together. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #44
Well, based on some people's desires for... Rustyeye77 Feb 2019 #46
Bernie Sanders wrote some scandalous material before running for Congress, ecstatic Feb 2019 #47
answers Takket Feb 2019 #48
What is best for the Party.... Northam resign, the other only if additional things come out 4139 Feb 2019 #51
The absolute need for Democrats to win. somaticexperiencing Feb 2019 #53
"The absolute need to win" got us Watergate, GWB and Donald J. Trump. marble falls Feb 2019 #58
And the absolute need to be pure leads us to no leaders. somaticexperiencing Feb 2019 #63
welcome to DU gopiscrap Feb 2019 #73
I just wish people would stop trying to spin this stuff.. doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #54
So if Republicans did what those in VA did you would ask them to resign? somaticexperiencing Feb 2019 #56
Sooo our leaders are special so they get free passes? marble falls Feb 2019 #59
I would ask Republicans to resign, without even hesitation. doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #61
Who said we should overlook it? treestar Feb 2019 #66
Absolutely agree. Far too easy to use our own absolutism against us. somaticexperiencing Feb 2019 #70
What if it ... IS ... factually different?! I'm sick of the overt false equivalencies uponit7771 Feb 2019 #71
Is there such a thing as forgiving people any more? wasupaloopa Feb 2019 #60
I honestly have no problem with how the AG handled the issue... doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #62
Everything is your mine and their perceptions. We don't hang people on perceptions. wasupaloopa Feb 2019 #69
Not every crime deserves the death penalty. We need to .... LAS14 Feb 2019 #65
Ralph Northam Charlotte Little Feb 2019 #68
x1000! peggysue2 Feb 2019 #72
Ine of these things is not like the other ones... MrGrieves Feb 2019 #74
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