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thucythucy

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8. Back in the 1950s and early 1960s

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Apr 7, 2021, 12:16 PM

Apr 2021

William F. Buckley argued that white segregationist southerners were justified in keeping people of color from voting because Black voters were uneducated.

Somehow white uneducated voters of course weren't ever a problem.

So the National Review has a long corporate history of justifying voter suppression.

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National Review saying the quiet part out loud....... [View all] Nevilledog Apr 2021 OP

Nice try, assholes. dalton99a Apr 2021 #1

I wonder what "better" really means? MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #2

It means fewer GQP voters, obviously. lagomorph777 Apr 2021 #6

Something like this? IrishAfricanAmerican Apr 2021 #30

false equivalency much Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #3

Fascism Blecht Apr 2021 #4

Tradition. Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #25

I agree.... Sogo Apr 2021 #5

"fewer but better "is likely another logical fallacy clothed in right wing fluff Layzeebeaver Apr 2021 #7

Back in the 1950s and early 1960s thucythucy Apr 2021 #8

Buckley was a scumbag as are all conservatives. Dawson Leery Apr 2021 #24

Gore Vidal nailed him as a cryptofascist, and all Buckley could do was attack his sexual preference. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #29

If your MAGA hat is lined with Alcoa, GOP will say you're a better voter. blm Apr 2021 #9

First question on voter test: Who won 2020? ExciteBike66 Apr 2021 #10

racist and sexist jonstl08 Apr 2021 #11

Does The National Review understand that would Deminpenn Apr 2021 #12

When your actual policies serve only the wealthiest people... Caliman73 Apr 2021 #13

GOP-the party of false equivalencies Pantagruel Apr 2021 #14

Yes, they are taxi Apr 2021 #15

YES WHITT Apr 2021 #16

So how did Trump get to vote let alone be president? malaise Apr 2021 #17

Such questions! Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #28

Well, Vlad was voted the sexiest Russian....so perhaps he would be "better"? MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #33

NRA darlink Maria Butina gloms on to Navalny in GULAG Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #34

I don't think there is a quiet part anymore EleanorR Apr 2021 #18

Just feeding the right with more talking points for Libs to refute maxsolomon Apr 2021 #19

Wealthy white male landowners, perhaps... hunter Apr 2021 #20

Oh seriously??? PatSeg Apr 2021 #21

So, all voters should be as intelligent as followers of Q? world wide wally Apr 2021 #22

Wow! That pretty much says it all. peggysue2 Apr 2021 #23

POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Thunderbeast Apr 2021 #26

Right! It was only the best and brightest that voted for Trump? kentuck Apr 2021 #27

Did he mean to describe the average Republican/Trump voter in this line? Ace Rothstein Apr 2021 #31

yeah, I read that. Was too disgusted with it to post it here Demovictory9 Apr 2021 #32