Democratic Primaries

Garrett78

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44. I don't know how to make it more clear that I'm not advocating running on this issue.

Reply to Kahuna7 (Reply #43)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 06:01 PM

Feb 2019

I, mean, read what I've fucking said.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Castro and others come out in favor reparations. [View all] rogue emissary Feb 2019 OP

Explain how you sell reparations to a General Election population. brooklynite Feb 2019 #1

Again listen to Castro response. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #2

Which will get interesting when we talk about Native American tribes that owned slaves LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #4

As I wrote it's a huge issue. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #6

Talking about it will make the Republican much more likely to get elected brooklynite Feb 2019 #7

So can we stop talking about free education, rogue emissary Feb 2019 #13

Those ideas are far less radical and disruptive than Reparations. brooklynite Feb 2019 #15

Critics of each of those issue say the same thing. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #19

If there's "division", it's because this issue DOESN'T have support by a significant voter share brooklynite Feb 2019 #25

No, cause we don't even have a policy. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #29

In the absence of a policy, it allows opponents to frame it in the worst case terms. brooklynite Feb 2019 #31

+1,000,000 oasis Feb 2019 #50

Back in high school an "indigenous" friend (wish we knew Hortensis Feb 2019 #82

Thanks for injecting reality into the discussion Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #83

You don't think that's been tried before??? nt Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #30

To a GE audience? Definitely not brooklynite Feb 2019 #63

There are a lot of ideas I think are never going to happen. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #3

The majority of the country DownriverDem Feb 2019 #58

Good.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #5

Well then, I guess we're a wash... brooklynite Feb 2019 #8

What has Harris and Warren said about reparations? Polybius Feb 2019 #46

..... LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #48

This is a loser position calguy Feb 2019 #9

It's moronic! I don't have a candidate yet. Most of those who are announced.. Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #12

I sure wish I could disagree! True Blue American Feb 2019 #54

"Queen of mean?" Maru Kitteh Feb 2019 #59

Go bother somebody else. Don't come at me like you know me. Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #72

Don't regurgitate sexist claptrap and it won't be an issue. Maru Kitteh Feb 2019 #73

You probably believe because I have a low post count, I'm a newbie... Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #74

Were you 103 with a post count of 400K, you would still be Maru Kitteh Feb 2019 #78

How do I get this person to stop harassing me. My God, you're sickening. nt Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #79

I guess we can go ahead and check the "no" box on that substance thing. Maru Kitteh Feb 2019 #81

Post removed Post removed Feb 2019 #80

Nice Bucky Feb 2019 #87

See post 13. I ask the same question to you. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #14

See post 15. calguy Feb 2019 #17

Talking about it isn't going to doom us. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #32

There's precedent for reparations. Native Americans, Jewish people and others... Garrett78 Feb 2019 #10

Exactly, my family never took or benefited rogue emissary Feb 2019 #16

Affirmative action was supposed to be a form of reparations... Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #28

Wake up BeyondGeography Feb 2019 #51

This is dumb. Warren, Harris, now Castro. Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #11

It's not pandering. It's long overdue and sensible policy. Nobody is talking about... Garrett78 Feb 2019 #18

So you really think the majority of voters will appreciate the discussion??? Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #23

Did I say that anywhere in my post? Garrett78 Feb 2019 #34

Did I say you said it anywhere in my post??? I asked you a question. nt Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #35

Right. Because everyone who is just asking a question replies to a post by saying... Garrett78 Feb 2019 #37

Ok you got me. Do you mind answering the question now? nt Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #38

Why is it sensible? Vinnie From Indy Feb 2019 #24

It isn't sensible. It's the third rail of politics. nt Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #27

Because justice. That's why. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #40

This is an election. The goal in winning is to not run on third rail issues.. Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #43

I don't know how to make it more clear that I'm not advocating running on this issue. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #44

Do you have a link to Coates's article defending it? Bucky Feb 2019 #89

Foolishness. Adrahil Feb 2019 #20

People think the exact same thing with the Green New Deal rogue emissary Feb 2019 #21

Yep. And abolishing healthcare companies... Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #26

I don't have to agree with a candidate on everything. NT Adrahil Feb 2019 #53

Be cool if someone had argued you did... LanternWaste Feb 2019 #75

Why not just wait until after we have won the election? Vinnie From Indy Feb 2019 #22

That's not how a democracy works. If you want a policy, you gotta get a mandate for it. Bucky Feb 2019 #88

This is a dead end. Shemp Howard Feb 2019 #33

Wrong. Jobs don't solve everything. Classism doesn't reign supreme. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #36

Thank you Garrett78. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #41

What are you talking about? Shemp Howard Feb 2019 #42

Garrett78 was illustrating the sheer IDIOCY and tone-deaf notion that jobs solve everything Maru Kitteh Feb 2019 #60

OUCH! Bucky Feb 2019 #91

Oh, I know, I know. "There there little lady, simmer down now" Maru Kitteh Feb 2019 #94

You're talking about a sea change in Eyeball_Kid Feb 2019 #39

Correct - that's why it needs to be JustAnotherGen Feb 2019 #66

Stick a fork in him nt doc03 Feb 2019 #45

If you want Reparations, you have to solve four problems brooklynite Feb 2019 #47

Thank you for this post. It's a great template for understanding the maze Bucky Feb 2019 #93

Propose a commission to explore the possibility. No promises, please. oasis Feb 2019 #49

Nope. It's not like the issue has never come up. The mere mention Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #67

As talk of "impeachment" would have worked against Dems in 2018, any oasis Feb 2019 #68

Agreed. Do not raise issues that are GUARANTEED to turn off not only swing voters... Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #69

With 2020 safely behind us, the conversation can be restarted. nt oasis Feb 2019 #71

I'll take things that will never happen... tonedevil Feb 2019 #86

Can't push it forward right now. That's all. Forums oasis Feb 2019 #95

This is a topic... tonedevil Feb 2019 #96

The United Nations' Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent visited the US in 2015. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #52

Reparations is an official act of healing. Even openly talking about it is healing. ancianita Feb 2019 #55

How healing is an election loss? brooklynite Feb 2019 #64

Sometimes a powerful idea catches hold. You never know, do you, if the idea guarantees loss. ancianita Feb 2019 #65

Any talk of reparations that doesn't have autonomous land as it's basis solidLxxi Feb 2019 #56

Just what the Democrats need: another controversial issue. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #57

It might...It might...Yeah, but also might not.. Why risk it? Kahuna7 Feb 2019 #70

I won't support any candidate who endorses this idea.* BostonBlue Feb 2019 #61

If you won't support the Democratic nominee, you're on the wrong website. Bucky Feb 2019 #92

I think this is a losing issue. Mr. Smith Feb 2019 #62

Which is why all the candidates say they're open to discussing it Bucky Feb 2019 #77

How about the Indians, they had their land taken away from them katmondoo Feb 2019 #76

But those tribes took their African slaves with them, which complicates the issue. LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #84

This is part of the Gordian knot that holds this issue together. Bucky Feb 2019 #90

Or Mexican Americans who were illegally force-deported in the 1930s and 1950s. Bucky Feb 2019 #85

Interestingly, Bernie still hasn't... Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #97