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ericgtr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:37 AM Original message |
Poll question: Poll question: Is it racist when 90% of white people in America vote for the White candidate? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. 90% of white people voted for Hillary Clinton? |
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ericgtr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Call it a hypothetical |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. of course it is |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. You can't answer a question posed in this way. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Except you said "when" not "if" |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It doesn't say Hillary Clinton |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. ok, so let's take another example |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. As a white person, I agree with the black voters 99% |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. most people don't |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. No he would not. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. no, that is the negative part of racism |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I'm sorry you lost me, what is the positive part of racism? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. well, there are identity politics than can be very useful |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. The problem is love beats hate. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 07:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Except for Rice and the Powell family. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is not a fair poll when a majority of the people in this |
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ericgtr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Ahh.. so it's only racist if blacks vote for blacks then? n/t |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. What? |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. This only happened in Miss. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Right |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 07:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Until this year, 99% of Democratic voters voted for white candidates in the primaries |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. Bad question. People vote for candidates for various reasons. I would have voted..... |
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TheZug (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
8. Is it sexist when women vote for the woman? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. if that's the reason they are going it, yes |
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ericgtr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Exactly my point |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. What about the fact that a women might be more sympathetic |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. In between |
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Ronnie (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
16. Too many variables. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, it would be. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. So white voters in 2004 were racist? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Al Sharpton? |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Yep, it's called overreaching.......... |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Not at all - if black voters were voting for candidates solely because they're black, they SHOULD be |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
23. you are not giving enough information on these polls. either way ir people base their decision on |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
25. Yes, it's racist |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. kick |
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George_Bonanza (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
26. 100% of presidents have been White; Blacks were enslaved, disenfranchised, and discriminated against |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Everyone of a different race can be racist and angry. |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. Voting for a person because of the color of his skin is racist. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
36. About the only way I see |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
41. Bad Question. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. So, as long as whites are more than 50% of the electorate, it is wrong to ask whether there's a |
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