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Related: About this forumRing of Fire: GA Senator Thinks Voting is Too Easy for Black People
Ring of Fire's Sam Seder and author Cliff Schecter discuss Georgia state Senator Fran Millar's comments regarding early voting in the state, and how he believes it makes it far too easy for minorities to vote.
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Ring of Fire: GA Senator Thinks Voting is Too Easy for Black People (Original Post)
GoLeft TV
Sep 2014
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My what a nice, well-spoken, educated-sounding stone racist thing to say. A veneer ...
marble falls
Sep 2014
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tularetom
(23,664 posts)1. Interesting - I like Sam Seder but I generally find him unlistenable
Normally he can't go two sentences without pausing for an "um". That man says "um" more than any ten TV commentators.
This was an exception. Thanks for posting it.
ballyhoo
(2,060 posts)4. I can't stand him either. I'm never sure if he knows
what he's talking about.
marble falls
(57,106 posts)2. My what a nice, well-spoken, educated-sounding stone racist thing to say. A veneer ...
of cheerful and moderated tone doesn't make it any less hate speech.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)3. Lots of racist legislators like that, and many think we need to reinstate literacy/civics testing.
That seems quite popular on some of the "bipartisan" political sites.