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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 10:55 AM

GummyBearz (2,931 posts)

 

Rapper 'Diddy' urges black people to not get out the vote...

(CNN)Rapper-turned-mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs said he thinks that black voters "got a little bit shortchanged" by Barack Obama's presidency, and urged the black community to "hold our vote" as a way to spur meaningful action by political leaders.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/05/politics/sean-diddy-combs-shortchanged-obama/index.html

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Reply Rapper 'Diddy' urges black people to not get out the vote... (Original post)
 GummyBearz Sep 2016 OP
LineReply Can't stand him or his so-called music! n/t
 michaz Sep 2016 #1
LineReply I disagree.
 GOLGO 13 Sep 2016 #2
LineReply Yep, another guy (race doesn't matter in this instance) that can afford Trump as prez.
 tonyt53 Sep 2016 #3
LineLineReply Cannot Afford A Clinton Presidency
 erpowers Sep 2016 #19
LineReply What a dufus.
 WhiteTara Sep 2016 #4
LineReply Good to hear that the obnoxiously rich guy wants the other obnoxiously rich guy to win
 Renew Deal Sep 2016 #5
LineReply He doesn't know it yet but he just moved into the Cornell West category.
 brush Sep 2016 #6
LineReply This guy has zero influence over the AA voter.
 Pisces Sep 2016 #7
LineLineReply I hope you are right.
 bighart Sep 2016 #8
LineLineLineReply His career tanked a while ago.
 bettyellen Sep 2016 #10
LineLineLineLineReply Yes, he hasn't been relevant since he dated Jennifer Lopez.
 4lbs Sep 2016 #20
LineLineLineReply how much does Brittany Spears influence the white vote?
 La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #22
LineLineLineLineReply I recall Diddy and Jay Z doing get out the vote functions
 bighart Sep 2016 #25
LineLineLineLineLineNew Reply jay z still has popular influence, not just with minorities but with young adults
 La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #28
LineReply He's jealous over Bey and Hova. And an idiot to boot.
 bettyellen Sep 2016 #9
LineReply The 1920 Ocoee Election Day Massacre
 struggle4progress Sep 2016 #11
LineReply If you haven't bothered to vote, I am not obliged
 razorman Sep 2016 #12
LineReply Who is he working for?
 lpbk2713 Sep 2016 #13
LineLineNew Reply From the linked article quote:
 bighart Sep 2016 #36
LineReply 1868 Opelousas Massacre
 struggle4progress Sep 2016 #14
LineReply People Died So I Could Vote
 struggle4progress Sep 2016 #15
LineReply Grave of Georgia man killed in 1948 for voting
 struggle4progress Sep 2016 #16
LineLineReply Thanks for these histories, they are quite depressing but important to know
 GummyBearz Sep 2016 #18
LineLineLineReply I absolutely will NOT contact him. He's either just seeking lime-light -- in which case
 struggle4progress Sep 2016 #24
LineReply Civil Rights Martyrs
 struggle4progress Sep 2016 #17
LineReply aww. he's sad that his fame is well and truly over.
 La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #21
LineReply Diddy was involved with Tupac and Biggie demise..
 HipChick Sep 2016 #23
LineReply Worthless POS idiot.
 Atman Sep 2016 #26
LineNew Reply Wasn't he the one preaching "Vote or Die?"
 SwankyXomb Sep 2016 #27
LineLineNew Reply Yes he was
 GummyBearz Sep 2016 #29
LineNew Reply Christ, what an asshole...
 Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #30
LineLineNew Reply Didn't Nick Cannon say he was sitting
 bighart Sep 2016 #34
LineLineLineNew Reply Well, at least they aren't telling black folks to stay home and "send a message"
 Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #35
LineNew Reply President Obama didn't fully his embrace Diddy's charter school fantasy, so he's pissed. n/t
 Tarheel_Dem Sep 2016 #31
LineNew Reply He likes to make his products off shore, also, just like Donald...
 kentuck Sep 2016 #32
LineNew Reply Idiot!
 sarcasmo Sep 2016 #33

Response to GummyBearz (Original post)

Tue Sep 6, 2016, 10:56 AM

michaz (1,352 posts)

1. Can't stand him or his so-called music! n/t

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 10:56 AM

GOLGO 13 (1,681 posts)

2. I disagree.

He's a joke & a rich know-nothing.

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 10:58 AM

tonyt53 (5,737 posts)

3. Yep, another guy (race doesn't matter in this instance) that can afford Trump as prez.

 

He has enough money so it doesn't matter who is in the WH or the make-up of the SCOTUS, or the Senate, or the House.

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:02 PM

erpowers (9,206 posts)

19. Cannot Afford A Clinton Presidency

Maybe some of the wealthy blacks who are telling black people not to vote actually want Donald Trump to win, but do not want to have to deal with the scorn and loss of fans that would come from backing Trump. P. Diddy would most likely get a large tax cut if Donald Trump were to win the election. If Hillary Clinton won the election, under the best case scenario his taxes would stay the same. Under the worse case scenario his taxes would go up. So, maybe it is not just that he can afford a Trump presidency; it is that he cannot afford, or does not want to pay the price of a Clinton presidency.

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:03 AM

Star Member WhiteTara (27,752 posts)

4. What a dufus.

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:08 AM

Star Member Renew Deal (79,994 posts)

5. Good to hear that the obnoxiously rich guy wants the other obnoxiously rich guy to win

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:12 AM

Star Member brush (42,257 posts)

6. He doesn't know it yet but he just moved into the Cornell West category.

What a moron. With racist, anti-immigrant Trump looming and the election 60 days away he's talking about withholding AA votes for Clinton.

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:14 AM

Star Member Pisces (5,385 posts)

7. This guy has zero influence over the AA voter.

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:24 AM

bighart (1,565 posts)

8. I hope you are right.

What do you base your comment on?

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:31 AM

bettyellen (47,209 posts)

10. His career tanked a while ago.

 

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:02 PM

4lbs (6,079 posts)

20. Yes, he hasn't been relevant since he dated Jennifer Lopez.

That was back in what 2002 or so.

I can't recall the last time I heard one of his songs.


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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:05 PM

La Lioness Priyanka (53,866 posts)

22. how much does Brittany Spears influence the white vote?

 

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:27 PM

bighart (1,565 posts)

25. I recall Diddy and Jay Z doing get out the vote functions

in 2008 and believe those functions were at least in part successful, that was the basis for my question.

As for Britney Spears I don't recall seeing where she has done get out the vote functions but I can't say for certain that she has not.

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:55 PM

La Lioness Priyanka (53,866 posts)

28. jay z still has popular influence, not just with minorities but with young adults

 

I am pretty sure p diddy is just about the same level of influence as Brittany with young people.

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:30 AM

bettyellen (47,209 posts)

9. He's jealous over Bey and Hova. And an idiot to boot.

 

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:42 AM

struggle4progress (114,519 posts)

11. The 1920 Ocoee Election Day Massacre

Jason Byrne
Nov 23, 2014

... One-by-one would-be black voters were turned away either by threats of violence or by poll workers who found their names “mysteriously” absent from the voter registration rolls. Pollsters instructed them to get documentation from notary public R. C. Biegelow to verify that they were .. registered to vote. Conveniently .. Biegelow .. was out .. fishing .. that day.

With little other option, most returned to their homes without casting their ballots. Mose Norman would not be so easily deterred. After being turned away that morning in his Ocoee precinct, he rode to Orlando to seek the council of Judge Cheney ...

Around 50 cars full of Klan members flooded into Ocoee from towns such as Winter Garden, Orlando, and Sanford. The growing ad hoc militia was more largely populated by outsiders than Ocoee townspeople themselves ...

His hanging body was riddled with bullets ... This .. was left .. as a warning .. with an accompanying note saying “This is what we do to niggers who try to vote” ...

https://medium.com/florida-history/ocoee-on-fire-the-1920-election-day-massacre-38adbda9666e#.l60noxrfh

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:45 AM

razorman (1,644 posts)

12. If you haven't bothered to vote, I am not obliged

to take you or your complaints seriously.

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:46 AM

Star Member lpbk2713 (41,064 posts)

13. Who is he working for?




Does he want to keep things the way they are ... or worse?

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:56 PM

bighart (1,565 posts)

36. From the linked article quote:


Diddy supported Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, appearing at a get-out-the-vote rally in Los Angeles that year. But the media mogul also told The Washington Post in an interview last October that GOP nominee Donald Trump "is a friend of mine, and he works very hard."

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:49 AM

struggle4progress (114,519 posts)

14. 1868 Opelousas Massacre

... White Mob in Opelousas, Louisiana killed nearly 300 Blacks Over The Right To Vote ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021434763

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:51 AM

struggle4progress (114,519 posts)

15. People Died So I Could Vote

Jocelyn Y. Stewart
Sept. 23, 2014

... I came to learn how perilous it had been for black people to vote in the South, especially in the era prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. People of color didn’t return from the poll wearing a splashy red, white and blue “I voted” sticker the way we might now. People of color often weren’t allowed to vote, and if they persisted, and tried organizing others to exercise their rights as Americans, they were often beaten, sometimes killed, for their efforts.

Hence my dad’s “you gotta vote” speeches. At the core of my dad’s fidelity to the ballot was an appreciation for the sacrifices made by everyday people that allowed African Americans—and other people of color—to obtain it.

In the 1950s, when my parents were kids, the NAACP began an effort to register voters in the small rural Louisiana town where they lived. Local African-American residents, like my mother’s father and the father of her friend Curtis Spears Jr., became members and participated in the effort.

One day Curtis’s father returned from town beaten and bloodied. The assault had come at the hands of the town marshal, who later explained it as a case of “mistaken identity.” Not long afterward, the loan on the family’s farm was recalled by the local lending institution. The family was forced to become sharecroppers—a plummet in status and fortune—all because of their desire to vote ...

http://time.com/3423102/people-died-so-i-could-vote/

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:56 AM

struggle4progress (114,519 posts)

16. Grave of Georgia man killed in 1948 for voting

... Dorothy Nixon Williams rested her hand on a rough concrete headstone etched with the word “Father,” bent to touch the concrete slab beneath it, then wept in the arms of her son.

“Father.” Her father, Isaiah Nixon, an African American man who had dared to vote in the 1948 Democratic Primary in Montgomery County, Georgia, only the second held since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled all-white primaries unconstitutional. Her father, who was gunned down by two white men that evening on the front porch of her home, when she was just six years old ...

Isaiah Nixon was shot on Sept. 8, 1948 and died two days later in a hospital in neighboring Laurens County. The white brothers who killed him, Jim A. Johnson and Johnnie Johnson, were arrested and charged with murder and accessory to murder ... but Jim Johnson was easily acquitted by the all-white jury, and charges against his brother were dropped ...

http://undergraduatestories.aau.edu/story/emory-students-find-long-lost-grave-of-georgia-man-killed-for-voting-in-1948/

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:02 PM

GummyBearz (2,931 posts)

18. Thanks for these histories, they are quite depressing but important to know

 

I think you should send them to Diddy Combs and post his response

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:24 PM

struggle4progress (114,519 posts)

24. I absolutely will NOT contact him. He's either just seeking lime-light -- in which case

I do not want to convey to him that anybody noticed -- or he's just a pretentious lazy-ass nitwit, who thinks that this nonsense is somehow proves he's edgy and sophisticated -- in which case, it's a waste of time to try to persuade him otherwise, since this hot air helps keep his self-opinion inflated

The history should be learned so it can be taught to confused but educable people

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:01 PM

struggle4progress (114,519 posts)

17. Civil Rights Martyrs

May 7, 1955 · Belzoni, Mississippi: Rev. George Lee, one of the first black people registered to vote in Humphreys County, used his pulpit and his printing press to urge others to vote. White officials offered Lee protection on the condition he end his voter registration efforts, but Lee refused and was murdered.

August 13, 1955 · Brookhaven, Mississippi: Lamar Smith was shot dead on the courthouse lawn by a white man in broad daylight while dozens of people watched. The killer was never indicted because no one would admit they saw a white man shoot a black man. Smith had organized blacks to vote in a recent election ...

September 25, 1961 · Liberty, Mississippi: Herbert Lee, who worked with civil rights leader Bob Moses to help register black voters, was killed by a state legislator who claimed self-defense and was never arrested. Louis Allen, a black man who witnessed the murder, was later also killed ...

August 20, 1965 · Hayneville, Alabama: Jonathan Myrick Daniels, an Episcopal Seminary student in Boston, had come to Alabama to help with black voter registration in Lowndes County. He was arrested at a demonstration, jailed in Hayneville and then suddenly released. Moments after his release, he was shot to death by a deputy sheriff ...

https://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do/civil-rights-memorial/civil-rights-martyrs

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:04 PM

La Lioness Priyanka (53,866 posts)

21. aww. he's sad that his fame is well and truly over.

 

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:11 PM

Star Member HipChick (25,393 posts)

23. Diddy was involved with Tupac and Biggie demise..

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:31 PM

Atman (31,464 posts)

26. Worthless POS idiot.

Oh, wait...he's not "worthless." He's worth a lot. And by black voters staying home, Trump is that much more likely to win, and Sean Combs will save fortunes on his taxes.

Hmmm...so happy to see he's politically active. Not.


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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:37 PM

SwankyXomb (2,030 posts)

27. Wasn't he the one preaching "Vote or Die?"

Looks like he abandoned that position last year, and what better way to throw a tantrum, than to help elect someone who is both a giant douche AND a turd sandwich?

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:56 PM

GummyBearz (2,931 posts)

29. Yes he was

 

And yes he is

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 02:44 PM

Blue_Tires (55,445 posts)

30. Christ, what an asshole...

Not this shit again -- There's always ONE every four years, like clockwork

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:15 PM

bighart (1,565 posts)

34. Didn't Nick Cannon say he was sitting

out this year too?
Seems like I heard Joe Madison talking about that a few weeks ago.

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:30 PM

Blue_Tires (55,445 posts)

35. Well, at least they aren't telling black folks to stay home and "send a message"

Yeah, President Trump would "send a message" all right


FFS that what heavyhanded GOP tricksters used to do back in the day...

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 02:45 PM

Tarheel_Dem (31,009 posts)

31. President Obama didn't fully his embrace Diddy's charter school fantasy, so he's pissed. n/t

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:02 PM

Star Member kentuck (105,923 posts)

32. He likes to make his products off shore, also, just like Donald...

He probably hides his money in the Caymans also?

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:03 PM

sarcasmo (21,994 posts)

33. Idiot!

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