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In reply to the discussion: I'm so disappointed, sad and a little angry to see so many people not only defend Northam [View all]c-rational
(2,600 posts)55. EffieBlack, I have read a number of posts on this issue, yours and others, and i believe you are
spot on. You have eloquently described this sorrowful situation and I completely agree with the positions you have put forth. Northam should resign - period.
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I'm so disappointed, sad and a little angry to see so many people not only defend Northam [View all]
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
OP
Well that is the point of a discussion board. And through discussion maybe you've changed a few
UniteFightBack
Feb 2019
#10
I'm so sorry you're having to do this heavy lifting. Thank you for your work. K&R.
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2019
#3
One poster said an African American DU member and Northam critic needed to get "over herself."
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#5
He puts his finger out in the wind and sees which way it is blowing, then he becomes a democrat.
demosincebirth
Feb 2019
#234
Seeing the cavalcade of excuses being dished out last night was really kind of
bullwinkle428
Feb 2019
#14
Thank you for this, Effie. I always seem to learn from your posts. BIG K&R!
SaveOurDemocracy
Feb 2019
#16
Maybe the decent non-racist people you know dress up in blackface and Klan attire
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#28
But besides the anti-Semitic stuff they did, what proof you have that they're anti-semitic?
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#36
We all live in a racist society, and it's very, very difficult to unlearn institutionalized racism.
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2019
#46
This is a very difficult subject to comment on in view the Kavenaugh situation.
Pepsidog
Feb 2019
#71
If they agree that he should pay no price for what most consider outrageous racism, then, yes,
Atticus
Feb 2019
#85
As to the third point there is another possibiity: that he didn't know about the photo.
Ms. Toad
Feb 2019
#76
It's a rare bird who doens't look at themselves in a yearbook when it comes out.
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2019
#79
You may be right - but that was 35 years ago when he did not necessarily have political aspirations.
Ms. Toad
Feb 2019
#103
Yes, but besides the example of hateful bigotry, what proof do you have that he was a hateful bigot?
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#45
What about the photos taken *before* that photo? Watch the whole roll of film!
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2019
#47
His nickname was Coonman in his undergraduate studies. Add that to the sum
greatbaldeagle
Feb 2019
#70
EffieBlack, I have read a number of posts on this issue, yours and others, and i believe you are
c-rational
Feb 2019
#55
Effie the people on this board defending the Govener are trolls or bots. I think the majority agree
Pisces
Feb 2019
#68
Welcome to the club. I have to suffer through sports fans denigrating my culture and rituals every
catbyte
Feb 2019
#74
Thank you for taking the time to write about this issue -- I find your words persuasive.
aikoaiko
Feb 2019
#81
This wasn't ratfcking. Obviously we have to be careful about that, but Roger Stone
The Velveteen Ocelot
Feb 2019
#88
Also, nobody seems to have discussed how or why the photo made it into the yearbook
The Velveteen Ocelot
Feb 2019
#86
It's up to Virginians, IMO. Or...which other Governors are outsiders going to torpedo?
Honeycombe8
Feb 2019
#89
The choice isn't between him and a Republican. Next in line is a black progressive Justin Fairfax,
pnwmom
Feb 2019
#99
It's up to Virginia. They elected him. They can oust him, if they want. nt
Honeycombe8
Feb 2019
#104
I have stated my views in a prior OP and will not repeat them here. Suffice it to say that I not
Atticus
Feb 2019
#91
No, she's mostly explaining to white people, because most of the people defending him
pnwmom
Feb 2019
#100
I dont defend him. He acted like scum...but is it really helpful to allow the GOP to appoint the
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#98
What that means is that you are willing to USE a situation that HURTS black people --
pnwmom
Feb 2019
#101
I make no excuses but we lose three years of legislation is Northam resigns...because the
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#107
If he convinces people that he truly is a changed man, then I can see his being forgiven.
Iggo
Feb 2019
#114
You joined DU less than an hour ago and you're all over the board posting about trolls
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#122
Exactly. The trolls are out in force in support of him not stepping down. Every Democrat wants him
Pisces
Feb 2019
#132
I know he was willing LAST YEAR to AIRBRUSH his black running mate out of campaign materials
pnwmom
Feb 2019
#131
"His wife and children are black" is very different than "some if his best friends are black"
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#187
Franken was joking with someone whose role on the USO tour was sexual innuendo jokes
AdamGG
Feb 2019
#175
Holding someone responsible for harmful things they did is not "shooting one of our own."
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2019
#189
Let the people of VA decide. They elected him for LT.Gov in 2014-2018 and just now this?
YOHABLO
Feb 2019
#166
I was anti-gay in college, was 100% against it, and I was wrong. People change. Nt
USALiberal
Feb 2019
#208
To quote Andrew Gillum, "As my grandmother used to say, a hit dog will holler."
retread
Feb 2019
#229