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JoePhilly

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8. The racists would go to war if Obama tried to do anything significant on this topic.
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 09:31 AM
Jul 2015

Just electing him President caused them to lose their minds.

I also think that the distinction between economic inequality and social justice has been extremely muddled for quite a long time. I think most people, and most politicians, have assumed that they were more or less the same thing, and what we are coming to realize, is that they are not. Look on DU, there are plenty of folks who still don't get this.

And so before you can address a problem, you have to have clearly articulated what it is. And you have to get large numbers of people to "get it". And I think right now, that's where we are.

Until people "get it" no President can directly effect what one cop, in one department, in one district, in one state, does in this regard.

I think our candidates "get it", and they will be about equal in their ability to help the country "get it".

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