"It's easy to get ... blacks to vote for the Democratic candidate"

[last1standing]

I just read that statement on the Internet. Not at Free Republic, but at DU. I have to be honest and say that this kind of liberty with what "blacks" will or will not do is beginning to disgust me.

Am I wrong to think that this is racism? Am I just too sensitive when I read something like this and feel like the poster is claiming that "blacks" are no more than a commodity that the Democratic party can use in whatever way it desires?

Is there any reason "blacks" shouldn't read this and just say "To Hell with it, I'm staying home"? Would you vote for someone who said that you meant nothing more than a solid block of numbers?

Oh! just in case anyone is wondering, the "..." in the title was "latte liberals and".

[scheming daemons]

1. That's what Hillary and her supporters have been reduced to....

They've become George Wallace right before our eyes.



Or perhaps they always were.... but they hid it well until now.

[murielm99]

30. I think this sort of comment has no business at DU.

It should be deleted by the mods.

But that does not mean that this person is a typical Clinton supporter.

[last1standing]

37. Thanks for coming out against it, Muriel.

We ALL need to stand up to this kind of racist propaganda, regardless of the candidate we support.

[Forkboy]

2. The one who said is a nutbag anyways.

:freak:

[Midwestern Democrat]

13. I'm not remotely surprised by who said it .NT

[last1standing]

14. Something like this is usually posted by one of about five people.

I just keep wondering why they aren't banned yet. There was a time when racism wasn't tolerated at DU, now it's par for the course.

[Shakespeare]

16. Anybody want to take pity on me and PM me with the name?

I could probably make a good guess, though. x(

[last1standing]

17. Sent.

n/t

[roguevalley]

3. this sentiment is so bullshit I can't find a place to start. no one should

be taken for granted.

[grantcart]

4. sigh

[WillyT]

5. You Are Correct... It Is Also One Hell Of A Dangerous Assumption To Make...

:shrug:

[murielm99]

6. Where is this?

Link?

[last1standing]

8. I've sent you a PM as I can't call out another DUer with a link.

n/t

[BlooInBloo]

7. It's just how Clinton supporters are. I don't expect any better of them.

[last1standing]

9. No. The vast majority of Clinton supporters are good, decent people with an opposing view.

This is just a poster who seems to be on the far end of things.

[BlooInBloo]

10. I have yet to see any Clinton supporter speak out against that stuff....

But maybe I just missed it.

[Cha]

11. No, you didn't miss it ..there is

no such thing.

[last1standing]

12. Read some posts by bigtree or Tom Rinaldo.

They tend to be pretty decent posters who don't let partisanship blind them.

[NJSecularist]

15. Blacks have consistently voted for the Democratic nominee since the 70s.

The facts are the facts.

Sorry you don't want to hear them.

Even when Mondale lost in a blowout, he still won 90% of the black vote.

[anonymous171]

18. Democrats have also consistently lost the white vote.

Even Bill Clinton lost it.

[last1standing]

19. African Americans are NOT a commodity and it is racist to consider them as such.

I don't care who you support or who you don't. Suggesting that African Americans can be counted on to vote Democratic regardless of issues, and can therefore be neglected, is disgusting and racist.

[scheming daemons]

20. Mondale only got 69%.... but don't let facts get in the way of your racial stereotyping....

[NJSecularist]

25. False.

Read page 234.

http://books.google.com/books?id=01LfoBC6jZkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Racial+and+Cultural+Minorities:+An+Analysis+of+Prejudice+and+Discrimination&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=jinwIuu4nB3IQ3VGo0kc9EKslOc#PPA234,M1

It would be nice if you weren't trying to perpetuate myths.

[MadBadger]

41. Stop being an LSOS. you make NJ look bad.

[Forkboy]

21. Speak of the devil!

[K Gardner]

22. I find it hard to believe IT is still here after the last OP.

[last1standing]

39. I do too. I've alerted the mods to these people and it does no good.

I've even sent PMs to the admins about it with no response. Looser rules are one thing, tolerating race based hatred is another.

[murielm99]

42. This is a good way to lose the African American vote.

I think there are too many people here who are quick to cry racism. But this IS racist.

[SanchoPanza]

44. Not so much

You've neglected to observe that the demographic support a candidate has is limited by the turnout of said demographic. 60% of eligible African Americans voted in 1984, five points below the average of total eligible voters.

In 2000 and 2004, African Americans voted in percentages greater than the national average of eligible voters. The first time since records have been kept by the U.S. Census, not including midterm elections. Thus Gore and Kerry benefitted from greater turnout of a reliable constituency. This is why "Get Out the Vote" efforts are so important.

[MagickMuffin]

23. Will you PM me with the link?.?.?

There seem to be quite a few of them here, and I might have them on ignore, but would like to find out if it's one I haven't put there yet.

[last1standing]

26. Done.

n/t

[MagickMuffin]

32. Brats, it IS someone I have on ignore, obviously I can make a good judgement

on who the racists are here. I only have a few on ignore, because I try and not make a habit of ignoring what others say here. So, I can keep track of what kind of hate they spew. I read some of their crap, but it has gotten to the point I skip over what they spew in the threads.

Just like the one your upset about, I have little patience for bigotry and racists attitudes, especially when it concerns the Democratic Party.

Could you PM me with who it is?.?.?

Thanks.

[MagickMuffin]

38. Thanks, although the assO isn't on my ignore, but I guess the person who started the thread is

I don't know why that particular poster is still here. I have nothing but hate from him.

Even when he was for Obama, and even more so since he's Flipped Flopped.

I have come to the conclusion he is only here to stir up shit. A disruptor, A ConMan. If you go to his profile he has blocked it. NOT even man enough to identify himself.

Cheer up with just a few more weeks left maybe he'll pack his bags and head back over to Freeperville.

[2rth2pwr]

36. Someone on an internet message board looking for people to ignore! LOL!

Please add me to your ignore list if I am not already on it. Thank you in advance for your prompt action.

[MagickMuffin]

40. Your wish is my command A**O

Post 32, explains I don't look for people to ignore only the obnoxious ones. You fit that description.

You never add anything to the discussion anyway.

[K Gardner]

24. Of course you read it at DU.. because this IS the new FR. Evidently we just need to get used to it.

[last1standing]

28. You know, I understand loosening the rules during the primary, but racism is still racism.

It does no good for either candidate to be supported by hateful people and it does DU no good to tolerate it.

[BlooInBloo]

27. It can't be racism, because that would mean that Clinton supporters aren't admirable....

And I have it on the best possible authority that they are.

[last1standing]

29. Most are very admirable and true Democrats.

But there are a few prolific posters at DU who undermine the good works of many.

[BlooInBloo]

31. They're not admirable if they don't speak out against it.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

34. They think we're still back on the plantation and massuh is entitled

to manual labor without pay. When will they get it through their thick heads that the black vote cannot be taken for granted? When will they understand that the Clintons are not entitled to SHIT??!?!?!

They have to EARN the vote, just like JFK did, just like LBJ did, just like Carter did, just as Clinton did, and Gore, and Kerry...

We are smarter than that and it is simply racist and insulting to assume that the Clintons or any Democrat, for that matter, will automatically get the black vote.

IT MUST BE EARNED!! PERIOD!!

[last1standing]

35. A few definitely do act that way lately.

I just can't believe that the admins are letting this continue here at DU. That really bothers me.

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43. Isn't division and not voting for Obama the whole idea in all this?

The thing is they are making assholes out of themselves and it's not working.