Indeed. FUCK late-state Cornel West.
i can be mad at his moments like that, but also say that he also has a lot of good parts as well. people are not zero-sum games and perfection isnt what we should be seeking in any leader. what are the sum of their parts? is it mainly good or mainly bad? thats looking at character holistically.
I wouldn't call it taboo but there are some on this forum that make there disliking of leftists very clear regularly.
Now I'm sure you aren't purposefully implying here that people bringing up Obama's drone strikes are inherently dishonest for doing so right?
like seriously people get it, its like we have no qualms of those critiques of obama, but same time here is other sides that show they have redeeming things as well that help the cause at hand. people are complicated.
It sucks, but unlike Republicans the Dems can't run a hardliner with what many would consider an "extreme" agenda and win the White House. If Biden came out and announced super aggressive policies you then risk losing the massive group of suburban whites who handed Dems the House in '18 and are going big for Biden now.
People bring up shit that the subject of the topic has done in the past all the time and usually people don't care. Why is it that when its Obama suddenly its not okay?
heres the thing for me. i dont as much as a whole, however i think areas where there are predominately people of color should be able to have local govts that are looking out for them and its one of the easiest ways to start pushing change, outside of those communities. like for example why the hell hasnt Ferguson ever had a black mayor and the area is 67.4% black.
good stuff overall. in summary "keep that same energy in November and beyond and keep making leaders uncomfortable"
Not everyone no, the majority of this site probably don't even interact with the political threads in the first place and focus on the gaming side and then there are absolutely those who are willing to discuss it without being dismissive. But there is a percentage of the users who frequent the political threads on here who are very quick to dismiss any and all criticism of Obama, particularly in regards to his foreign policy.
When it's lazy drive by done in meme form to an entirely different topic, yeah, it kind of is.
Obama, as America's first Black President, is held in extremely high regard by the vast majority of Black Americans.
Most people here would agree that there's a lot to criticize about Obama's foreign policy.
gerrymandering, how we vote etc, is all on the states. not saying you dont get this but generally people need to look at the United states more like a ton of mini countries that can do damn near anything they want, while the feds kind of helps to apply certain things across the board. but states had a shit load of power and organizing at a state level/local level can breed into bigger things.
Historically, no, but literally no politician has run on that kind of platform in modern times (likely due to past results). Hell, even our niche third parties suck-up to the police on this metric. I'm under no illusion that a modern politician will run on abolishing the police, but our policy platforms sure can be a lot more comprehensive.
this is why in my gut i feel like we have to fight fire with fire and beat the lobbist etc at their own games. write the laws we want slap it on a politicians desk and tell them pass this shit we have 40k voters in this city that will vote for you if promise to get this passed.
some of them have turned into states rights, like PA, i think NC too etc, and well honestly cities are the future and cities a lot of change can be done, even though we have a conservative baseline in one issue or another, you look at voting maps its a stark difference between the too. depends on some lawsuits and that def hurts at levels, but its been shown turn outs can overcome some of that crap as well at a state level, but it needs to be targeted in areas.
