Is the Bottom Finally Falling Out from Under Trump

[ecofarm]

what does this psychobabble have to do with how I voted when I didn't choose who the candidates were. I vote against gun banners, tax hikers and big government fans. Like it or not, Blacks are far more likely to run as DEMOCRATS than LIBERTARIANS OR REPUBLICANS.

I was referring to why Goofs sees your position as racist. It's not because you don't vote for a black person, it's because you don't assign value to diversity and thus understand why some people see the candidate being a minority a plus. And some people will even make that plus a one-issue vote. That's no so different than being a one-issue (guns) voter of another sort.

so what your rant is saying I ought to vote for someone based on the color of their skin even if their politics are contrary to my interests? Diversity is best when its based on a diversity of ideas.

When I wrote qualified and vetted, above, I meant to one's political taste. I'm not saying to vote against your political interests, I'm saying understand why others consider voting for their political interests with minority being a plus/factor.

Now, we might note that counting white as a plus is not pro-diversity. That's why we don't have a NAAWP. Promoting the majority (power) does not serve diversity and thus the interest of diverse and robust solutions.

 

[Threegoofs]

I was referring to why Goofs sees your position as racist. It's not because you don't vote for a black person, it's because you don't assign value to diversity and thus understand why some people see the candidate being a minority a plus. And some people will even make that plus a one-issue vote. That's no so different than being a one-issue (guns) voter of another sort.



When I wrote qualified and vetted, above, I meant to one's political taste. I'm not saying to vote against your political interests, I'm saying understand why others consider voting for their political interests with minority being a plus/factor.

Now, we might note that counting white as a plus is not pro-diversity. That's why we don't have a NAAWP. Promoting the majority (power) does not serve diversity and thus the interest of diverse and robust solutions.

Now now.... I do NOT see his position as racist.

I see it as a clueless white guy who doesn't get both the concept of diversity (and no doubt sneers at it privately), or the fact that his birth as a white guy got him where he is today, a mediocre, unrmployed Yale trained lawyer eclipsed by lots of minorities that he considers inferior to him.

Sad!

 

[ecofarm]

his birth as a white guy got him where he is today, a mediocre, unrmployed Yale trained lawyer...

That doesn't work. Privilege does not guarantee success and he's retired.

 

[Threegoofs]

That doesn't work. Privilege does not guarantee success and he's retired.

Privilege doesn't guarantee success, but it sure helps!

And retired at a young age generally means the career was lucrative, or the pension was good, but your work product wasn't worth pursuing. You won't see Obama retiring in his 50s.