***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[whywesteppin]

I have a semi-serious question:

Do the suburbs turn people racist?

yes (assuming you're talking about post-war suburbs)

they were built on racism. their whole point was for white people to flee the city because the city is too ethnic. the cost is lots of highways but that comes at the cost of inner cities being cut up. plus they don't care about aesthetics. strip malls and giant parking lots are ok as long as nobody is walking outside in your neighborhood.

 

[gil23]

****, did we clown Boebert too soon?

Yeah looks like it’s leaning red now smh

 

[whywesteppin]

****, did we clown Boebert too soon?

it's going to be really ****ing close.

 

[Coupé It]

I have a semi-serious question:

Do the suburbs turn people racist?

Depends if it’s a blue collar Suburb or a white collar college educated Suburb.

Suburbs aren’t all the same.

 

[biggie62]

I have a semi-serious question:

Do the suburbs turn people racist?

I don’t that they directly turn people racist. But because usually it limits the diversity pool of your neighbors to a particular thinking you become more susceptible to become part of the group think of the place where you live.

And that is the easy way out. For those who haven’t watched, there was a 4 piece documentary in Reagan on showtime last year which I thought was good. One of his sons was interviewed and he said “my dad was a Republican because it was easy, it didn’t require him to think and stay current.” The way right wing media spins things it’s either their way or it’s wrong. They ignore the grey area completely. Where 90% of what’s happening is all grey area.

 

[whywesteppin]

Yeah looks like it’s leaning red now smh

where are you seeing this? nyt has had Boebert winning from the start to now "leaning towards Boebert" even though she's still down 4k votes.

 

[Coupé It]

Scratch this…

 

[IATT]

 

[whywesteppin]

Scratch this…

I know you deleted but worth pointing out their estimate has been **** from the start. we just need to wait for the final vote count to come in.

 

[IATT]

 

[Coupé It]

I know you deleted but worth pointing out their estimate has been **** from the start. we just need to wait for the final vote count to come in.

No clue what’s going on

 

[IATT]

 

[p0tat0 5alad]

 

[osh kosh bosh]

friends don't let friends tout exit poll data.

they are always inaccurate.
I would just hold off on the hot takes.

 

[IATT]

 

[gry60]

South Florida was always the cool and regular place in Florida. As some who went to college and grad school in South Florida I know it very well. Loved it.

The number one reason DeSantis won Palm Beach County, Broward County, and especially Miami-Dade is because Latinos (especially Cubans) have been falling for the misinformation campaign the GOP/Trump have been forcing down their throats the last 6 years.

Cubans now think everyone who aren’t Republicans are communists. It’s ridiculous. They’ve gone off the end a while ago.

Being bilingual in the US is quite the experience, because a lot of **** that wouldn't be put on English speaking airwaves is liberally spread on non-english channels. A lot of propaganda and ugly language evade public scrutiny this way.

 

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[dinyc3st]

2020 Election Night In This Thread Was Honestly One Of The Highlights Of My 20+ Year Tenure On NT.

COVID era was something else in this thread.

 

[casper90403]

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My bad, for this trick confused with the other trick, Lake. Lake is gaining

 

[gil23]

where are you seeing this? nyt has had Boebert winning from the start to now "leaning towards Boebert" even though she's still down 4k votes.

 

[Mark Antony]

yes (assuming you're talking about post-war suburbs)

they were built on racism. their whole point was for white people to flee the city because the city is too ethnic. the cost is lots of highways but that comes at the cost of inner cities being cut up. plus they don't care about aesthetics. strip malls and giant parking lots are ok as long as nobody is walking outside in your neighborhood.

Yeah I remember all the sea lioning about "highways can't be racist" when they were specifically built as access to the suburbs, intentionally displacing some poor and black communities and making it difficult to access for others.

 

[biggie62]

Yeah I remember all the sea lioning about "highways can't be racist" when they were specifically built as access to the suburbs, intentionally displacing some poor and black communities and making it difficult to access for others.

I mean if you look at NYC and how the highways were built in the 50s and 60s you can see exactly that.

 

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[IATT]

These dudes soft as hell..

how you going get up and say what you said publicly on stage and this the best you got

 

[Nike Jordan]