The Record Number of Women Running This Year

[Safety]

Once again, I repeat, others gaining equality only feels like oppression to those that enjoy privilege.

[Chris]

"i have a dream of a world where people are judged not by the color of their skin, nor the appendage or lack thereof of the person, but by the content of their character".

mlk [updated for current times]


why does the left ignore this wise mans vision?

Because theirs is focused on the identity politics of exclusion. MLK was focused on inclusion.

[Toober]

Once again, I repeat, others gaining equality only feels like oppression to those that enjoy privilege.

how so?

[Chris]

Once again, I repeat, others gaining equality only feels like oppression to those that enjoy privilege.

MLK's politics of inclusion was win-win for all. Postmodern politics of exclusion is win-lose.

[Safety]

how so?

It's like some partisan hack talking about exclusion, where does the left attempt to exclude anyone? To twist things around to suit your agenda is nothing more than a lie. Take BLM for instance, the same partisan hacks are saying they are saying "black lives matter Only", but they are saying "black lives matter Also". That is inclusion, not exclusion.

A member is spitting mad because more minorities and women are in the political scene, that is his right to be upset, but also every minority and women's right to be overjoyed that finally after centuries and decades, all people have a chance to be part of humanity, not just some sideline fodder.

[Safety]

MLK's politics of inclusion was win-win for all. Postmodern politics of exclusion is win-lose.

Who is being excluded, chris?

MLK was a win for blacks and decent whites, but a loss for conservative whites that wanted to keep the races separated. Your equation is flawed.

[Chris]

And to return to the topic, women in politics, because the early feminists fought for inclusion, in the franchise, in politics, in the economy, etc, their wins were win-win. The later waves of feminism, however, have turned to exclusion under postmodern identity politics. That is, to see more women involved in plitics is to be celetbrated, but not taken as furthering any agenda of identity politics.

[Toober]

It's like some idiot talking about exclusion, where does the left attempt to exclude anyone? To twist things around to suit your agenda is nothing more than a lie. Take BLM for instance, the same idiots are saying they are saying "black lives matter Only", but they are saying "black lives matter Also". That is inclusion, not exclusion.

A member is spitting mad because more minorities and women are in the political scene, that is his right to be upset, but also every minority and women's right to be overjoyed that finally after centuries and decades, all people have a chance to be part of humanity, not just some sideline fodder.

would you agree segregation is exclusive?

knowing it was the democrats that gave us the jim crow laws forcing segregation, and that now the left argues, in fact has, segregated whites/blacks in campuses nationwide do you agree with the ones calling/pushing for segregation today and think, perhaps we should return to the democrats jim crow days?

America's New Racial Segregationists Are On The Left - The Federalist

thefederalist.com/2017/05/23/americas-new-racial-segregationists-are-on-the-left/


May 23, 2017 - For the Left to keep its investment in race alive, it must mortgage everyone to the ... In fact, there are so many examples of racially segregated dances, student housing ... Didn't AmericansWant Racial Segregation to End?


Leftists Are Now Advocating Racial Segregation - The New American

https://www.thenewamerican.com/.../3...racial-segrega...


Sep 10, 2018 - There are far more egregious examples of the new segregation, too. ... none of this is surprising given the moral relativism that defines the Left.




Under Trump, Liberals Rediscover School Segregation

prospect.org/article/under-trump-liberals-rediscover-school-segregation


Aug 11, 2017 - But it was Weingarten's remarks about choice and segregation that ultimately ... liberal think tank have apparently found some common ground. ... required transferring educators into schools they didn't want to work in. ... represent yet another example of teachers' lack of agency over their professional lives.

[Chris]

Who is being excluded, chris?

MLK was a win for blacks and decent whites, but a loss for conservative whites that wanted to keep the races separated. Your equation is flawed.

You are excluding people when you say "MLK was a win for blacks and decent whites, but a loss for conservative whites that wanted to keep the races separated." As you said elsewhere, that is your view of society, a view that is exclusionary.

To return to women and the feminist movement, the same was seen yesterday in Polly's post of a video interview of 3 feminists who likewise were exclusive of any view on the right.

The agenda in both is to demonize the right in order to exclude them.

All of which is extremely odd for anyone who claims to stand for democracy.

[Captdon]

I disagree. If your nominating process results in 90% parity between the sexes or more, I say that the difference can be explained rationally by happenstance. If only 12% of your nominees are female when some 40% of your party's voters are female, there's no explanation for a gap of that size besides sexist attitudes that say men make better candidates simply by being male.

Polly, Democrats recruit women. Republicans don't. Democrats use a quota system. Republicans don't. That the explanation in a nutshell.

Why would we use a quota instead of, God forbid, a talent nominating system. I am voting in an open seat election for a woman. She beat the male incumbent. No one recruited her. She decided that she would be better and convinced the voters of that. She likely will win and for the same reason.

Now, tell me the democrats do it right.