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I'm pathetically relieved.
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Alabama has been upgraded in Fodor's from garbage dump to trash pit.
edit: More seriously, it is very satisfying that the key to this was both victimized women speaking and African-American voters turning out—two key groups that conservatives despise.
edit: More seriously, it is very satisfying that the key to this was both victimized women speaking and African-American voters turning out—two key groups that conservatives despise.
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It's a Hanukkah miracle!
Assange is already tweeting about "Illegal Aliens" and dead people voting for Jones.
Assange is already tweeting about "Illegal Aliens" and dead people voting for Jones.
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Assange and Moore have a shared interest in young girls.
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Yes - very satisfying that those two groups really turned out for Jones. I think maybe an important moment in US history as it showed a white evangelical can be beat in the South. As Wolter pointed out - the South is far more diverse than many give it credit for. I know we don't up in Wisconsin - but I also think this election showed us that we need to rethink the South.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Dec 2017, 7:12amAlabama has been upgraded in Fodor's from garbage dump to trash pit.
edit: More seriously, it is very satisfying that the key to this was both victimized women speaking and African-American voters turning out—two key groups that conservatives despise.
This country is so complex. Maybe all countries are like this - I don't know - but it is amazing how regionally divided the US can be. The North distrusts the South. The South distrusts the North. The Midwest distrusts the Coasts. The Coasts think the rest of us don't matter.
Alabama is such a beautiful state. The South in general is beautiful and I've personally never had a bad experience in the South. I drove all the way from Wisconsin to Florida last June. Then again I'm 1) white 2) male 3) straight 4) Protestant.
I'm just happy enough people in Alabama stepped up to shut Moore down. I hope this is harbinger of change. I hope this is an awakening to those in the South who have long felt disenfranchised. It's just good.
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On the other hand, the mythical power of Jewish lawyers appears to have been exposed as just another Jewish lie. Time to consult Revelation again to figure this shit out!
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ShhhhhhhhhhhhhhhDr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Dec 2017, 12:17pmOn the other hand, the mythical power of Jewish lawyers appears to have been exposed as just another Jewish lie. Time to consult Revelation again to figure this shit out!
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...but seriously, folks, Alabama is still despair.
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I wouldn't read too much into this. It took a truly awful candidate and a lethal scandal … and he still came pretty damned close. Democrats got lucky, in the same way the Trump and the Republicans got lucky that Clinton was the Dems' nominee. If there is a harbinger in all this, it's that, at least for the time being, charges of being a sexual predator are finally more likely to be made public and taken seriously. While no party has a monopoly on creeps, the Republicans enjoy a greater share of likely creeps. All of which, I would hope, reduces the likelihood of electing so many creeps.WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Dec 2017, 12:15pmI hope this is harbinger of change. I hope this is an awakening to those in the South who have long felt disenfranchised. It's just good.
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Now that Moore lost, I can laugh at this. Yesterday it was just sad.
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One thing that is truly satisfying is that Jones won without capitulating to calls for him to temper his pro-choice stance. In too many states, dems are being encouraged to suppport anti-choice candidate and change their plaforms. I love this quote:
“I’m not in favor of anything that is going to infringe on a woman’s right and her freedom to choose,” Jones said in the MSNBC interview. “That’s just the position that I’ve had for many years. It’s a position I continue to have. But I want to make sure people understand, that once a baby is born, I’m going to be there for that child. That’s where I become a right-to-lifer.”
Such a great dig at the pro-forced birth crowd.
“I’m not in favor of anything that is going to infringe on a woman’s right and her freedom to choose,” Jones said in the MSNBC interview. “That’s just the position that I’ve had for many years. It’s a position I continue to have. But I want to make sure people understand, that once a baby is born, I’m going to be there for that child. That’s where I become a right-to-lifer.”
Such a great dig at the pro-forced birth crowd.
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At the very least, as I think Matt Yglesias of all people noted, this is a reminder that luck works both ways. A little luck got Trump the presidency, and a little luck can swing seats the other way too.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Dec 2017, 12:27pmI wouldn't read too much into this. It took a truly awful candidate and a lethal scandal … and he still came pretty damned close. Democrats got lucky, in the same way the Trump and the Republicans got lucky that Clinton was the Dems' nominee. If there is a harbinger in all this, it's that, at least for the time being, charges of being a sexual predator are finally more likely to be made public and taken seriously. While no party has a monopoly on creeps, the Republicans enjoy a greater share of likely creeps. All of which, I would hope, reduces the likelihood of electing so many creeps.
The idea that there's a roadmap to turning the South blue in the near term is folly, but this absolutely was a result of the overwhelming support and turnout among black men and women. Voter access matters a great deal in these kinds of cases.
And agreed that it was great to see Jones not walk back his pro-choice positioning.
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From a consciousness-raising perspective, this is important to countering the narrative of futility. That's something Ta-Nehisi Coates has stressed about Obama—that he proved a black man could be elected president. It is possible. That's one of things that the racists hated about Obama, that he destroyed that powerful narrative that black people can never succeed. So, in the same way, traditionally marginalized people—people of colour, the poor, women, non-CIS—have been presented with evidence that you can beat an evangelical in the Bible Belt. It is possible. It takes luck, but it also takes people making some of that luck and taking advantage. It's really easy to pooh-pooh consciousness-raising exercises—a victory of the mind, big deal—but it's the ability to naturalize ideological dominance that is key to maintaining power. Breaking that hypnotic spell and realizing that the world is yet in play, that scares the fuck out of authoritarians.
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That moment where he blinked. bwahahaha It's like you could see the hamster on the wheel of his mind just stop to catch his breath.Jimmy Jazz wrote: ↑13 Dec 2017, 1:23pmNow that Moore lost, I can laugh at this. Yesterday it was just sad.