nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
it can be...devils in the details
The Biden Presidency
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it can be...devils in the details
sturg33
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Why would it be racist for things like voting, but not racist for things like flying?
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
An airline is in the bidness of making money. And money generally has no color (other than green).
Meanwhile back at the ranch, state and local election officials have a long sad history of setting all sort of barriers against black people voting. We've made a lot of progress in removing these barriers. Sadly vestiges of retrograde attitudes and policies remain. Even on these boards where the occasional poster will fantasize about disenfranchising "low information" voters just cuz he doesn't like how they vote.
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sturg33
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Restaurants in the 60s were in the business of making money, but that did not stop them from discrimination against black customers.
Was that not racism?
I fail to see how a leftist can see the federal government mandating a real ID, but does not thing they are discriminating against black people
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Runnin
Well-known member
Joe Biden’s train ride to Kyiv makes history but will it win him a second term?
Julian Borgerin Warsaw
In going to Kyiv, Biden was entering a war zone and putting his safety in the hands of the Ukrainian armed forces, and also those of the Russians. Moscow was given a heads-up a few hours before he crossed the border. The calculation was that Vladimir Putin would not risk the precedent of presidential assassination or all-out war for that matter. A reasonable calculation but a risk nonetheless.
It was a coup heightened by complete surprise. The secret did not leak, signalling that the bravery was underpinned by competence. The visit cemented Biden’s claim of leadership of the free world, but among Washington’s allies that has not really been challenged since the full invasion of Ukraine began a year ago this week.
A tougher question to answer – and it may take a week or two before the result is clear – is whether this will help Biden’s standing at home, where his popularity has not recovered from the hit it suffered from the shambolic Afghanistan withdrawal, inflation and the energy price shock of the invasion.
Julian Borgerin Warsaw
In going to Kyiv, Biden was entering a war zone and putting his safety in the hands of the Ukrainian armed forces, and also those of the Russians. Moscow was given a heads-up a few hours before he crossed the border. The calculation was that Vladimir Putin would not risk the precedent of presidential assassination or all-out war for that matter. A reasonable calculation but a risk nonetheless.
It was a coup heightened by complete surprise. The secret did not leak, signalling that the bravery was underpinned by competence. The visit cemented Biden’s claim of leadership of the free world, but among Washington’s allies that has not really been challenged since the full invasion of Ukraine began a year ago this week.
A tougher question to answer – and it may take a week or two before the result is clear – is whether this will help Biden’s standing at home, where his popularity has not recovered from the hit it suffered from the shambolic Afghanistan withdrawal, inflation and the energy price shock of the invasion.
Runnin
Well-known member
Could you speak for yourself a little more coherently?
Anyway don't you think the streets of America are too dangerous for a President to safely walk?
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zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Nope it's not the question. Ask the question you want to ask.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Wow what a hilarious false equivalency.
I didn't think you could go dumber, but you just equated something a person does with something the government does.
The stupid is extra strong here. You started out stupid at like American Lager levels, now you're running around Eisbock, pretty soon you'll be distilling stupid into a more pure form.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
See this isn't the question either.
Let me ask you this, what does it take to fly? Describe to me flying right now.
Tapate50
Well-known member
I didn’t think it could get worse than SpongeBob pictures but damn if this isn’t the most embarrassing thing I’ve read here
sturg33
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Right now it takes a government issued ID... Either a license, passport, or maybe something else that I'm not aware of
You can simply answer the question any time you'd like.
It appears you don't think mandating am ID to fly is discriminating against black people. Is that accurate?
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Wait let's freeze there.
To fly it takes a government issued ID.
Now for about 180 years of American existance, no form of ID was required to vote until South Carolina introduced a voter ID law in 1950, for almost 200 years of the country's existence there were no photo ID voter laws in the books.
I think flying is a priveledge for those with means, not a right. Like voting. Yes. I've made that clear before when I talked of guaranteed constitutional protections. While you were ass grabbing around what you thought was a gotcha moment.
All they're doing now is requiring a different standard of photo ID. Guess what, you can still fly with a passport. Congrats. You completed the dumb circle you started and you're back where you started, being stupid and me still being right 2 days later.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
I would think of a witty retort to put you in your place but you're just a discount sturg anyway and no one really gives a **** about you anyway.
Here I'll just respond like you
"LOL"
Tapate50
Well-known member
That’s goldys standard response and I’m no copy cat
Mine are usually much snarkier anyway.
sturg33
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So is requiring a photo id to participate in something racist or not?
This is an extremely simple question that I'm asking you directly
Only for voting - Why are you being so obtuse!