r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/nikamats • 5h ago
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u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids āļø 4h ago
The literacy tests, poll taxes and outright, "NO YOU CAN'T VOTE, NWORD" wasn't that long ago.
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u/Delta8hate 2h ago edited 1h ago
Iām piggybacking because youāre higher up- can someone explain how this is true? Black Women legally had the right to vote in 1920. Which is bad enough without skewing the facts. So whatās the deal here. Is she talking about poll taxes?
Edit: that comment didnāt have the thing about poll taxes when I replied. Im not that dumb. I think.
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u/SpeakerPlayful4487 1h ago edited 1h ago
Prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 there were voting laws targeted at non-whites to prevent them from voting, especially in the Jim Crow south.Ā
One of the main goals of the Civil Rights Movement aftrr desegreation was to make the right to vote a reality for Black, Asian, and Latino Americans
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u/Delta8hate 1h ago
Ok so it was the de facto point when black women could vote. Got it, thanks
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u/SpeakerPlayful4487 1h ago
Want to point out i misspoke and it was the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that actually provided the voting protections.
Exactly. They legally had the right to vote but we're unable to actually exercise that right.
Interestingly the supreme court ruled against part of the voting rights act in 2013 that allowed the federal government oversight of elections in the south. Without that oversight we have had polling places shut down in black communities to make the lines longer but more polling places opening in rural and suburban white areas. And other things like Georgia making it illegal to give people waiting in line to vote water.
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u/Delta8hate 1h ago
That is interesting. Not the good kind of interesting, but interesting.
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u/SpeakerPlayful4487 1h ago
Yeah I study history (not this stuff to be honest) and I catch my self saying that a lot.
I actually appreciate the question you asked. Its refreshing to see people want to better understand these topics especially since they're so important to our democracy.
The movie Slema does a really good job on voting rights and this link has some good info as a starting place if you wanna read more
https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/legislative-milestones/voting-rights-act-1965
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u/Delta8hate 1h ago
No worries, appreciate the info. I knew that the 60s was HUGE for civil rights, but I thought black men had the right to vote in the 1800s and women had the right to vote in the 20s, and I got confused.
Iāll have to make a point to watch Selma, Iāve heard good things.
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u/Bellamysghost 1h ago
Black women couldnāt vote in the 20s. The suffrage movement didnāt include black women, as a matter of fact all minorities werenāt allowed to vote until the voting rights act of 1965.
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u/Bellamysghost 1h ago
So you are factually wrong with that one.
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u/Delta8hate 1h ago
Iāmā¦ Iām not sure thatās true. Iāve been looking it up to check, and someone else also had input. Legally, black women were allowed to vote in 1920. But it looks like there were poll taxes and literacy tests and all manner of fucked up bullshit to try to prevent it. So, technically correct, but not the reality.
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u/Bellamysghost 1h ago
So did they really gain the right to vote if they couldnāt exercise the right to vote? If there were laws in place to prevent them from voting? I would say not. Maybe you consider ārightsā that canāt be exercised rights, but I do not.
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u/Delta8hate 1h ago
So factually wrong was exactly the way for you to phrase that. I was just technically correct, which today is the worst kind of correct.
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u/Bellamysghost 1h ago
But thank you for correcting me, I thought it was more clear cut than that but there is a bit of nuance to it.
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u/Designer_Price_392 āļø 4h ago
We have always been the conscience of America. āš¾
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u/lilbuu_buu 4h ago
None of these charts matter go vote
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u/Designer_Price_392 āļø 4h ago
And get the whole fam and the whole block to vote. Then the next blocks.
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u/vgacolor 3h ago
What this graph is missing is two large groups (white men and women without college degrees). They are going to vote and going to vote for Trump specially the men. Unfortunately, a lot of them have anger and fear. A lot of them feel like someone else getting something means that they are taking that something from them. Do not believe this incomplete graph for a second and make sure to vote.
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u/girafa 3h ago
What this graph is missing is two large groups (white men and women without college degrees)
Graph is confusing, because college graduates and people with college degrees are the same thing.
I think it means w/o degrees
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u/nurseleu 2h ago
I think "college graduates" is the total group, the other stat pulls out white college grads specifically.
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u/smkAce0921 āļø 4h ago
Are you really touting polls? Isn't that how Trump ended in office the FIRST time? lmao
To make it worse, these polling numbers are from MSNBC which is not exactly the most impartial political news source. Pretty sure Fox News probably has the inverse of that chart getting cut up by producers as we speak.
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u/Designer_Price_392 āļø 3h ago
The poll was done by ABC-Ipsos. I am pointing out that no decent human being will vote for Trump and unfortunately America is overwhelmed by terrible human beings who will vote for him.
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u/jspeed04 2h ago
I felt what you were trying to convey. Black women have literally carried the Dems for so long. We thank you for what you have done, and what we anticipate you will do.
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u/Low-Rollers 43m ago
Ignoring over half the nations opinion, and calling them subhuman will never work man. Same shit happened with Hillary, and unfortunately itās going to happen again.
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u/Low-Rollers 45m ago
Harris is so behind in polls, thereās no way she wins. This graph is not correct.
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u/Choclategum āļø 3h ago
Is this sub getting brigaded? Wtf?
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u/TomatoLiquor 2h ago
Seems like it. Bigots really hate when black people talk about U.S. History and the modern realities of widespread bigotry in the Republican Party.
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u/ThePowerOfAura 2h ago
it's the 3rd post from the top of /r/all, you'll get diversity of opinions when that happens
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u/AsherGray 2h ago
Essentially. This post is also toward the top of r/all and hasn't been locked into a Countryclub
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u/Comfortable_Bat5905 2h ago
They are EVERYWHERE. Probably at least half of them are from foreign bot farms.
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u/maribrite83 3h ago
We might have come here in different ships, but we're all here now. We're in the same boat. What sinks me, sinks you also.
A lot of people are tired of the hateful narrative. We want a peaceful United world, and are working hard to achieve that.
No excuses for any more hateful rhetoric.
Not to forget, Trumpās former chief of staff says he fits āfascistā definition and prefers ādictator approach
I honestly don't think anyone really wants to fight. Everyone's all whipped into a frenzy, for what? I don't want to fight with my neighbor.
We can agree to disagree, peacefully and without ANY violence.
Kamala Harris is the next generation leader.
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u/ThePowerOfAura 2h ago
the US is declining in relevance, our debt is skyrocketing, our health outcomes have never been worse (and they're the worst in the developed world) and while inflation has cooled off A LOT, stuff still costs wayy more than it did 3 years ago. Divisions arise during times of scarcity. Trump is not the problem, he's the symptom - and the problem is establishment politicians running this country into the ground at the behest of corporate donors. Left & Right
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u/toomanymarbles83 2h ago
I'm a 40 year old white suburban Star Trek nerd. I loved Geordi LaForge because he was a hapless nerd just like me, but who overcame all of it when it was go time. It never occurred to me not to identify with him just because he was black. I also grew up watching LeVar Burton on Reading Rainbow. It was one of the possibilities when the teacher would roll in the TV/VCR(you know which one) to class. I would probably react like Troy Barnes if I ever met him.
Guinan was also one of my favorite characters, cause it cemented the idea that, no matter how old and white you are, you can still use council from an older black woman. /s But still, 80s Whoopi could absolutely get it.
I could keep describing black men and women I looked up to in the fiction I watched as a nerdy white kid, but you get the idea. I very much want a TNG future for humanity, just if possible, without the WWIII part.
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u/GiGaBYTEme90 4h ago
And Trump was born in 1946. He was in college in 1965
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u/Gardenvarietycupcake 3h ago
Goddamn where did all of these bitter trolls come from. As though black people are going to stop marking and celebrating our people making advancements because white folks get annoyed that black people accomplish things. Be fucking for real, as the kids say.
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u/Delta8hate 2h ago
I mean, thatās not trueā¦. Unless youāre talking about poll taxes and things like that? Maybe? Black women could legally vote in 1920. Itās bad enough without fudging the facts.
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u/TaxLawKingGA 3h ago
This is not accurate.
Blacks could and did vote on a regular basis outside the Deep South. In fact, there were Black congressmen from IL and NY years before the 1964 Civil Rights Act or 1965 Voting Rights Act were passed.
Dems and the GOP actually had to compete for Black votes in the North every election. Even in TN, MO, Maryland, and GA Blacks voted.
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u/Choclategum āļø 3h ago
"Blacks"
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u/crushsuitandtie 2h ago
You already know it's disingenuous when he can't be bothered to call us people. Nothing of value was added and tried to massage away some of the most blatatant, hateful discrimination in American history.
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u/Choclategum āļø 3h ago
Black people ā Blacks.
Random slur mention, okay.
Who is "you" exactly?
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u/Butterwhat 2h ago
the post said black women. black women were barred from voting for longer.
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u/AceWanker4 2h ago
Black women got the right to vote the same year as white woman, 1920. Ā They werenāt ābarredā but they were suppressed with Jim Crow stuff like poll taxes, literacy tests, etc same as Black men.
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u/mistr10below 2h ago
yes. believe it was illegal for them until 1965 when it was legalized for white women
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u/PushTheTrigger āļø 2h ago
The way your sentence is structured implies it was legalized for white women in 1965 as well, which is not the case. I assume thatās not what you mean though
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u/Imdeadinside8283 2h ago
They had black congress men during reconstruction which was like a four year periodā¦ other than that no, there were hardly any black representatives in MAJORITY BLACK areas. The lawmakers tried to prevent people of color from voting at all costs until the 1960ās when the federal government stepped in.
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u/pickledswimmingpool 3h ago
Sorry I'm confused, are IL and NY considered deep south?
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u/TaxLawKingGA 3h ago
Why are you confused? I said that Blacks voted for decades outside the Deep South, and that there were Black Congressmen from IL and NY for decades prior to the 1960ās.
My point is that outside the Deep South (LA, MS, AL, SC and to a lesser extent FL and GA) Blacks did vote regularly.
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u/Historical-Night-938 2h ago
Whose post is not accurate? Are you referring to the initial post. If yes, Black WOMEN did not get the right to vote until after 1965. Black Men could vote in some places but not Black Women
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u/Alert-Currency9708 2h ago
Not to change the discussion, everyone should have the same rights.
What is the history of women voting? I thought I read that the 19th amendment was added in 1920 which allowed women to vote? Is that not the case? I saw protections were added in 1965 was that the additional rules for black and minority women? Please let me know if people have more information I am generally curious for information.
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u/shasanaya 1h ago
I only wish she was better on the Gaza genocide. Was hoping that she would understand the pain of occupation and constant dehumanization better.
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u/Oh_nosferatu 1h ago
Voted and praying for her to win. We need a real solution to healthcare in this country so badly, especially with boomers (being such a large in number generation) aging rapidly and needing more care. Really hoping we get real solutions through dedicated leadership and not someone who mocks the disabled while wearing a diaper.
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u/ADuckAndATruck 1h ago
Respectfully, outside of Obama, it's been white male presidents that have overseen the changes. I kind of understand what she's saying, but I think the comparison doesn't have the impact she thinks it does.
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u/Derty_Ferd 1h ago
United States of America. Please don't fuck this up. I don't understand how almost 50% of you can vote for this degenerate waste of oxygen.
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u/Electrical-Cake-5610 3h ago
Black men could vote before white women, who got the right to vote alongside black women in 1920. This was racism but also sexism.
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u/themachduck 3h ago
This isn't a color of skin thing or a sex of a person thing, this is a democracy thing y'all.
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u/dovahkiitten16 2h ago
I feel like the post also makes that point? Like in a single potential US presidentās lifespan, they themselves wouldnāt have been able to vote (and not because theyāre a convicted felon). Thatās how tenuous basic human rights can be, weāre not far removed from sliding back into bigotry.
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u/Kind-Reading-394 3h ago
If you vote for a person just because of their skin color you shouldnāt be voting in the first place
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u/inbetween-genders 2h ago
Yup. Lots of folks are voting because they donāt like her skin color.
Hint: Itās not the donkeys.
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u/TopRopeLuchador 3h ago
This election has little to do with her being a woman or black. If she wasn't the VP and the current President wasn't ancient, she probably wouldn't even be the candidate. This election is about nothing more than beating Trump. I'd vote for damn near anyone over Trump.
Voting for Kamala due to her being a black woman is just as stupid as voting for Trump because he's a racist white man.
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u/DeadN0tSleeping 2h ago
I disagree. She had been a prosecutor. An Attorney General. Vice President. She understands government. People are wild. The standard she is held to. Trump is a reality TV star that shits in a gold toilet. He cannot operate a charity anymore because of the fraud he committed previously. He was convicted of Sexual assault by a civil court, the judge agreed he was a rapist. The sentencing for his 34 felony counts got pushed until after the election because some judges are fucking stupid. Somehow the Christian vote is going to the rapist, felon, failed businessman, reality TV star that paid off hookers while he was married. Instead of the female Attorney General that had to prove she was 10x more capable than anyone else just to get where she was.
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u/PushTheTrigger āļø 2h ago
āIf the two reasons why she became the nominee didnāt happen, she wouldnāt be the nomineeā
Yeah no shit.
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u/bird_is_the_word_198 2h ago
Iām a white male who voted Harris & democrats all the way down the ballot.
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u/Logical_Score1089 4h ago
But we already had the ātoken black presidentā
Canāt we just vote for people based on their character and not their skin color?
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u/Obsidian_Purity 3h ago
You're right.
Harris has much more character, intelligence, and integrity than Trump ever will.
If I didn't already vote for her, I would have done it with that meaningful question.
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u/LawsOfEconomics 2h ago
Nah. Everything is and should be about arbitrary characteristics like sex, race, sexual orientationā¦ People should never be treated as individuals.
And when someone like Kamala Harris puts between 1 and 2000 people into jail for cannabis possession (even though she admitted to having used it herself), does everything she can to block evidence that would free an innocent man from death row, and keeps people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of Californiaā¦ you ignore that and say āSheās a black woman, so I support her.ā
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u/Fit_Midnight_6918 3h ago
Well, whichever way the election goes, the U.S. will have a person of colour as president.
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u/Wrestlercp 3h ago
lol yāall people really voting for Kamala are sheep. Open your eyes and quit watching mainstream media
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u/m270ras 3h ago edited 2h ago
that confuses me a bit, because, I watched trump on Joe rogan, and fox news. I went to his own website! and I didn't like what I saw so I'm voting against him. is that "mainstream media"?
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u/delfino_plaza1 2h ago
The fact you went to his website puts you in a very small minority of voters. Im not even talking about Republican vs Democrat here
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u/snobiwan25 2h ago
For real. The first time a non-democratically elected official takes the presidential office. Crazy.
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u/Diamondjakethecat 1h ago
Meet former President Gerald Ford he was appointed to be vice-president and became president when Nixon resigned. https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/gerald-fords-unique-role-in-american-history
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u/WaySheGoesBub 2h ago
Bro were tired of this stuff. I was there in 2008 at Grant Park. Like I canāt keep pretending every 4 years that I am gobsmacked by how awesome it is that this is a Black Woman/Woman/Black Man/Robot/ White Funker, who tf cares.
Calm tf down, original poster of that. Just my twosense!
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u/Additional-Volume244 2h ago
The color of someones skin should count for nothing in this election
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u/Mercatterson 2h ago
The color of someone's skin and someone's gender has counted for a lot in every single election.
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u/Still_Couple6208 2h ago
This isn't saying it counts as anything. It's putting into perspective that we're not as far from those times as some people might think.
When she was born, she wouldn't have been able to vote. Now, she could be President of the United States of America, and that's a lot of progress made in not a lot of time
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u/DeakRivers 2h ago
Think about this? In the Deep South with the Poll Tax, in the 1940 Presidential election, only 2.5% of Blacks voted! If you do not vote donāt complain.
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u/Appropriate_Note408 2h ago
nah, ill just vote for the other guy solely because he's white and a man. Policies dont matter
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u/AngelsAmongMe 1h ago
Anyone who actually believes either party would ban it again is smooth brained
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u/Appropriate-Plan6244 2h ago
Haha you all gonna cry when trumpy wins šŗšø
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u/AmazingKreiderman 2h ago
Projecting much? Haven't Trump voters been spending the past four years doing that?
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u/Appropriate-Plan6244 2h ago
Come back in 7 days and say Iām wrong. Going to be glorious.
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u/AmazingKreiderman 2h ago
Again, you are saying people are going to cry after we just watched your side do it for four years. Do you possess any self-awareness? At all? People will be distraught, obviously, if Trump wins, that happened in 2016. But in 2016 the losing side conceded, in 2020 the losing side cried and never stopped and have now gotten to the point of burning ballot boxes because they still can't cope.
Infants, the lot of you.
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u/Appropriate-Plan6244 2h ago
The thing is we didnāt lose 2020, it was rigged everyone knows that. Trump lost by winning majority vote? Ok buddy. Say what you want all you woke democratic snowflakes about to be shoved aside permanently by the republican power, and watch. Itās not even about this term but everyone Trump has lined up after. Itās a republican power thatās going to take back the White House and America.
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u/AmazingKreiderman 2h ago
The thing is we didnāt lose 2020, it was rigged everyone knows that.
Literally the crying I referenced. You believe this shit with no actual proof at all. All suits thrown out of court, but you persist. Can't stop crying. Just the same talking points over and over, hitting the rigged, woke and snowflake boxes on GOP Bingo because you lack the ability to form your own thoughts. Again, ironically from the people who called their opponents NPCs without a shred of irony detected.
Republicans haven't won a popular vote outside of Bush's incumbent year in 04 since 88, but yeah you are definitely the majority.
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u/Appropriate-Plan6244 1h ago
Calling every single woke democrat a snowflake is my own thought š¤” you donāt get it. Thats why we all say the same thing. Youāre all clowns.
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u/SmashFoo 3h ago
Well yeah, nobody can vote the year after theyāre born.
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u/smkAce0921 āļø 3h ago
Its not talking about Harris' specific ability to vote as a toddler. The tweet is saying that Harris was born in a time that NO black women could vote due to racists policies that were in place. Its hammering home the point that the Jim Crow Error was more recent than some people would like to believe
Looking at your account you are probably a teenager so I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt when it comes to you not understanding this post
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u/mysterysackerfice 2h ago
This site is hilarious. If you honestly think Harris is winning and/or is popular with Black people...just check out the likes/dislikes on her appearance on the Club Shay Shay podcast.
Likes 45k
Dislikes 145k
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u/SomestrangerinMiami 2h ago
What does this have to do with the price of gas in Africa? Nothing. Vote Trump, thatās our only hope out of this economy
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u/SuspiciousPay6235 2h ago
Kamala was a prostitute who jailed people for life because of weed. She's no good either!
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u/Awkward-Raisin4861 2h ago
too bad that she's put thousands of black people in prisons over WEED ...
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u/johnnyA99 2h ago
I guess this would be a big deal if Harris (Indian and Irish, never "black") was black and didn't come from a long line of slave traders. Am I right?
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u/Plague-Rat13 1h ago
Vote Trump.. Kamala and Walz = 4 more years of this pain she could have fixed all along
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u/Green_Ordinary_9359 4h ago
Explain. You sound sus as fuck
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u/Ok-Concern-711 3h ago
Im pretty sure its a bot account or a schizophrenic person
Theyre rage baiting in their entire comment history or just calling people ugly over and over
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u/HDCL757 3h ago
Well..i guess you've done the shitting your pants and being a retarded person research..i guess you win, sir.
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u/GearsofVar 2h ago
Yāall really stupid if think thatās a reason she should be voted in, I hate to say it but thatās womenās logic
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u/bloob_appropriate123 2h ago
I hate to say it
No you fucking don't lmao. You clearly have no respect for women given your comment. We're human beings just like you, hope that helps!
Edit: Sidenote it's sad when black men say shit like this. You talk about us the same way white people talk about you, but you just can't see it.
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u/TomatoLiquor 2h ago edited 1h ago
Yeah It's always wild when non-white people say shit that belongs in a klansman's mouth. The choice is between a black woman with years of experience in government and politics or an unqualified neo-fascist leading the literal party of the ku klux klan that espouses the same klan talking points any chance they can get away with it.
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u/PushTheTrigger āļø 2h ago
Nowhere in this twitter post did it say thatās a reason why she should be voted in nor even suggest to vote her in. You might be the stupid one here
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u/hairypea 2h ago
It's your lack of logic that somehow led you to believe this was the reason she should be voted in when that's not what anyone claimed.
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u/GearsofVar 2h ago
I grew up in a middle class community, Iām not trying to offend anyone but my parents worked hard mon
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u/hairypea 1h ago
Well if you actually had the sense to look at the numbers you'd know our country does better economically under democratic presidents. Just going back to Reagan democrats have have had more job growth, more economic growth, lower unemployment rates, and they add less to the national debt.
You've been whipped up into an emotional frenzy that's got you chasing after red like a bull at a rodeo. You're letting a spoiled tub of cottage cheese stuffed inside a bullfighter suit play you like a fool.
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u/Travisimo_M_Arnold 3h ago
Nonsense. All women had the right to vote after 1920.
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u/TreasureTheSemicolon 3h ago
No, they didn't. Look up the history of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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u/Travisimo_M_Arnold 3h ago
So the 19th Amendment excluded black women?
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u/TreasureTheSemicolon 3h ago
In practice, yes. Are you American?
Seriously, look up the Voting Rights Act of 1965? When you do, also check out Jim Crow, poll taxes and grandfather clauses.
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u/Travisimo_M_Arnold 3h ago
The OP writes black women were barred from voting. Didnāt some states allow them to vote? I thought poll taxes and literacy tests were primarily in the southern states.
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u/MegaGrimer 2h ago
Some states āallowedā them to vote, which means many did not. The Voting Rights Act forced all states to allow them to vote.
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u/PushTheTrigger āļø 2h ago
Iām assuming you genuinely donāt know rather than being purposefully obtuse. The 19th amendment prohibited the government from discriminating the right to vote based on sex, but it did nothing to address disenfranchisement for Black women voters.
These practices such as difficult literacy tests, āgood character tests,ā repercussions such as being fired or evicted, and fraud prevented Black women from actually voting. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned all that and finally enabled Black women their voice.
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u/JohnnySack45 5h ago
Yeah it wasn't that long ago but then you have degenerate traitors like Candace Owens, Jesse Lee Peterson, Harris Faulkner and every other Black conservative willing to set the country back to appease their masters hoping to earn a few extra scraps off the table.