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Originally Posted by SEC_Chick
I admit that I, personally, am offended by the proposition, by whomever it is made, that only rights of minorities and non-English speakers are worthy of protection.
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This is a bullshit proposition that you just made up in your head (although to be fair, maybe you didn't
just make it up, maybe it lives there). I have never ever heard anyone say anything close to this. And your sensitivity to this pretend issue leads me to believe you are one of those people who eschews discussing the daily discrimination of minorities in this country in favor of a robust discussion of reverse discrimination. Considering the fact that almost half of white America and the vast majority of Republicans think it's more prevalent than the discrimination minorities
actually face daily, you're probably right at home.
In fact, I can't even believe we are discussing instances of white people's votes being suppressed given (i) the conditions under which that could happen and (ii) what is
actually happening in this country. But I suppose this is where we are.
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Originally Posted by SEC_Chick
If there were another case as egregious as Ike Brown, and the DOJ declined to prosecute, I would be pretty pissed.
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Right. But it did. Wouldn't it be fucking grand if you thought about vote suppression as a general thing (and not just something that needs attention when it affects people who look like you) and you were pissed about it occurring
anywhere? I suppose that's just too much to ask.
I wonder how pissed you'd be if minorities controlled the three branches of government and dominated every fucking political institution in this country.
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Originally Posted by SEC_Chick
OTOH, I sincerely wish that the DOJ could act in a reasonably non-partisan way on *both* sides. It has fostered a lot of the division in this country and the insurgence of the burn it all down crowd. I am no fan of the federal government generally, but I think a neutralish DOJ would go a long ways to alleviating the mistrust of government.
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I don't know what the fuck you're talking about. What is your definition of "neutral?" If there are 1 million instances of illegal voter suppression on one side and 6 on the other, I'm guessing a neutral DOJ would take on 6 cases for each side?
Ridiculous.
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Originally Posted by SEC_Chick
Yeah, I think Sessions will be suck, he got his job by sucking up to Trump. But I don't think that the Lynch/Bill Clinton meeting on the tarmac to discuss "grandchildren" did much to increase perceptions of the office of the Attorney General either.
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Jesus Christ. I give up.
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