***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[IATT]

 

[wavycrocket]

I’ll be surprised if this goes well….and can almost predict Chalramagne will find a way to **** it up

 

[gry60]

Is this real ?

At this point I'm more interested in reactions within the audience.

A sizeable number of black folks are attracted to conservatism because it - used to - project success and strength. I wanna know if being part of that ideological club is worth being constantly insulted though ...

 

[05fordgt]

What a worthless piece of ****!

 

[gry60]

Not sure anybody expected that movement to morph into this ridiculous monster that we're seeing today.

I keep telling folks, it's not the first time in American history we see this reaction to Black people accessing power.

Folks, you need to study the transition period from Reconstruction to Jim Crow. Violence was at the core of the Redemption movement. They used it to unseat duly elected governments throughout the South. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the second one in the history of the US (first one was 1866).

We need to make the exploration of this period mandatory in the education of the next generations of Americans. It also needs to be part of the citizenship curriculum. Too many people in this country live with the assumption that what is always was.