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Tuberville, race, crime and reparations

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by rivergator, Oct 10, 2022.

  1. Orange_and_Bluke

    Orange_and_Bluke Premium Member

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    That’s your story because that’s how cnn has wired you. Unplug my friend, you’ll be a happier person.
     
  2. Orange_and_Bluke

    Orange_and_Bluke Premium Member

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    Your party is definitely not against it based on its consistent rhetoric.
    I’m sure you are personally not for crime.
     
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  3. orangeblue_coop

    orangeblue_coop GC Hall of Fame

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    Is saying "You and your party are in favor of crime" considered "generic labeling?":emoji_thinking:
     
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  4. orangeblue_coop

    orangeblue_coop GC Hall of Fame

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    So it's CNN's fault that Tommy Tuberville made a racist statement?
     
  5. Orange_and_Bluke

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    Possibly. Racism as a topic is on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Your party and your media made that so.
     
  6. gatorchamps960608

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    Uh oh. I sense a strawman argument in the making per the usual MO.
     
  7. orangeblue_coop

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    Maybe the dastardly libbie media wouldn't be so mean if you and your party didn't defend and coddle racists like Tuberville so much. Oh well.
     
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  8. Orange_and_Bluke

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    No coddling.
    I believe it’s so poorly worded that he wakes up and realizes he’s made a bad statement.
    I believe that he’s not so dumb to think he’ll be re-elected by saying things like this. I doubt he’s a racist based on one bad statement. I think he’s upset with the libbies loose stance on crime. That’s not a hot take IMO.
     
  9. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    He said that after my post.
    Sure. Call it out.
     
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  10. ncargat1

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    All you and your rightie brethren get offended when you are called out of the shadows and aksed to stand up and account for what you so proudly represent and so proudly support.
     
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  11. tampagtr

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    I don't know much about Tuberville other the fact that he was a football coach and is now a senator. But I do find it hard to believe he could be successful as a football coach is crudely racist. It does make me wonder if this is just something that develops when you are immersed in that culture, or whether he is playing to the crowd. We often blame leaders, and they're supposed to lead, but we should never lose sight of the fact that there is a pretty rotten core out there that is driving our view on race, immigration, etc.
     
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  12. orangeblue_coop

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    Nah Tommy boy is racist as hell and I'm not surprised you're defending him.
     
  13. Orange_and_Bluke

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    Then it appears media and politics have us perfectly divided. I won’t give in knowing I’m not a racist. I’m also not in a regular habit of intermingling with mean nerds, which is what every libbie I’ve ever met in person seems to be.
    And you won’t stop calling good people racists.
    We have ourselves a problem.
     
  14. VAg8r1

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    Tommy Tuberville is a reflection of the same Alabama political tradition as George C. Wallace and Bull Connor.
     
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  15. dangolegators

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    No wonder you're such a big Tuberville fan. You and he say the same dumb stuff.
     
  16. rivergator

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    Some of you are trying to excuse Tuberville by saying that some on the left have called for defunding the police (a bad idea and an even worse catch phrase for it) and therefore all Democrats are in favor of defunding the police so that means Tuberville shouldn't be criticized for saying that Democrats are pro-crime.
    That's lame enough on its own.
    But it also ignores the rest of his claim, that blacks are responsible for all the crime in the U.S. That's a pretty bizarre, ugly and false claim. Maybe he believes it, or maybe he knows that his audience either believes or really,really likes hearing people say it.
     
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  17. Orange_and_Bluke

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    Ha, you voted for biggest gaffe machine in history. I thought you were supposed to be intelligent.
    Fun game.
     
  18. dangolegators

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    Saying Dems are in favor of crime is not a gaffe. It's just stupidity.
     
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  19. Orange_and_Bluke

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    Then why is your party against the police? It’s saying police are the problem, not committing crimes.
    I thought you were supposed to be the smart one….hmmmmmm
    Selective intelligence?
     
  20. G8trGr8t

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    Tubbs says black people wanting reparations are the ones "doing the crime". Do you think white and latino people commit crimes too or are the prisons full of innocent people?

    Do you think all black people are criminals?

    ftr, I am strongly against reparations
     
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