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<blockquote data-quote="NSTALN" data-source="post: 8679685" data-attributes="member: 588169">I&#039;m not sure how you can really say it&#039;s the right that&#039;s driving identity politics...I used to be a Democrat...but they really lost me when ALL they seem to talk about is identity politics. They claim the right is racist...well the proof is usually in what people do...so here in my home state of NH the &#039;racist&#039; Republicans selected a black gentleman to run to represent us in congress, Ed Edwards. This is in a state that&#039;s about 94% white.So a state that&#039;s 94% white...the Republicans select an African-amercan to represent us...why? because the TRUTH is on the right RACE DOESN&#039;T MATTER. that&#039;s what the left fails to see. Equality isn&#039;t about special programs or hand-outs or accommodations...it&#039;s about being fair to everyone.As someone with gay, *****, and &#039;people-of-color&#039; in my family (by blood not just marriage) it really gets old listening to the left presume to think that all individuals within their respective communities are monolithic in their thinking. The left divides folks up into the their presumed special interest group then they spew out whatever hollow rehearsed line that they feel is appropriate for that group.You talk about working together but you immediately demonize the &#039;otherside&#039; as you put it.Circling back to the thread...I watched an interesting interview with a black author about what he perceives as &quot;fast-tragedies&quot; and &quot;slow-tragedies&quot;. Basically he compares mass-shootings with gang type violence in a city like Chicago. He compares the numer of folks lost in &#039;quick&#039; incidents like mass shootings...then the &#039;slower&#039; loss of just as many (in some cases many more) than mass shooting incidents. he also compares the racial make-up of the two respectively...what do you think he found? Where the racial make-up of mass shooters seems to be predominately white...what do you think the predominate racial make-up is of those in the inner cities where gun violence is prevalent?&nbsp;&nbsp; So for you to say white peeps are real threat when it comes to gun violence you&#039;re being disingenuous at best.The honest conversation isn&#039;t happening.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NSTALN, post: 8679685, member: 588169"] I'm not sure how you can really say it's the right that's driving identity politics...I used to be a Democrat...but they really lost me when ALL they seem to talk about is identity politics. They claim the right is racist...well the proof is usually in what people do...so here in my home state of NH the 'racist' Republicans selected a black gentleman to run to represent us in congress, Ed Edwards. This is in a state that's about 94% white. So a state that's 94% white...the Republicans select an African-amercan to represent us...why? because the TRUTH is on the right RACE DOESN'T MATTER. that's what the left fails to see. Equality isn't about special programs or hand-outs or accommodations...it's about being fair to everyone. As someone with gay, *****, and 'people-of-color' in my family (by blood not just marriage) it really gets old listening to the left presume to think that all individuals within their respective communities are monolithic in their thinking. The left divides folks up into the their presumed special interest group then they spew out whatever hollow rehearsed line that they feel is appropriate for that group. You talk about working together but you immediately demonize the 'otherside' as you put it. Circling back to the thread...I watched an interesting interview with a black author about what he perceives as "fast-tragedies" and "slow-tragedies". Basically he compares mass-shootings with gang type violence in a city like Chicago. He compares the numer of folks lost in 'quick' incidents like mass shootings...then the 'slower' loss of just as many (in some cases many more) than mass shooting incidents. he also compares the racial make-up of the two respectively...what do you think he found? Where the racial make-up of mass shooters seems to be predominately white...what do you think the predominate racial make-up is of those in the inner cities where gun violence is prevalent? So for you to say white peeps are real threat when it comes to gun violence you're being disingenuous at best. The honest conversation isn't happening. [/QUOTE]

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