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I played all three to see if they tried to show other perspectives, but no. It's just a hit piece.

by Pigo 10y ago

noer 10y ago
It's an opinion piece and says as much in the intro.
- Pigo 10y ago
  Oh I missed that, thanks for the heads up though. I'm not sure why, but I really thought it would be more of game with some actual insight instead of "isn't Trump a bully".
  - emodendroket 10y ago
    It's not about Donald Trump but about a systematic, multi-year effort by the Republican Party to make it harder for likely Democratic voters to vote.
mtanski 10y ago
What are the other perspectives you speak of? The massive voter fraud by dead people, illegals and people voting multiple times? You know, that's been debunked by countless sources actually doing the investigative work to find voter fraud.
- travmatt 10y ago
  """ “You didn’t hear about fraud in North Carolina until blacks started voting in large numbers,” said Barber, who has also led a series of large protests against the law. “Then all of a sudden, there’s a problem with how people are voting.” “People keep asking, ‘When they passed this law, were they racist in their heart?’ It doesn’t matter,” he added. “You look at the heart of their policies. If I tell you this law is going to affect black people more than anyone else, and you still go ahead and do it, you yourself are making clear exactly what you are.” Longtime Republican consultant Carter Wrenn, a fixture in North Carolina politics, said the GOP’s voter fraud argument is nothing more than an excuse. “Of course it’s political. Why else would you do it?” he said, explaining that Republicans, like any political party, want to protect their majority. While GOP lawmakers might have passed the law to suppress some voters, Wrenn said, that does not mean it was racist. “Look, if African Americans voted overwhelmingly Republican, they would have kept early voting right where it was,” Wrenn said. “It wasn’t about discriminating against African Americans. They just ended up in the middle of it because they vote Democrat.” Barber, though, argued that Republicans are playing with words. """ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/inside-the-republican-creation-of-the-north-carolina-voting-bill-dubbed-the-monster-law/2016/09/01/79162398-6adf-11e6-8225-fbb8a6fc65bc_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/inside-th...
  - emodendroket 10y ago
    There's a reason the VRA protections abolished by the Supreme Court focused on racial effect rather than intent.

I played all three to see if they tried to show other perspectives, but no. It's just a hit piece.

by Pigo 10y ago

I played all three to see if they tried to show other perspectives, but no. It's just a hit piece.

noer 10y ago

It's an opinion piece and says as much in the intro.

Pigo 10y ago
Oh I missed that, thanks for the heads up though. I'm not sure why, but I really thought it would be more of game with some actual insight instead of "isn't Trump a bully".
- emodendroket 10y ago
  It's not about Donald Trump but about a systematic, multi-year effort by the Republican Party to make it harder for likely Democratic voters to vote.

mtanski 10y ago

What are the other perspectives you speak of? The massive voter fraud by dead people, illegals and people voting multiple times? You know, that's been debunked by countless sources actually doing the investigative work to find voter fraud.

travmatt 10y ago
""" “You didn’t hear about fraud in North Carolina until blacks started voting in large numbers,” said Barber, who has also led a series of large protests against the law. “Then all of a sudden, there’s a problem with how people are voting.” “People keep asking, ‘When they passed this law, were they racist in their heart?’ It doesn’t matter,” he added. “You look at the heart of their policies. If I tell you this law is going to affect black people more than anyone else, and you still go ahead and do it, you yourself are making clear exactly what you are.” Longtime Republican consultant Carter Wrenn, a fixture in North Carolina politics, said the GOP’s voter fraud argument is nothing more than an excuse. “Of course it’s political. Why else would you do it?” he said, explaining that Republicans, like any political party, want to protect their majority. While GOP lawmakers might have passed the law to suppress some voters, Wrenn said, that does not mean it was racist. “Look, if African Americans voted overwhelmingly Republican, they would have kept early voting right where it was,” Wrenn said. “It wasn’t about discriminating against African Americans. They just ended up in the middle of it because they vote Democrat.” Barber, though, argued that Republicans are playing with words. """ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/inside-the-republican-creation-of-the-north-carolina-voting-bill-dubbed-the-monster-law/2016/09/01/79162398-6adf-11e6-8225-fbb8a6fc65bc_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/inside-th...
- emodendroket 10y ago
  There's a reason the VRA protections abolished by the Supreme Court focused on racial effect rather than intent.