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Please, please, point us to this in the GOP party official platform documentation. This is the sort of hyperbole bandied about casually by liberals that so inf

Please, please, point us to this in the GOP party official platform documentation. This is the sort of hyperbole bandied about casually by liberals that so infuriates the right-leaning and empowers Nazi assholes to attract "mostly normal" folks who would otherwise never consider such a thing.

zimpenfish 9y ago
Of course they're not written down in plain language - even the GOP is smarter than that. But it's evident in the laws they want to pass. Disenfranchising minorities: Texas: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/texas-voter-id-law-discriminate/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/texas-voter-id-la... Indianapolis: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/10/the_indiana_gop_cut_early_voting_in_area_with_black_democrats_after_2008.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/10/the_indian... Milwaukee: http://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/gov-walkers-refusal-to-disavow-trump-is-not-just-cowardice-it-is-a-pattern-of-behavior/ http://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/gov-walkers-refusal-t... etc.etc. Punitive taxes and withdrawal of services can be entirely covered by their Medicare / Medicaid plan - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/house-gop-budget-plan-puts-medicare-and-social-security-on-the-line/533991/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/house-g... The Milwaukee link above has some more specific examples.
- tatersolid 9y ago
  Reading those references... you basically admit inflammatory, hyperbolic, and inaccurate characterization of the GOP? Not a single one targets any ethnic group or minority. I'm not a GOP supporter, but you are not helping the situation. Make a reasonable argument with supporting evidence in clear language if you want to change someone's mind. Stop contributing to the bipolar political bullshit in this country. By your logic one could easily argue that the Dems target minorities for repression as well. They want to keep some minorities in poverty (progressive taxes for higher income) and steal from other minorities (rich people).

zimpenfish 9y ago

Of course they're not written down in plain language - even the GOP is smarter than that. But it's evident in the laws they want to pass. Disenfranchising minorities: Texas: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/texas-voter-id-law-discriminate/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/texas-voter-id-la... Indianapolis: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/10/the_indiana_gop_cut_early_voting_in_area_with_black_democrats_after_2008.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/10/the_indian... Milwaukee: http://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/gov-walkers-refusal-to-disavow-trump-is-not-just-cowardice-it-is-a-pattern-of-behavior/ http://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/gov-walkers-refusal-t... etc.etc. Punitive taxes and withdrawal of services can be entirely covered by their Medicare / Medicaid plan - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/house-gop-budget-plan-puts-medicare-and-social-security-on-the-line/533991/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/house-g... The Milwaukee link above has some more specific examples.

tatersolid 9y ago
Reading those references... you basically admit inflammatory, hyperbolic, and inaccurate characterization of the GOP? Not a single one targets any ethnic group or minority. I'm not a GOP supporter, but you are not helping the situation. Make a reasonable argument with supporting evidence in clear language if you want to change someone's mind. Stop contributing to the bipolar political bullshit in this country. By your logic one could easily argue that the Dems target minorities for repression as well. They want to keep some minorities in poverty (progressive taxes for higher income) and steal from other minorities (rich people).