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Originally Posted by Bruzilla  No, they are not both being bigoted. Bigotry is defined as: "stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own." These blacks have been voting for whites for decades! When was the last time you heard a bunch of blacks saying "I ain't voting for Clinton, Dean, Gore, or Kerry because that dude is white!"? Answer: NEVER. They may always vote Democrat, but never vote against a Democrat because he's white. |
Huh... so all those "the party of old white men" comments about the Republicans didn't really say "white" in them?
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Now they have a black guy running and winning, so they are voting for him... not against him. The whites with the racial bigotry issues aren't voting for Clinton. The polling data shows pretty clearly that her nonapproval and distrust ratings would normally result in clear loser. They are voting for her because they refuse to vote for a black guy. If Obama weren't running, all those blacks would be lining up to vote for Edwards or Clinton.
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I think you're missing the point. When you use race as a deciding factor, you're a racist. It doesn't matter if you use race as a reason TO do something, or a reason NOT TO do something, you're still using race as a deciding factor.
So, voting FOR or AGAINST Barry for being bi-racial is equally racist.