Hey “both siders?” House Republicans just revived HR 9495. If it passes, expect all Black focused initiatives to be killed

[RickyDiBiase]

i'd drag your muthafukkin ass, i can guarantee you that. bad too. and i say that confidently without having seen you.

come to the gym I practice at, we can do boxing gloves, 4 x 3 minute rounds if you up for it. Don't talk about what you think you can do, come prove it.

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Black? Don’t you mean People of Color? Kamala said that they can’t do something just for Black people.

 

[Rasille]

Nah. One doesnt go as far as the other. Thats what politics for Black folks has always been in this country. Pain mitigation.

Sure…

 

[NYC Rebel]

Sure…

Is that a response?

 

[AnonymityX1000]

See, your whole post is fugazi.

Evanston Local Reparations | City of Evanston

https://adcrc.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/adcrc/documents/2024-agenda/Research_Agenda_Nov%2021-1.pdf

Even if I am just "Reparations or bust", Evanston Illinois the literal first North Suburb of the city has had a small reparations program that has given $5 million to families. Chicago has a Reparations task force and has a meeting tomorrow that I will virtually attend while at work (2nd link).

There are popular policies that people DO champion but YOU DON'T KNOW THEM. I happen to know this is a thing locally and keep my ears to it so I can support those who support it. I don't constantly need a major well-known Democrat to talk about it to know its happening, I just literally read what's going on in my city. If you do the same, I guarantee you someone is working on something you want but they need support. They might not have the funds to be a big name, but this is where we use our research skills and find them.

You don't know what I know about in my local politics so stop making shyt up. I'm glad your job is so non-essential to your organization you can attend a reparations task force meeting while working. Not all of us want to be as non-essential as you. I don't have time for that. lol

 

[Rasille]

Is that a response?

We can agree to disagree. I don’t believe in either side nor do either side have our best interest in mind.

 

[NYC Rebel]

We can agree to disagree. I don’t believe in either side nor do either side have our best interest in mind.

Everything you posted is empty

 

[NYC Rebel]

Black? Don’t you mean People of Color? Kamala said that they can’t do something just for Black people.

Saying “Black” means your initiative would be attacked. Have you not seen what has been happening to Black initiatives all over the country that You insist that “say Black” and banging your head against a wall politics is what should STILL be done rather than be covert?

My lord

 

[At30wecashout]

You don't know what I know about in my local politics so stop making shyt up. I'm glad your job is so non-essential to your organization you can attend a reparations task force meeting while working. Not all of us want to be as non-essential as you. I don't have time for that. lol

Bruh FOH with that. I'm not even insulting you and you really just did the typing equivalent of a neck-roll and teeth-suck.

You asked me oodles of questions and I answered them. I asked you about whether you would call out your peoples and you said no.

There are people doing things you would want. You can find them. Or don't, but stop pretending no one is looking out for you just because you don't know them. As a breh who worked most of my life serving food or loading trucks, I worked to get to where I am and its not hard to click a link and work at the same time unless you are a laborer. You miss the point with this sassy ass response.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

Tangibles

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Saying “Black” means your initiative would be attacked. Have you not seen what has been happening to Black initiatives all over the country that You insist that “say Black” and banging your head against a wall politics is what should STILL be done rather than be covert?

My lord

Okay. Change your thread title to POC then.

 

[Uachet]

Indeed we will see what happens. It failed last time so lets hope history repeats.

Who is saying Dems should take no blame? Thats not an issue. Its treating this as if its a story where the Democrats are the main character and things pass or fail based mostly on them. We can absolutely nail them on issues where they fumble a ball they have already caught, but if there are layers to why something did not work, detailing those reasons as well as the who and why *specifically* is helpful. It is harder to get in line to take people to task if say you assume 192 House Dems all worked in concert to get something like 9495 passed. Knowing it was just those 52, they should absolutely get rained on. If we just assume since any Dem broke for this bill then they all are compromised, we pretty much walk ourselves into apathy which is the #1 reason I fight back on #bothsides narratives. It removes the legwork of knowing names and says "They all do it" flippantly. Also, fearmongering is the wrong word, as too much "This isn't likely to happen" ends up with Roe and Affirmative Action being rolled back. Being firm on something to prevent end slight chances is better than assuming it won't happen.

As for whether or not to take folks seriously, again, this is the coli. In TLR, very little is to be taken seriously, because depending on who you ask, nobody wants to really go deep into anything, we just argue and try to do it with the least sources and keystrokes possible. I don't have smoke for "black people" as a voting bloc, but I do have oodles of issue with folks *on here* narrowing down conversations with reductive takes. I might not have answered your final question, but it was loaded like a 30-round mag.

If you run in and try to naysay any remark about how the Democrats are failing us, then you are showing by your actions that you believe they should not take any blame. So it is an issue if every time a person points out the party they support is not doing what they are supposed to do, someone turns around and insults them.

On your last paragraph, then you are making it clear that any position you make on this particular forum should be taken only with a grain of salt. That is good to know.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

Come here @Pazzy your father is summoning you fagggit

 

[At30wecashout]

If you run in and try to naysay any remark about how the Democrats are failing us, then you are showing by your actions that you believe they should not take any blame. So it is an issue if every time a person points out the party they support is not doing what they are supposed to do, someone turns around and insults them.

On your last paragraph, then you are making it clear that any position you make on this particular forum should be taken only with a grain of salt. That is good to know.

You are saying a lot of "someones" rather than me. As for "Democrats" failing us, there are 52 names attached to that bill. Out of 196 Dems that voted, 27% broke for it. That is not "Democrats" failing you, it is those specific Democrats and they should be held accountable.

As for your last sentence, it completely misconstrues what I said. I said I don't like reductive takes, kinda like that last sentence, and absolutely will go back and forth if we are having a dialogue. The problem is most people don't, so they keep things reductive and we end up saying a lot of nothing and not agreeing on anything.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

We can agree to disagree. I don’t believe in either side nor do either side have our best interest in mind.

what’s this supposed to mean?

The only person who will ever do that, is the person in the mirror. outside of that, you take the best deal you can get.