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Derek
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@LouisIngenthron @jeffjarvis we can agree to disagree on Biden and the purpose of his actions.
Excellent point about Trumps agenda.
Pointing to SCOTUS just makes me look at Clarence Thomas and wonder why race is even an issue at all here.
@LouisIngenthron @jeffjarvis if you go back to my initial reply, I'm only suggesting this isn't a good thing if it's not representative of the constituents. In that case it's absolutely political posturing, which absolutely antagonizes the far right and pushes people in the center their direction.
@lio @jamiemccarthy @jeffjarvis I would posit that creating an over representation of minorities in political office to combat a history of under representation is the exact brand of far left authoritarianism I don't want to be associated with.
And fair point on the wiki article. It was a source for the image that I poorly explained. I agree that it isn't an established or well backed theory, however the analogue of authoritarianism remains for me.
@LouisIngenthron @jeffjarvis you're still misrepresenting my point. I'm not suggesting we should be afraid of giving minorities equal representation, that's an incredible idea.
Let me be clear with the point I'm making: Minorities being over-represented in positions of power as retaliation for being under represented in the past will absolutely antagonize the worst and most violent citizens. There's a very clear difference in being afraid of these people and not antagonizing them.
@lio @jamiemccarthy @jeffjarvis I was suggesting that if you move too far to the left it can become a different brand of the authoritarianism championed by the far right.
@FantasticalEconomics @jeffjarvis Great points! I think the real conversation/debate lies in the areas these judges were appointed.
@LouisIngenthron @jeffjarvis I never mentioned any specific races other than whites. I don't have an agenda here other than logical reasoning. My ancestors walked in the trail of tears, so I have just as much of an axe to grind with white racists and politicians as anyone else. Purposely misrepresenting my comments is counter productive.
@LouisIngenthron @jeffjarvis it creates an environment that encourages people who subscribe to insanity like The Turner Diaries. Those people then use this new environment as a recruiting tool to amplify their stochastic terrorism. Marginalized whites will be more open to these toxic ideas.
@LouisIngenthron @jeffjarvis are you facetiously arguing for minority rule? I acknowledge that it's never been truly representative, but pushing the scale the other way creates more problems before it ever gets close to solving our existing ones.