Is it Time to Deny White Men the Franchise?

[desura]

update: article deleted. contributer deleted as well.

 

[Victorian Gray]

So the person apparently doesn't actually exist? ROFL!

 

[Amused]

Huffington Post SA has removed the blog "Could It Be Time To Deny White Men The Franchise?" published on our Voices section on April 13, 2017.

We have done this because the blog submission from an individual who called herself Shelley Garland, who claimed to be an MA student at UCT, cannot be traced and appears not to exist.

We have immediately bolstered and strengthened our blogging procedures that, until now, have operated on the basis of open communication and good faith. From now on, bloggers will have to verify themselves.

We will hold discussions on putting in place even better quality controls.

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We further understand that universal enfranchisement followed a long struggle and we fully support this.

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[Amused]

Furthermore, this appears to be a feminist activist, and I highly doubt she is even in SA even though her brand new Twitter page says she is. I have a suspicion, given her utter ignorance of the DA vs the ANC that she is an American who has little to no knowledge of SA politics.

Looks like I called it. I had a suspicion because I spend a lot of time in South Africa and this didn't sound like she knew anything about the DA.

 

[Genx87]

So, since the Trump administration is trying to force a wealth transfer through policies designed to lighten the burden on the rich and increase the burden on the poor, they're being violent and we can forcibly remove them from office? Great!

What do you think govt is anyways? It is a collective threat\use of violence to get something done. Go ahead, dont pay your taxes, dont obey the laws, watch as the govt uses violence to solve the problem.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Looks like I called it. I had a suspicion because I spend a lot of time in South Africa and this didn't sound like she knew anything about the DA.

Didn't quite call it.....

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/201...shelley-garland-and-why-he-did-it_a_22046533/

 

[NesuD]

Statistically speaking Obama won despite the white vote, not because of it. Whites as a collective largely voted against him.

Just to be clear since the implication is that whites voted against Obama because he was black he got 43% of the white vote in 08 and 39% in 12. The average share for Democrats over the years is 40%. Fact of the matter is he did better than most white democrat candidates in garnering white votes Only Bill Clinton has done better since Jimmy Carter. In truth the white vote was a positive contributor to Obamas win in 08 and at worst a wash in 12.

 

[Atreus21]

Racism and sexism are okay.

It all depends on the target.

 

[desura]

the photo was clearly...a man in a dress.

And the man in a dress is cis-gendered. He put on the dress as a gag. and apparently he just lost his job. Way to go corporate enforcers of the PC line.