Stacey Abrams Has Been Nominated For A Nobel Peace Prize

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BoomerD

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Yeah, you're probably right; I'm sure Stacey Abrams never felt the sting of oppression.


yeaaaahhhh....no, not in the same way. You really can't compare modern American racism to what happened in South Africa during apartheid.
 
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sandorski

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Yeah, you're probably right; I'm sure Stacey Abrams never felt the sting of oppression.

We have all felt the sting of oppression, if we are sticklers about it. She didn't experience anything close to what Mandela did. That said, I suppose she will be awarded or not partially based upon who the other nominees are and what she did could be significant enough to win.
 

feralkid

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yeaaaahhhh....no, not in the same way. You really can't compare modern American racism to what happened in South Africa during apartheid.


Maybe you can't, but how about someone like George Floyd? Oh man, if he'd been born in apartheid-era South Africa, who knows what worse things could have happened to him?

He got off easy, right? Thank God he was born in America.
 

HomerJS

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When you have basically an unlimited cheerleading squad from the media and unlimited budget from wealthy donors, you should win elections. It shouldn't be Nobel Peace Prize worthy, but since the Progressheviks have a near monopoly on the control of information, it is.
When going against voter suppression and gerrymandering I think she did a helluva job.

Republicans have done nothing but try and make it harder for people to vote.
 

cytg111

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When you have basically an unlimited cheerleading squad from the media and unlimited budget from wealthy donors, you should win elections. It shouldn't be Nobel Peace Prize worthy, but since the Progressheviks have a near monopoly on the control of information, it is.

She is a rock star. Deal with it :).
Your mind have been poisoned by right wing messaging for decades by institutions with monopoly like status.


Cancer.
 
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cytg111

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When going against voter suppression and gerrymandering I think she did a helluva job.

Republicans have done nothing but try and make it harder for people to vote.

She did.

Remember this power grab? Attempted power grab that is?


It really spells it out to your face : Fuck your democracy and fuck your rights.
 

zinfamous

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Spent 9 years in the Navy.

Never heard the expression "yeoman's like work".

different type of yeoman. This precedes your Navy. (think private, land-owning farmer/peasant in the era of fiefdoms, when most "farmers" simply worked the land owned by their lords)
 

Commodus

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When you have basically an unlimited cheerleading squad from the media and unlimited budget from wealthy donors, you should win elections. It shouldn't be Nobel Peace Prize worthy, but since the Progressheviks have a near monopoly on the control of information, it is.

I love the irony of claiming the left has a "monopoly" on information when Fox News dominated cable TV ratings up until this year, when the Capitol riot and Trump's exit tanked viewership.

For that matter, there are still plenty of conservatives on Facebook, Twitter, and other internet properties.

The talking heads that tell you the left has a monopoly on the media... they're lying to you. Conservatives have plenty of outlets on TV and in social media. It's just that misinformation and hate speech are disproportionately more likely to come from the right, so it 'feels' unfair.

I remember this great Twitter post (I wish I could find it easily) that summed up the real reason conservatives feel silenced online. I'll paraphrase:

Me: "Conservatives are being silenced, you say... so, you're being oppressed because you talk about small government and lower taxes?"

Conservatives: "No."

M: "Oh, so it's because you've spoken up about a strong military? Hawkish foreign policy? Looser regulations? 'Traditional' family values?"

C: "No, none of those..."

M: "Oh, so it's not really conservatism that's being silenced then... just lies and hate."
 

hal2kilo

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She is a rock star. Deal with it :).
Your mind have been poisoned by right wing messaging for decades by institutions with monopoly like status.


Cancer.
Murdocury needs to be banned.
 
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woolfe9998

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I love the irony of claiming the left has a "monopoly" on information when Fox News dominated cable TV ratings up until this year, when the Capitol riot and Trump's exit tanked viewership.

For that matter, there are still plenty of conservatives on Facebook, Twitter, and other internet properties.

The talking heads that tell you the left has a monopoly on the media... they're lying to you. Conservatives have plenty of outlets on TV and in social media. It's just that misinformation and hate speech are disproportionately more likely to come from the right, so it 'feels' unfair.

I remember this great Twitter post (I wish I could find it easily) that summed up the real reason conservatives feel silenced online. I'll paraphrase:

Me: "Conservatives are being silenced, you say... so, you're being oppressed because you talk about small government and lower taxes?"

Conservatives: "No."

M: "Oh, so it's because you've spoken up about a strong military? Hawkish foreign policy? Looser regulations? 'Traditional' family values?"

C: "No, none of those..."

M: "Oh, so it's not really conservatism that's being silenced then... just lies and hate."

Yes, exactly. I find it endlessly amusing that conservatives want to equate the things they are actually being censored for with mainstream conservatism. Calling for hangings of democrats. Racial slurs. Insane conspiracy theories. If that is what they're suggesting is the heart of conservatism now, it's quite a self-own.
 
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Fenixgoon

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I love the irony of claiming the left has a "monopoly" on information when Fox News dominated cable TV ratings up until this year, when the Capitol riot and Trump's exit tanked viewership.

For that matter, there are still plenty of conservatives on Facebook, Twitter, and other internet properties.

The talking heads that tell you the left has a monopoly on the media... they're lying to you. Conservatives have plenty of outlets on TV and in social media. It's just that misinformation and hate speech are disproportionately more likely to come from the right, so it 'feels' unfair.

I remember this great Twitter post (I wish I could find it easily) that summed up the real reason conservatives feel silenced online. I'll paraphrase:

Me: "Conservatives are being silenced, you say... so, you're being oppressed because you talk about small government and lower taxes?"

Conservatives: "No."

M: "Oh, so it's because you've spoken up about a strong military? Hawkish foreign policy? Looser regulations? 'Traditional' family values?"

C: "No, none of those..."

M: "Oh, so it's not really conservatism that's being silenced then... just lies and hate."
Trevor Noah is on it!
 

BoomerD

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Maybe you can't, but how about someone like George Floyd? Oh man, if he'd been born in apartheid-era South Africa, who knows what worse things could have happened to him?

He got off easy, right? Thank God he was born in America.

She ain't George Floyd...
 

hal2kilo

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different type of yeoman. This precedes your Navy. (think private, land-owning farmer/peasant in the era of fiefdoms, when most "farmers" simply worked the land owned by their lords)
I completely understand his confusion having worked around Navy personnel for almost 40 years. :)
 

Lezunto

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To stop Stacey. Abrams from becoming Governor, Georgia Republicans will work tirelessly and angrily to block Black citizens from voting.

They'll demand a Georgia State I.D., and additional permission from a Peach State county, then hold your firstborn as ransom until you drop off a replica of your Great Grandmother's third tooth.
 
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We have all felt the sting of oppression, if we are sticklers about it. She didn't experience anything close to what Mandela did. That said, I suppose she will be awarded or not partially based upon who the other nominees are and what she did could be significant enough to win.

GTFO with this stupid fucking bullshit. Can't believe you fucking pricks are trying to gatekeep black oppression like its your fucking place to decide who has and has not experienced enough oppression. Take your fucking white supremacist bullshit arguments and cram them back up your ass.

The fact that you did not stop and think if that post was a worthwhile statement to write out and post on a message board...goddamn what the fuck is going on with some of you people? That you apparently somehow lack the self awareness to go "hmm, I'll try and belittle this woman by saying she hasn't suffered enough because she didn't feel the same oppression that one of the most well known and cited instances of oppression in the entire world for the past 50 years to the point that there's a psychological term for people thinking the guy died in prison" and then fucking began with an "if we're gonna be pedantic, we've all been oppressed" (gee why does that sound familiar...reminds me of a certain response that assholes give when they hear "black lives matter").

I was thinking that people going "I don't know, what else could they have done? She was being unruly! I guess macing her might have been going a bit too far..." about cops chasing down, handcuffing and macing a 9 year old girl was fucking ridiculous, but seems there's a competition going.
 
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