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Tyler
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affirmative action is racism plain and simple.
Imagine being told you were less intelligent than someone just because you were left handed, or had brown eyes.
That's exactly the message affirmative action sends to minorities.
It also discriminates against whites by denying them of something they earned.
Opponents of this viewpoint would say that affirmative action is necessary because racism still exists in our society and that the races are not equal yet. My answer to that is that the color of someone's skin does not in any way limit their potential in life.
If it did, then we wouldn't have blacks seeing the level of success that Condoleeza Rice, J.T. Watts, and Clarence Page experience. Racism will always exist if one race is given preferential treatment over another. |
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Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:42 am |
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Bryan
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| I can think of a position higher than Condoleeza Rice's that has been occupied by white men exclusively. [/b] |
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Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:36 pm |
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ken
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| Well unfortunelty you can only name a handful. Where as there are hundreds of whites witht the same position. Racism is still alive and has just adapted to current times. I believe that people who for proposal two don't want the stigma of being recist. Let's see how you feel when you don't get the job because you are white, then tell me what you think. |
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Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:25 am |
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Rapunzel
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Unintended consequences----COURT proceedings- state funding for domestic violence shelters, cervical cancer---Law suits.
Watch and see.
YES, affirmative action was overboard and discriminating on employment against laws already on the books. Someone needed to report that rather than start this all encompassing constitutional admendment.
Forget Girls in science programs, more men in teacher programs- white or black. Heaven knows urban children have enough male quality role models.
I voted NO on ALL statewide proposals because I did my research on the fine print. Except #3 the non-issue....shoot them freakin doves!! sounds like quail tastes like quail. Worth a two dollar stamp to hunt in outlying areas.
If you vote ..it is a responsibility to learn, to study, to research what you are voting on. Be an Educated Voter@! read the fine print! |
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Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:20 am |
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Dave Starr
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| The ammendment bans preferences in State hiring, contracting and University admissions. How does this stop the programs you mantioned? |
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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.
Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.
Paddle faster, I hear banjos. |
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Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:08 pm |
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pissedoffmamabear
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| Well I am glad I voted the way I did,,,I won in most catatgories,,,,I voted Democratic,,,,,yeahhhhh,,,,I voted to save those lovely Doves you hate repunzel, I will tell you why, they call Mourning doves Mourning Doves because they mate for life,,,unlike humans,,, and when one dove dies, the other dove mourns and is heartbroken and soon dies,,,,I am a bird lover,,,I feed the birds, I watch the birds, and the doves are very tender and sweet, and kind,,,,they should not be used for target practice, birds are messengers to Heaven, and believe me the Dove is one of Gods messengers,,,,ok, now you all know Ma Ma bear has a heart,,,ok, and affirmitive action,,,I voted to get rid of it,,,when it gets to the point that the fricken foriegners are getting more rights than the American citizen it is time to Ban it,,,look in todays paper, almost every protester to keep it was an ARAB,,,,Srew the fricken foriegners,,,,,,,okkkkk, I am a Winner,,,except the damed health care thing passed, |
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Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:56 pm |
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rapunzel
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Mr. Starr,
You only read the first three. Did you not read all? Gender and public education. While I support some of these changes....they were already on the law books...those affecting gender and k-6 were not. They are now!
The cost of law suits to decide what falls under will be many.
As for the Doves, the two dollar stamp would have supplanted needed funds. Now DNR are asking for more funds. Doves at backyard city feeders would not have been affected as we cannot shoot in city boundaries.
In the wild they are a game bird much like quail.
Citizens that do not do the research on any vote no matter how trivial it may seem, do an injustice to those that faught for the right.
I applaud that you voted that in it self is a start. |
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:32 am |
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