It's okay to implement systemically racist laws because the system is already racist.
Alternatively (from their POV), the system isn't racist; these groups just don't perform so well due to some inherent...trait!
But yeah this is complete bullshit. Thank you, RBG. I'm sure your dissent up there in heaven is freaking epic.
So basically if you want to do a racism it's okay as long as you discriminate against the target in enough ways it gives plausible deniability as to which specific act is hurting them. You don't have to fix your voting discrimination because the cause might be your housing discrimination, you don't have to fix your housing discrimination because the cause might be your education discrimination and so on. Fucking insane shit.
A redditor disagrees with the tweets and says "nuance is important". And he has a solution! Kinda.
I don’t like the ruling at all, but that’s not what they are saying in context. What they are saying is that there isn’t any proof that these laws were introduced for the sole purpose to affect minority communities. When democrats introduced evidence of how minorities were disproportionately affected, judges said that they were affected because of the disparities in wealth and other factors and that there wasn’t enough proof that these laws were created for the sole purpose to stop people of color from voting.
Do I disagree with that ruling? Absolutely. But the nuance here is important.
It’s also important to realize that these laws were in effect since the 2016 election and we still won the state - barely, but we still did.
So we need to turn our focus to GOTV programs and copy what Stacey Abrahms did in Georgia in Arizona.
Why are libs like this???
I'm middle-aged. Until 2017 I was a lib. Trump (with an assist from CTH) pushed me to the left. Even though I was a very earnest-lib for so many decades - I was just a green belt lib. That redditor is a 11th degree black belt lib. He needs to fundamentally believe that The West Wing view of the world is right and true. Even as a lib - I thought that The West Wing was risible.
In his comment I seized on the word "nuance". He needs to believe (or force himself to believe) that the GOP justices are making decisions in good faith. If he doesn't believe that (or he can't deceive himself of that) - The West Wing fantasy dies. And it dies a sudden, horrible death.
Also, apparently even if it was intentional, if it wasn't the sole purpose, then we should keep the laws the same.
"So you admit you introduced these laws because you wanted to keep black people from voting?"
"Yes, but I also did it because it would make it easier for my party to win elections"
"Oh, now I understand. I guess the law is legitimate then."
