(05-08-2019 02:17 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(05-08-2019 02:08 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(05-08-2019 01:52 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(05-08-2019 01:37 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(05-08-2019 01:16 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Sims is clearly a hate-filled bigot. Yet he keeps getting re-elected. Why? because, like antifa, he is bigoted toward the right people - in his case, Christians, especially white ones.

You keep trying to equivocate any bad action by a Republican with this guy. yet I think many more democrats will support Sims' actions. Apparently you think different. But he did beat three other democrats in the primary. Presumably, those were Democrats voting for him.

You keep making this point. Are you saying that all local politicians that have won multiple elections somehow represent the overall party on a national level? Because I wouldn't be throwing many stones in that glass house.

Jim Cleveland ("I don't believe in interracial marriage") is a long time councilman and therefore has presumably won multiple elections.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...ec06098157

So what does multiple elections and winning a four way primary indicate to you? Ignorance in the lelectorate?

I think Sims' causes- PP, women's right to an abortion - are popular among Democrats. White nationalism is not popular among Republicans, despite what you are told.

BTW, many black people do not believe in interracial marriage. Isn't it racist of you to assume that only white Republican bigots would oppose interracial marriage?

LOL! How are you making that assumption regarding my beliefs? When did I say that only white people oppose interracial marriage?

I posted it because saying "I don't believe in interracial marriage. It isn't Christian." is an unacceptable position for a public servant to espouse... no matter the ethnicity of said public servant.

Why is that belief unacceptable? Must we ALL believe the same way? Is homogeneity of belief the goal?

I probably should have said unacceptable in my opinion. How are you going to represent constituents that have interracial marriages with that viewpoint? But I'll concede you that point, plenty of politicians hold beliefs that seem anathemic to one group or another.

The mayor said that the city isn't ready for a black administrator. Is that OK with you? Does that fall within heterogeneity of belief as well?