Turning The Ballot Box Against Republicans

The 3/5 compromise was not in any way responsible for the existence of slavery.

In fact, it was what made it possible to end slavery.

Oh swell, I feel better all ready.

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No, these republican reprobates actually encourage and incite abuse.

Rape is a gift from God... rape is pro life... (cynical)

Totally false. What made it possible to end slavery was the south's fatal decisiobn to secede. Had they not made that decision the 3/5 compromise would have remained in effect, , quite possibly until today since it was part of the constitution, denying black americans any human rights and giving slave owners undemocratic power in congress. It was in no way responsible for ending slavery. sheer sophistry on oralloy's part.

A player was blackballed from NFL for taking a knee. What will it do about a team owner charged with solicitation for sex?

You can claim he was blackballed, but you have to look at his last 2 or 3 seasons, he sucked and was well under 50% in win/loss record one season they were 2-14. He didn't help himself with the taking a knee stuff, he was a bad QB who decided to be political while on the job.


I'm not sure there is much the NFL can do about such a thing, he owns the team. I guess they could maybe make him sell the team, much like the NBA did with the owner of the Clippers. It might take a vote of all the owners to make it happen. Let's be honest though, players abuse their partners and still get to play in the NFL. You can kill dogs as part of a fighting ring and still play in the NFL. This is why I have said for a long time that professional athletes should not be role models just because they can play a game well.

I understand it perfectly, it's those who rant about the "popular vote" and want to overturn the EC who don't understand what's it's intention was for. In fact it holds more true today then it did when it was written into the Constitution.

Why don't you tell me what you think it's for and where the "popular vote" is mentioned in the Constitution.

Kaepernick played well under Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh left, and the 49ers got a new coach. Kaepernick began to struggle and lost his starting job mid season to Blaine Gabbert. This happened in 2015. He was now a backup QB who was making upwards of $20MM per year on a team friendly contract.

In 2016, Kaepernick took his first knee, however by that point Kaepernick had already lost his starting QB job, again before he ever even took a knee.

I DO think Kaepernick was hurt by his protests, but he did himself no favors with his shitty play or with his demands for >$20m. No team in the NFL was going to pay a benched QB >$20MM per season.

In case anyone was wondering the QB who replaced Kaepernick, Blaine Gabbert, was given a chance to play in 2017 and 2018...turns out he played like crap those seasons too. He signed a 2 year $4MM contact (approximately 10% of what Kaepernick demanding)


It takes a team willing to sign Kaep and himself willing to accept whatever dollar amount the team offered. Kaep even demanded $20MM from the startup AAF (which none of you have probably heard of...which tells you why his request is batshit crazy).

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/02/15/report-colin-kaepernick-wanted-million-play-aaf/?utm_term=.0431781fa544







I think I've been blackballed by the NFL too. As a 6'0" 225 guy who can't hardly throw a spiral, the NFL has thus far blocked me from making 20MM per year as a backup QB. I'm going to file a grievance.

What the EC is about is explicitly the Tyranny of the Minority, favoring thle rights of the few at the expense of the rights of the many. Weve. Already got the senate doing that. The ec doing it too is overkill on us.

The Constitution disagrees with you. There are no such thing as "rights of the majority", anything the "majority" wants must be balanced against the Constitution and the rights of the individual.

Sorry to sound like a real pedant, but shouldn't it be blacklisted?

Blackballed is what happens when one tries to join an exclusive club or masonic organisation. The existing members are consulted and each is given two balls a white one and a black one. They then put a ball in the voting sack, white for yes, black for no, and it only takes one black ball to be denied membership.

Wrong. If the Framers had allowed the South to count a slave as a whole person in the census, the South would have overwhelming power in the federal government and would never have had to secede. Slavery would continue today.

If the Framers had refused to count slaves in the census, the South would never have joined the Constitution and would have instead formed their own country. Slavery would continue today.

Without the 3/5 compromise, they never would have seceded. Slavery would continue today.

Perhaps. But the 3/5 compromise is the only reason why they did make that decision.

The 3/5 compromise did not deny any human rights.

The 3/5 compromise prevented slave owners from having undemocratic power in Congress.

Counting slaves as whole people in the census is what would have given slave owners undemocratic power.

Wrong. If the Framers had allowed the South to count a slave as a whole person in the census, the South would have overwhelming power in the federal government and would never have had to secede. Slavery would continue today.

If the Framers had refused to count slaves in the census, the South would never have joined the Constitution and would have instead formed their own country. Slavery would continue today.

The reality that slavery would continue today if it had not been for the 3/5 compromise is hardly sophistry.

Only racist rightist zealots believe in the face of total lack of evidence that Kaep ir otherd advocate cop killing.

Falsely accusing the universe of racism just makes the left look silly.

There is ample evidence that this Kaepernick thug wants black people to be allowed to murder police officers with impunity. He has publicly and openly endorsed the pro-murder BLM goon squad.

This is why people vote for Trump.

The left wants to abolish our civil liberties.

Trump wants to protect our civil liberties.