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Lt. gov. nominee Jackson says ‘no apologies’ for past comments on gays, abortion

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The Founder of Planned Parenthood was a racist. She believed Blacks were unfit. She didn't think they should be allowed to breed.

Yes she did. She was supported by Prescott Bush also.
 
I agree with this. I just wish politicians against abortion in any way, shape or form and those who oppose gay marriage would temper what they say. They are entitled to believe anything they want to believe. If religion guides their views? Who are we are challenge them?

But. They need to find a way to communicate their opinions so that they don't look like idiots.

Only a guy without a brain cell working would say this:

I prefer to have the idiots come out of the closet as idiots so there is no ambiguity about whether to vote for them.
 
I know I'm impatient, but I really have to know what my problems with women are...
 
Not to defend this guy or what he says but...why should he have to apologize? Those are his views and he has a right to stick to them. Just as you have your own views and you have a right to stick to them also. Would you apologize for something that you believed in? If not then why the hell should this guy? And whether they are right or wrong to you is of no consequence and irrelevent. I would hope that you would at least recognize that this person, and every other person on this planet has a right to their views and calling him a "demented fool" just shows that you are being no better than what you are trying to claim him as. Remember, whenever you point a finger at someone you have 3 more fingers pointing at you.

He should stand by his values and beliefs. I wish more Republicans were vocal in what they really believe instead of kow towing to what everyone else believes.
 
Just speaking to reality as I have observed it in the treatment of conservative black Americans.

Because liberals treat the right with respect when they say similar things, as long as they're white :roll:

That's why the left always treats Santorum with respect :lamo
 
How did you determine prejudice was morally wrong?

Jackson should apologize because prejudice is morally wrong and he is actively promoting it. A person has the legal right to exercise free speech, but that doesn't absolve you of ethical responsibility.

More importantly, his actions are utterly unacceptable for anyone running for elected office. He is sworn to serve all of the citizens of the state of Virginia, but by refusing to even apologize, he demonstrates that he prioritizes bigotry above his duty.

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Jackson should apologize because prejudice is morally wrong and he is actively promoting it. A person has the legal right to exercise free speech, but that doesn't absolve you of ethical responsibility.

More importantly, his actions are utterly unacceptable for anyone running for elected office. He is sworn to serve all of the citizens of the state of Virginia, but by refusing to even apologize, he demonstrates that he prioritizes bigotry above his duty.

In you're opinion he is prejudiced. Not in his. Tell me, what are you prejudiced against? I bet you I can name one just by reading your post here.....Remember what I said in that post you responded to..."whenever you point a finger at someone you have 3 more fingers pointing at you"

And it doesn't matter about being elected to serve "ALL" the people. 1: Not all the people elected him. 2: As Lincoln once stated.."you can please some of the people some of the time, but you cannot please all the people all the time." That saying is quite the truism. What you ask for is impossible no matter the person that holds that office. Even Jesus, a being who was suppose to be Perfect, could not please everyone as evidenced by the fact that he was hung on a cross. If he couldn't then no one else has even a split chance of it.
 
I agree with this. I just wish politicians against abortion in any way, shape or form and those who oppose gay marriage would temper what they say. They are entitled to believe anything they want to believe. If religion guides their views? Who are we are challenge them?

But. They need to find a way to communicate their opinions so that they don't look like idiots.

Only a guy without a brain cell working would say this:

If I believed the same as him (which I don't) i'd prolly say it the same way. But then I'm anti-political correctness and often say what is on my mind no matter what the PC Police say.
 
We are citizens of the USA that is who we are. And we should challenge politicians who want to limit law abiding citizens rights.

Then challenge him. No one is saying that you shouldn't. But calling someone names because they say things you don't like is about as useful as boar hog's with teets.
 
Playing the race card doesn't work any better when conservatives do it. If you want to defend Jackson's character, do so without referencing his race.

I really hate to say this but she and fisher actually do have a point. When Bill Cosby came out and said that blacks need to stop playing the victims and start taking responsibility for themselves and get off of welfare the black community ostracized him. The same thing happens to ex-homosexuals when they make public statements against homosexuals. Many other homosexuals ostracized them too.

The point isn't so much the "race" card. Its more of a "group" card.
 
Then challenge him. No one is saying that you shouldn't. But calling someone names because they say things you don't like is about as useful as boar hog's with teets.

“Their minds are perverted, they’re frankly very sick people psychologically, mentally and emotionally and they see everything through the lens of homosexuality. When they talk about love they’re not talking about love, they’re talking about homosexual sex.”

He has also called Democrats “slave masters”

It's OK for him to call homosexuals "sick people" and accuse them of lying, and call dems "slave masters" because he believes it to be true

But it's horribly wrong for anyone to call him names. Name-calling is wrong :roll:
 
I really hate to say this but she and fisher actually do have a point.

No, they don't. No one has suggested that Jackson has to act a certain way. He's entitled to be a bigoted a**hole if he wants, and we're entitled to call him on it.
 
It's OK for him to call homosexuals "sick people" and accuse them of lying, and call dems "slave masters" because he believes it to be true

But it's horribly wrong for anyone to call him names. Name-calling is wrong :roll:

Did I ever say that what he said was OK? No I didn't. But what perhaps you and others are doing is doing the very same thing that you are criticizing him for. That is hypocritical.
 
No, they don't. No one has suggested that Jackson has to act a certain way. He's entitled to be a bigoted a**hole if he wants, and we're entitled to call him on it.

Actually the way that people are acting is in such a way as to try and intimidate him in order to act a certain way. Using the same tactics that he is using. If you want to call him on it then present logic. Not name calling in return.
 
You know, the guy was raised a democrat and quit the party because he saw the democratic policies aimed at black Americans as being tantamount to a new form of slavery.

And he's an idiot. Free market policies gave us Jim Crow and the belief that people could be owned.
 
Did I ever say that what he said was OK? No I didn't. But what perhaps you and others are doing is doing the very same thing that you are criticizing him for. That is hypocritical.

Yes, what he did was wrong, and it's wrong for anyone to say it's wrong.

And yes, the liberals are also saying that homosexuals are sick liars and the dems are slave masters, just like he is doing :roll:
 
Yes, what he did was wrong, and it's wrong for anyone to say it's wrong.

And yes, the liberals are also saying that homosexuals are sick liars and the dems are slave masters, just like he is doing :roll:

*sigh* never mind. Your mind is too closed and can't see that you are acting the same way that he is, just using different words and subjects. I'm done with this conversation.
 
In you're opinion he is prejudiced. Not in his. Tell me, what are you prejudiced against? I bet you I can name one just by reading your post here.....Remember what I said in that post you responded to..."whenever you point a finger at someone you have 3 more fingers pointing at you"

If I say something is morally wrong, I can explain why that particular thing causes harm to others. Mr. Jackson did not logically demonstrate how homosexuality hurts people. All did was rant about how much he hates them.


And it doesn't matter about being elected to serve "ALL" the people. 1: Not all the people elected him. 2: As Lincoln once stated.."you can please some of the people some of the time, but you cannot please all the people all the time." That saying is quite the truism. What you ask for is impossible no matter the person that holds that office. Even Jesus, a being who was suppose to be Perfect, could not please everyone as evidenced by the fact that he was hung on a cross. If he couldn't then no one else has even a split chance of it.

I am not asking that Jackson please everyone, I am asking that he refrain from spouting hate against a particular group of people without cause.
 
Actually the way that people are acting is in such a way as to try and intimidate him in order to act a certain way. Using the same tactics that he is using. If you want to call him on it then present logic. Not name calling in return.

Don't be absurd. I'm not going to write a thesis justifying homosexuality because some idiot believes gays are deviants.
 
Sure, the op is constantly trying to denigrate the BLACK Va Lt. Governor nominee with slavery quotes because he a republican who doesn't tow the PC line and I am the one playing the race card; and nice to assume that all Christians would agree with him--that is so open-minded of you :roll:

Yes, that's exactly what you're doing. The OP has shown himself to be a non-stop liberal hyper partisan....so whether this Lt. Governor was black, white, hispanic, or anything else he'd be posting it to denigrate the person because he's A REPUBLICAN not because he's black. What you're doing is NO DIFFERENT than the legions of people who go "Your Racist, you're just saying that because he's black!" whenever people make any comment about Barack Obama.

By the way, it doesn't seem he is suggesting all christians agree with him...the CANDIDATE suggested that because he stated that "every church going person" holds the same principles as him. Deuce was asking if you were one, if you agreed with his comments, and suggested that based on your initial post....utterly defending him and pulling hte race card...one can only assume that you do.
 
It is not reprehensible to be against abortion and gay marriage.

I would agree it's not reprehensible simply to be against abortoin or gay marriage.

However...claiming homosexuals are mentally "sick people" and suggesting they have a psychological disorder when psychologists categorically disagree IS rather reprehensible in my mind.

Suggesting that anytime a homosexual talks about "love" they're actually simply talking about gay sex...essentially suggesting that homosexuals are physically incapable of experience the feeling of "love" and are purely lust driven...is a pretty reprehensible statement in my mind.

Suggesting a major political party in this serving up an agenda "worthy of the antichrist" is a pretty reprehensible comment.
 
*sigh* never mind. Your mind is too closed and can't see that you are acting the same way that he is, just using different words and subjects. I'm done with this conversation.

Yes, I am doing the same thing he is doing.

Except that I'm doing different things.
 
I really hate to say this but she and fisher actually do have a point. When Bill Cosby came out and said that blacks need to stop playing the victims and start taking responsibility for themselves and get off of welfare the black community ostracized him. The same thing happens to ex-homosexuals when they make public statements against homosexuals. Many other homosexuals ostracized them too.

The point isn't so much the "race" card. Its more of a "group" card.

If people come out and say "Bill Cosby is a Uncle Tom" it's not "pulling a race card" to respond going "Wow, a black guy doesn't think the way they're stereotypically expected to think so immedietely he should be insulted".

However, if people come out and say "Bill Cosbys's views on this are stupid" to respond going "Wow, a black guy doesn't think the way they're stereotypically expected to think so immedietely he should be insulted" IS pulling a race card.

Just like it's pulling the race card if someone goes "I dislike Obama's economic policy" and a preson responds "You just dislike him cause he's black". And it wouldn't be a race card if someone goes "I can't stand Obama thinking he's the HNIC" (look up the acronym) and a person responds "You just dislike him cause he's black".

The OP said NOTHING about his race, gave NO indicatoin what so ever that the problems with him came about due to his race, and gave every indication that his issues were entirely ideological in nature.....and Fisher's immediete response was the equivilent of "RACIST". That's picture perfect "race card".

Are there people who dislike Blacks who don't toe the stereotypical line? Absolutely. Just like there are real racists out there. But labeling someone as such without ANYTHING to substantiate it is playing the race card.
 
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