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Do you think these Black Panthers should be prosecuted for voter intimidation?

Should these Black Panthers be prosecuted?

  • Yes

    Votes: 43 86.0%
  • No

    Votes: 4 8.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 3 6.0%

  • Total voters
    50
Would it be prosecuted?




Depends on the state, stature and nature of the reasoning, I'm pretty sure if your intent is to intimidate others, you could be arrested for menacing among other felonies.


Now any proof that this happened or are you all just talking out your waste ejection ports as usual?
 
For the love of ****, can you stay on target? This isn't a "bash libertarians" thread, go make your own damned thread about that if you want. Libertarian political philosophy has nothing to do with the actions of the Black Panthers in this case. I haven't seen the LP going around intimidating voters either, so stop with your biased, bigoted agenda against Libertarians and comment on the damned thread topic. No one said Obama won because of the Black Panthers, people have said what the Black Panthers had done was clearly voter intimidation and there should have been investigation and prosecution for these crimes as voter intimidation is something that we cannot allow stand.

Look.. if I was a black I would be scared of the libertarians getting in office.

EDIT: In other words I sympathise with the black panthers being sick of white supremacy.
 
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Protecting whose voting rights from what?

The black panther party was actually created in self defense of black people. This was a misguided attempt at making sure that AA were not, themselves, intimidated at the polls.
 
Would it be prosecuted?

If precedent from this instance stood, then no. But dollars to donuts says that if it were a "white" group that did the exact same actions, there would have been a hooting and a hollaring we've never heard before and most likely an actual investigation.
 
Look.. if I was a black I would be scared of the libertarians getting in office.




There are plenty of black folk in the libertarian party... I think you are racist, indicating that black folk are lazy and would hate to see libertarian ideal come back to this great nation.... shame on you.
 
Look.. if I was a black I would be scared of the libertarians getting in office.

EDIT: In other words I agree with the black panthers being sick of white supremacy.

But you're not. So either stay on topic or STFU and go start your own thread.
 
The black panther party was actually created in self defense of black people. This was a misguided attempt at making sure that AA were not, themselves, intimidated at the polls.

Oh really? And who was intimidating black people at this polling place before the Black Panthers showed up? Where's the news story? Where are the culprits? Who was prosecuted?
 
Look.. if I was a black I would be scared of the libertarians getting in office.

EDIT: In other words I sympathise with the black panthers being sick of white supremacy.



I bet you wore a public enemy shirt and thought you were cool amonst all your other white friends in your nice upper class suburban home.... kudos to you and fight the power. :thumbs:
 
There are plenty of black folk in the libertarian party... I think you are racist, indicating that black folk are lazy and would hate to see libertarian ideal come back to this great nation.... shame on you.

Lame arguement of course.
 
Oh really? And who was intimidating black people at this polling place before the Black Panthers showed up? Where's the news story? Where are the culprits? Who was prosecuted?

you'd better believe that if it happened in the slightest, or even suggested, that the race capitalists such as Jackson and Sharpton would be all over it.
 
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I am not trying to derail anything.. I think the black community does have something to fear regarding racists and polls. White supremacy shouldn't have an option at the poll. Intimidation may be all that blacks have to go with since they are a minority group that should be protected but somehow I don't think they will be protected by the libertarians.(or any other minority group) The Tea Party is the republican party playing a pathetic political name change game.

EDIT: I've said my part on this. I will not lament about the pathetic Tea bagger party further. But what libertarians want to do to the constitution is unacceptable from a minority mind set in my humble opinion of course.

Can you supply recent examples of intimidation of black voters during the Obama election?
 
I bet you wore a public enemy shirt and thought you were cool amonst all your other white friends in your nice upper class suburban home.... kudos to you and fight the power. :thumbs:

lol.. nope. I am done responding to your rediculous posts that are more personal attacks then directed towards the subject. Likely because your lack of an ability to come up with legit arguments.
 
lol.. nope. I am done responding to your rediculous posts that are more personal attacks then directed towards the subject. Likely because your lack of an ability to come up with legit arguments.

Well if that ain't the pot calling the kettle black.
 
lol.. nope. I am done responding to your rediculous posts that are more personal attacks then directed towards the subject. Likely because your lack of an ability to come up with legit arguments.



Really like what? I'm a libertarian and we by political ideology are not compatible with racism, so your off topic trolling is getting the response it deserves?


that subject?
 
Oh really? And who was intimidating black people at this polling place before the Black Panthers showed up? Where's the news story? Where are the culprits? Who was prosecuted?

Oh for Christ sake. I said it was a "misguided" attempt.
The Black Panther party was created because of voter intimidation, police brutality (on blacks) etc. *I* am not saying anyone was intimidating black people on this day or even in this area, what *I* am saying is that they were there (however misguided) to make sure that voter intimidation on AA did not happen.
 
Well if that ain't the pot calling the kettle black.




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Oh for Christ sake. I said it was a "misguided" attempt.
The Black Panther party was created because of voter intimidation, police brutality (on blacks) etc. *I* am not saying anyone was intimidating black people on this day or even in this area, what *I* am saying is that they were there (however misguided) to make sure that voter intimidation on AA did not happen.

You seem to think the Black Panthers are an innocent group that is just trying to do something good for black people. You need to read up on them.
 
Can you supply recent examples of intimidation of black voters during the Obama election?

Look this is lame.. your implying he won the election because of intimidation tactics.. really just pathetic. Further, not to derail the argument away from the topic.. but clearly the question begs to ask that.. do you really think the democrats won the election because of voters being turned away on mass at polls because of the black panthers? or is that what the poll is supposed to indicate? Maybe it is some desperate attempt to make up for GW winning his election via judicial intervention? IDK I am just asking why?
 
Look this is lame.. your implying he won the election because of intimidation tactics.. really just pathetic.

I don't see anyone implying that at all.
 
It should be, of course. Should these Black Panthers be?

Both guns and clubs standing at a polling station should, regardless of the carrier. Yet, that would be against the Second Amendment, wouldn't it?
 
Well if that ain't the pot calling the kettle black.

No it isn't. Libertarianism is a political philosophy that is open to be shot down and called out for what it is. If you don't want racists voting for your candidate then make sure he doesn't give them a reason to vote for him.
 
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No it isn't. Libertarianism is a political philosophy that is open to be shot down and called out for what it is. If you don't want racists voting for your candidate then make sure he doesn't give them a reason to vote for him.




Please point to the section of any US Libertarian philosophy that espouses racism or kindly take your lies and run.
 
Whatever in the world does that have to do about anything?

Sorry, from your previous posts on the thread, it looked like you didn't mind the Panthers being there.

OMG.. Obama won because of the black panthers now huh? lmao.

When did I say that?

Man you post some weak arguments. Anyhow it's clear the intentions of the libertarians are to roll back the 1964 civil rights act. The question is.. should minorities be scared of that happening? The Black Panthers are a racist group with no political party.. now that libertarians have made it clear they want to amend the civil rights act the kkk has a party they can check off. It is also taking advantage of the presidents skin color.

What does this have to have to do with anything in the OP? The Libertarian argument against the 1964 Civil Rights Act is based on property rights not racism.
 
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