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Georgia’s Republican governor won’t endorse town’s first racially integrated prom

This is the elephant in the room that the conservatives here don't want to address, so as usual they deflect.

I'm not sure I understand the point here
 
I'm not sure I understand the point here

To me the elephant is that the governor should morally stand up against these antiquated laws! In fact, he should apologize for the state having them in the first place!

A mixed couple going to a prom should not be news anywhere today.
 
To me the elephant is that the governor should morally stand up against these antiquated laws!

While I agree, he's still a politician. Though as far as things go, this is a particularly bad example of someone catering to political interests

In fact, he should apologize for the state having them in the first place!

I'm not sure it's something he had much control over or knowledge of. I mean, it's not like he, or any other governor, is organizing fact finding committees to deduce the state of georgia's proms

A mixed couple going to a prom should not be news anywhere today.

I agree, but I haven't seen anyone claim that the policy should stand. In fact, I'm sure most people are assuming it's an obvious concession that needs to be made
 
To me the elephant is that the governor should morally stand up against these antiquated laws!

There are no "laws" at play here, "antiquated" or otherwise.
 
As An elected official you should always be separating his personal opinions from his official statements. His personal opinion should never be part of an official statement.

Preventing racial discrimination is not a personal opinion, its part of his role as governor. The fact that he cannot legally intervene in no way prevents him from making public statement to provide leadership on the issue. Its especially important given Georgia's history that he sets a strong example about how the government will no longer tolerate this kind of behavior.
 
Republicans can't get the Africsn-Amerixan vote because they have allowed Democrats to paint them a certain way.

Why the Governor of a State would be asked about a local issue. It's not a state issue. There was no answer he could have given that would not have pissed some people off. He should have just refused to answer the question.

There is more than answer to this question, in America, in 2013?

That is flipping sad!
 
Preventing racial discrimination is not a personal opinion, its part of his role as governor. The fact that he cannot legally intervene in no way prevents him from making public statement to provide leadership on the issue. Its especially important given Georgia's history that he sets a strong example about how the government will no longer tolerate this kind of behavior.

I can understand folks bellyaching over him saying " no comment"... but it seem to me that you are saying the government should have a say in who you allow to attend your privately hosted party.
 
To me the elephant is that the governor should morally stand up against these antiquated laws! In fact, he should apologize for the state having them in the first place!

A mixed couple going to a prom should not be news anywhere today.

what are you talking about?.. there are no laws at work here..... these proms are privately hosted parties.....sheesh!

damn, everybody is treating proms like it's a government entitlement or something.... it's a party... sometime hosted by the school district, sometimes not....but it's still just a party where kids get all awkward and uptight in ugly clothes.

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2013 and still trying to figure if we should desegregate. Amazing but not surprizing.

segregation has never been an issue..... legal segregation has always been the issue.

folks tend to self segregate anyways( based on many things, sex, race, economic class, etc)... it's not an evil thing.
 
I can understand folks bellyaching over him saying " no comment"... but it seem to me that you are saying the government should have a say in who you allow to attend your privately hosted party.

If I am racist trash who bans black people from my party, it is entirely appropriate for the governor to exercise his right to free speech and condemn my immoral actions.
 
segregation has never been an issue..... legal segregation has always been the issue.

folks tend to self segregate anyways( based on many things, sex, race, economic class, etc)... it's not an evil thing.

Racism is evil regardless of if done privately or by the government. Its not inherently illegal in certain circumstances, but it is always wrong.
 
I didn't realize this was still such a big ****ing deal.

I live 30 miles south of Atlanta and probably 100 or so miles north of Wilcox. This site is the only place I have heard of this.
 
If I am racist trash who bans black people from my party, it is entirely appropriate for the governor to exercise his right to free speech and condemn my immoral actions.

what if you ban white people from your party?.... are you still racist trash?... or are you just the congressional black caucus?
 
What if your high school still has one prom for the white students, another for the blacks, then suddenly wakes up and discovers that it is the 21st. century?
 
what if you ban white people from your party?.... are you still racist trash?... or are you just the congressional black caucus?

That depends. Was the congressional black caucus formed specifically for the purpose of excluding white people because they were deemed inferior?
 
That depends. Was the congressional black caucus formed specifically for the purpose of excluding white people because they were deemed inferior?


bzzzt..... the correct answer was.... "racist trash".


it doesn't "depend"... according to you previous statement it' "always wrong", correct?
 
bzzzt..... the correct answer was.... "racist trash".


it doesn't "depend"... according to you previous statement it' "always wrong", correct?

You are trying to lamely create the illusion "hypocrisy" by pretending the congressional black caucus is somehow even vaguely comparable to segregated prom held by a bigoted town in Georgia. It only appeals to those grossly ignorant of history. The congressional black congress exists to discuss legislative issues with regards to the black community, segregated proms exist because a group of people in Georgia hate blacks.
 
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Not that it's that important, WMAZ 13 isn't an Atlanta TV station. Macon, Georgia I think. Sorry, I'm a media nerd.
 
You are trying to lamely create the illusion "hypocrisy" by pretending the congressional black caucus is somehow even vaguely comparable to segregated prom held by a bigoted town in Georgia. It only appeals to those grossly ignorant of history. The congressional black congress exists to discuss legislative issues with regards to the black community, segregated proms exist because a group of people in Georgia hate blacks.

you seem to be arguing with yourself here.... it's "always wrong" or not?
 
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my question would be, why would the governor of a state .."give hoot in Hell" about a prom.

it would be like obama worrying about the zoning of my property.........
 
you seem to be arguing with yourself here.... it's "always wrong" or not?

I said racism is always wrong. I have clearly demonstrated why the segregated prom is racist and congressional black caucus is not.
 
I said racism is always wrong. I have clearly demonstrated why the segregated prom is racist and congressional black caucus is not.

so racism is always wrong, but racial segregation is only sometimes wrong..... mmmmk.
 
so racism is always wrong, but racial segregation is only sometimes wrong..... mmmmk.

I think that congressional black caucus sets the wrong example by having a skin color requirement for membership, precisely because it gives fodder to people like you. That doesn't mean your attempts to equate them with the racist community in Wilcox county are anything other than dishonest.
 
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