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Originally Posted by highthief
If a black politician voted against affirmative action, would he be an Uncle Tom and a hypocrite too? Cannot the person and the politician be seperate beings? Can the politician not vote the way his constituents would want him to vote?
I have no idea if this is the case, I'm merely pointing out that there are alternate possibilties.
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Come on, there is a HUGE difference between forcing affirmative action (which can be either be called balancing things out or forced discrimination depending on your views) and voting against banning discrimination. I see nothing wrong at all with a black politician voting against affirmative action.
He could possibly get a pass on the hate crime votes, depending on his overall view of hate crime legislation. However, if he's previously supported hate crime legislation for other purposes, then he's again aligning with anti-gay groups.
NCB, either you don't know the details or you are being intentionally obtuse. Although there are similarities, the main difference between Foley and Studds was that one involved repeated unwanted sexual harrassment of several pages and the other was a consensual relationship (the relationship was consensual and therefore legal, despite the page being 17, it was still VERY unprofessional).
There is also a difference in the reponse by the people involved. Foley blamed it on alcohol abuse and the party attempted to cover it all up for over 5 years.