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Re:The Electoral College Discriminates Against Hispanics and... by mcbruiser on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @07:47PM (#13816786)
as americans shouldn't we all want the same things regardless of race, ethnicity or any other form of "identity"? so in theory these things should not matter, should they?
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Re:The Electoral College Discriminates Against Hispanics and... by wtf_is_up on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @07:51PM (#13816809)
That's one of those ideas that sounds really good, in theory, until you look at reality where people in California unironically want to secede from the US (or Texas in '08).
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Re:The Electoral College Discriminates Against Hispanics and... by x3n0ph3n3 on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @07:53PM (#13816826)
> until you look at reality where people in California unironically want to secede from the US

No they don't. They were responding angrily to the election via a poll.

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Re:The Electoral College Discriminates Against Hispanics and... by x3n0ph3n3 on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @07:48PM (#13816795)
The parties are interested in dividing us up into voting blocks so they can selectively cater to, ignore, and pit them against each other at their own discretion.
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Re:The Electoral College Discriminates Against Hispanics and... by r00fus on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @07:55PM (#13816842)
Anytime you use "should" in a political discussion, you're on shaky ground.
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