Darwin’s US election cycle claptrap

While liberal and conservative are accurate divisions the real divisions in America have always been about identity. The democrat party has always been based on identities trying to take from the dominant identity. Some republicans also do this in a counter move. Yes blacks are behind and so use poltics to gain for themselves at the loss of others Lots do that. What is the law? America should never of let immigrabnt/Sothern identities say they would use poltical power to interfere with the people of America in who gets what. They are nreaking the contract upon uniting(Southern) or immigration. The Democratic party is loterally illegal. Its dedicated to robbing other "Americans" of what rightly belongs to them. Take them to court and ban the party or revoke the immigrants citzenship rights. I have reading John Locke lately and this is what he would say. Southerners were the first to use , post civil war, the politics against the common people. What they failed in battle they continued in politics until the present change. Robert Byers

jerry: If the blacks did not vote in the US, the Democrats would win almost no elections, If the whites did not vote in the US, the Republicans would win almost no elections. jerry: That is one of the reasons why inner city explosions of rioting are exploited and in some places encouraged. That is one of the reasons why explosions of riots are largely ignored. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/05/18/407741060/heres-what-people-are-saying-about-the-waco-shootout-and-race Zachriel

jerry @ 11

The term they are using these days is progressive. Progressive-ism has always been the philosophy that smart people know better. And what do we get as a result of this, riots which the smart people will blame on anything but themselves.

They called themselves progressive when their consensus pushed eugenics. The problem is there is no progress to be found in their philosophy, "science" and resulting policy. See Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, Cuba.....Detroit, Ferguson, Baltimore.... bb

Who votes (or affiliates) Democrat in the US? African Americans, Asian Americans, the religiously unaffiliated, post-graduate women, Jewish Americans, and the Millenial generation. Who votes (or affiliates) Republican in the US? Mormons; White evangelical Protestants; White southerners; White men, college or less; White Americans; and the silent generation (age 69-86). Also, this:

The share of independents in the public, which long ago surpassed the percentages of either Democrats or Republicans, continues to increase. Based on 2014 data, 39% identify as independents, 32% as Democrats and 23% as Republicans. This is the highest percentage of independents in more than 75 years of public opinion polling.

Source: http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/07/a-deep-dive-into-party-affiliation/ LarTanner

REC:

The context and sentiment of the statement seem important.

Then why did you leave them out when you commented? I was wondering why you were expressing astonishment at the snippet you did quote, because the sentiment expressed in that snippet is so uncontroversial as to be considered a truism in electoral analysis from both the left and right. Barry Arrington

The context and sentiment of the statement seem important. It is your blog, Barry. Any comments on the post? REC

REC @ 13. Your comment seemed to have focused on just "If the blacks did not vote in the US, the Democrats would win almost no elections." At least that is the only part you quoted. Perhaps I misunderstood you. Barry Arrington

Just an expression of astonishment. Maybe I misunderstood, Barry. Could you explain what you think the following means? Do you agree? "The left’s only chance of winning is to obscure the bad results of their past policies and to somehow get out the black vote in elections. If the blacks did not vote in the US, the Democrats would win almost no elections, In 2016 there will not be a black man running for president so it is somehow necessary to find ways to get them to vote. That is one of the reasons why inner city explosions of rioting are exploited and in some places encouraged. I expect to see much more of it in the next 18 months" REC

REC @ 8:

@2 “If the blacks did not vote in the US, the Democrats would win almost no elections,” Wow

. I am curious. What does your response mean? Barry Arrington

There isn’t anything “liberal” about any of that.

The term they are using these days is progressive. Progressive-ism has always been the philosophy that smart people know better. And what do we get as a result of this, riots which the smart people will blame on anything but themselves. It is these people who constantly bring up evolution in questions with Republican political candidates. jerry

I don't use the word "liberal" to describe those on the left anymore. Speech codes on campus, increasing forced contributions to what is portrayed as a government charity, attacks on the first and second amendments, hyper-regulation. There isn't anything "liberal" about any of that. bb

This is the weirdest post I can recall on this site. First you prove that "the left"'s position is the antithesis of Darwinism (a position held by them much more often than of "the right".) Then you tell them how stupid their anti-Darwinian position is. bFast

@2 "If the blacks did not vote in the US, the Democrats would win almost no elections," Wow. REC

The point is how Darwinism infests popular culture. People deserve better than such fatuous U-inspired claims.

Thanks for the clarification. daveS

Jerry: "I think the OP was just an example of how the media/left uses Darwin to help them in their cause. All the rest are intertwined in that." The irony in all this is that the left uses Darwinism, a completely random, non-teleological "process" to advance most or all of their grand social engineering projects. It makes sense, though, that left-leaning white liberals will do everything possible to prevent black people from randomly evolving. CannuckianYankee

It’s still not clear to me.

The article referred to seems to imply that liberals are more intelligent and implies that it is also more evolutionary likely they are to be altruistic due to natural selection. The reason is more likely that they are more likely to be well educated because of their intelligence and in the United States that means being indoctrinated by the education system which depends on liberal funding and causes. My experience with liberals is that while they may be a little bit more intelligent they are ignorant of the consequences of the altruistic policies they advocate. Intelligence does not mean they are not ignorant or ill informed.

That the left will be fomenting riots in black communities for political gain?

Here is an example of where the ignorance plays out. The typical liberal will not know the origin of the riots and may be more likely to buy into the meme that more money is what is needed. It is all about money and power and little to do with helping the underclass. I think the OP was just an example of how the media/left uses Darwin to help them in their cause. All the rest are intertwined in that. The interesting thing is that the police in the US reliably support left causes because this is where their money comes from and now they are made the enemy. A conundrum for the left. But you are right, the OP is a little off the beaten path but the originating article looks to Darwin to explain why those who support Darwin are smarter. jerry

The point is how Darwinism infests popular culture. People deserve better than such fatuous U-inspired claims. News

The left’s only chance of winning is to obscure the bad results of their past policies and to somehow get out the black vote in elections. If the blacks did not vote in the US, the Democrats would win almost no elections, In 2016 there will not be a black man running for president so it is somehow necessary to find ways to get them to vote. That is one of the reasons why inner city explosions of rioting are exploited and in some places encouraged. I expect to see much more of it in the next 18 months.

Is that the point of the OP though? That the left will be fomenting riots in black communities for political gain? It's still not clear to me. daveS

What’s the connection to the US election cycle?

The left's only chance of winning is to obscure the bad results of their past policies and to somehow get out the black vote in elections. If the blacks did not vote in the US, the Democrats would win almost no elections, In 2016 there will not be a black man running for president so it is somehow necessary to find ways to get them to vote. That is one of the reasons why inner city explosions of rioting are exploited and in some places encouraged. I expect to see much more of it in the next 18 months. jerry

What's the connection to the US election cycle? daveS