Iverson_64
Superstar
But how are we defining "blindly voting" though?I fukk with Ice Cube and I look funny style at those that don’t.
You vote should always be for sale. Whoever is going to do for you and your wants directly is who you vote for.
Blindly voting is idiotic.
Calling Cube a c00n for trying to get something for his vote is demonic. Makes me see who’s side you’re on
If I personally feel like virtually no Republicans meet my standard politically and I vet out different groups of Democrats to see which one deserves my vote the most, am I still a shill because the people I'm sorting through happen to have a D to their name?
Biden wasn't even a top 3 candidate for me in 2020 but I still wrote in for a Democrat who I felt resonated with me.
Saying that Black people are automatically sheep, shills, or mental slaves just for voting with someone with a D in their name is actually a dangerous way of thinking that gets propagated in Right Wing circles all the time to shame us into giving them more votes.
On one hand, I get what you're saying. Everyone should look into things policy wise and not just vote for someone just because he's/she's charismatic like a televangelist or says the right things without the dedication or substance to back it up. I'm totally on board with that and I tell people that irl too. Regardless of the party you support, everyone should be doing that.
But, at the same time, someone like Gary Chambers would get my vote easily not because he's a Democrat or because he's a Black man but because his agenda actually resonates with me. Ditto for a number of other politicians who happen to be Democrat or Independent.
The GOP producing so few candidates that resonate with Black people isn't automatically about being "on the Democratic plantation." It's more so that the GOP caters to angry White men so much that Black people as a whole flat out don't like the GOP. We didn't even necessarily need brainwashing for that to be the case. A lot of the GOP is full of unlikable, blatantly racist, greedy/selfish, fascist, and conniving people who generally harbor resentment towards Black Americans.
There are Black Democrat shills just like they're White Republican shills but people exaggerate how many Black voters are actually shills to begin with. The GOP will call a Black person who votes for anyone with a D a "shill" or "brainwashed" without even proving that that person wasn't making a conscious decision.
I just think we need to be careful with the "Democrat plantation" talk. Maybe if people would specify that we should vet our candidates better regardless of the party, it'll get the message across better. Everyone should be vetting and choosing the best prospect.



Kanye is a whole different story, but the Cube slander is way, way off.


