Ed Asks, “Why is it important to vote for Keith Ellison?
.…Because he’s doing what’s necessary and right, and he’s being punished for
it. He’s getting attacked for being soft on crime in the midst of a crime
wave.”
Ed Felien engages in racist stereotyping when he refers to white people who
oppose Ellison as “white barstool bullies.” That characterization is a trope,
as much as any of the tropes that are used when characterizing Jewish or Black
people. Engaging in these kinds of characterizations is wrong regardless of the
race or religion they are used against. It is also wrong regardless of the race
of the person using it. (Ed is white).
Ed continues, “They want Blacks and immigrants punished for trying to take away
their jobs and their homes. They want them kept in their places…”
“…Ellison is five percentage points behind his Republican opponent among white
men.… A lot of white men just can’t support a Black man using the law to
challenge the old order of doing things. But then Ed asserts, “Ellison is 17
points ahead with women, but he’s 16 points behind with men.” But, if Ellison
is five points behind his Republican opponent among white men, and he is 16
points behind with [generic] “men,” he must be farther behind with non-white
men than he is with white men.
Then Ed proclaimed, “Men, and particularly white men, are digging in their
heels. They’re resisting change. They want to go back to a reality that only
existed in a John Wayne technicolor fantasy.”
I am a white male, and yes, I am opposed to Ellison for AG. But I am not
opposed to Ellison because I am “resisting change.” I think I have called for
as much change as anyone on this forum. I have advocated for a Guaranteed
Income, as had Thomas Paine one of this country’s founders, and more recently
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I have also asked for the abolition of private real
estate.
http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/mpls/messages/topic/7J5dqPxW3cbnmiZ1Kbkz1n/
The only person to advocate for more change than I have is, possibly, Ed. He
has suggested that we adopt a Maoist Bolshevik government and economy. So, it
is not a matter of just wanting or resisting “change.” The question is, changes
in what direction?
I am opposed to Keith Ellison, not because I am opposed to change, or because I
am racist. I am opposed to Ellison because he has called for the defunding of
the police and then, like Ed, and former Council Member, Cam Gordon, he
moonwalked until his shoes wore out. He lied and said that was never his
position. I suspect a lot of men, white and Black, and many women too, will not
vote for Ellison for all those reasons too. We need an AG who tells the truth
and who can recognize the truth.
http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/mpls/messages/topic/5yAXJXxeLWsNyLTjjOvec8/
Notes:
1.) You can read Ed’s article in the October 2022 South Side Pride. “Why it’s
important to vote for Keith Ellison”
https://southsidepride.com/2022/10/03/why-its-important-to-vote-for-keith-ellison/
2.)I do not have a problem with voting for Blacks, Muslims, or women. I voted
for Obama in his second term. I voted for Ilhan Omar for her first term, and I
supported Susan Rice, a Black woman, for Vice President of the US, in 2020.
CJ Sparrow
612-386-6538
occupirate.blogspot.com
.…Because he’s doing what’s necessary and right, and he’s being punished for
it. He’s getting attacked for being soft on crime in the midst of a crime
wave.”
Ed Felien engages in racist stereotyping when he refers to white people who
oppose Ellison as “white barstool bullies.” That characterization is a trope,
as much as any of the tropes that are used when characterizing Jewish or Black
people. Engaging in these kinds of characterizations is wrong regardless of the
race or religion they are used against. It is also wrong regardless of the race
of the person using it. (Ed is white).
Ed continues, “They want Blacks and immigrants punished for trying to take away
their jobs and their homes. They want them kept in their places…”
“…Ellison is five percentage points behind his Republican opponent among white
men.… A lot of white men just can’t support a Black man using the law to
challenge the old order of doing things. But then Ed asserts, “Ellison is 17
points ahead with women, but he’s 16 points behind with men.” But, if Ellison
is five points behind his Republican opponent among white men, and he is 16
points behind with [generic] “men,” he must be farther behind with non-white
men than he is with white men.
Then Ed proclaimed, “Men, and particularly white men, are digging in their
heels. They’re resisting change. They want to go back to a reality that only
existed in a John Wayne technicolor fantasy.”
I am a white male, and yes, I am opposed to Ellison for AG. But I am not
opposed to Ellison because I am “resisting change.” I think I have called for
as much change as anyone on this forum. I have advocated for a Guaranteed
Income, as had Thomas Paine one of this country’s founders, and more recently
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I have also asked for the abolition of private real
estate.
http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/mpls/messages/topic/7J5dqPxW3cbnmiZ1Kbkz1n/
The only person to advocate for more change than I have is, possibly, Ed. He
has suggested that we adopt a Maoist Bolshevik government and economy. So, it
is not a matter of just wanting or resisting “change.” The question is, changes
in what direction?
I am opposed to Keith Ellison, not because I am opposed to change, or because I
am racist. I am opposed to Ellison because he has called for the defunding of
the police and then, like Ed, and former Council Member, Cam Gordon, he
moonwalked until his shoes wore out. He lied and said that was never his
position. I suspect a lot of men, white and Black, and many women too, will not
vote for Ellison for all those reasons too. We need an AG who tells the truth
and who can recognize the truth.
http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/mpls/messages/topic/5yAXJXxeLWsNyLTjjOvec8/
Notes:
1.) You can read Ed’s article in the October 2022 South Side Pride. “Why it’s
important to vote for Keith Ellison”
https://southsidepride.com/2022/10/03/why-its-important-to-vote-for-keith-ellison/
2.)I do not have a problem with voting for Blacks, Muslims, or women. I voted
for Obama in his second term. I voted for Ilhan Omar for her first term, and I
supported Susan Rice, a Black woman, for Vice President of the US, in 2020.
CJ Sparrow
612-386-6538
occupirate.blogspot.com
