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Why I'm voting for Biden

Started by Ecurb Noselrub, August 21, 2020, 04:43:14 PM

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Magdalena

Quote from: Recusant on November 18, 2020, 10:02:58 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 07, 2020, 07:07:02 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on November 06, 2020, 01:45:12 PM
What disappoints me is the number of Latinos in Texas who went for Trump.  They basically handed him the victory here.  The GOP successfully tattooed the Dems with the "Socialist" label and it apparently scared Cubans in Florida and Tex-Mex Latinos here.
I'm disappointed, as well. I don't understand why. As a Latina, I apologize for this. Only bad words come to mind if I try to find the words to describe The Latino Trump Supporters. Sadly, they sell their soul thinking they will be accepted by those who hate them and the sad truth is that most of the time they are never accepted, and the other side now sees them as traitors. Traitors to their honor, self-respect, traditions, and dignity.

We need to do a lot of work in that area.  :felix:

I thought of these posts when I read an article about the political culture of the Rio Grande Valley.

"Trump Didn't Win the Latino Vote in Texas. He Won the Tejano Vote." | Politico

QuoteOf all the results from the November 3 election, few drew as much attention from national political observers as what happened in a quiet county on the banks of the Rio Grande River. Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win Zapata County's vote in a hundred years. But it wasn't its turn from a deep-blue history that seemed to be the source of such fascination but rather that, according to the census, more than 94 percent of Zapata's population is Hispanic or Latino.

Zapata (population less than 15,000) was the only county in South Texas that flipped red, but it was by no means an anomaly: To the north, in more than 95-percent Hispanic Webb County, Republicans doubled their turnout. To the south, Starr County, which is more than 96-percent Hispanic, experienced the single biggest tilt right of any place in the country; Republicans gained by 55 percentage points compared with 2016. The results across a region that most politicos ignored in their preelection forecasts ended up helping to dash any hopes Democrats had of taking Texas.

To many outsiders, these results were confounding: How could Trump, one of the most virulently anti-immigrant leaders, make inroads with so many Latinos, and along the Mexican border no less?

In Zapata, however, these questions have been met with mild chuckles to outright frustration. The shift, residents, and scholars of the region say, shouldn't be surprising if, instead of thinking in terms of ethnic identity, you consider the economic and cultural issues that are specific to the people who live there. Although the vast majority of people in these counties mark "Hispanic or Latino" on paper, very few long-term residents have ever used the word "Latino" to describe themselves. Ascribing Trump's success in South Texas to his campaign winning more of "the Latino vote" makes the same mistake as the Democrats did in this election: Treating Latinos as a monolith.

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QuoteRoss Barrera, a retired U.S. Army colonel and chair of the Starr County Republican Party, put it this way: "It's the national media that uses 'Latino.' It bundles us up with Florida, Doral, Miami. But those places are different than South Texas, and South Texas is different than Los Angeles. Here, people don't say we're Mexican American. We say we're Tejanos."

True.

In LA, some people who were born here from Mexican parents call themselves: Pochos, Chicanos, Mexico-Americanos, etc. They speak English and lack fluency in Spanish. Pero son bastante Mexicanos en sus costumbres.

QuoteNearly everyone speaks Spanish, but many regard themselves as red-blooded Americans above anything else.
Well...on paper, yes.
To an LAPD officer, they don't look like a red-blooded American.
:smileshake:

Quote(Even while 94 percent of Zapata residents count their ethnicity as Hispanic/Latino on the census, 98 percent of the population marks their race as white.)

Ok.
This sucks!

Let me explain why it's 98%...
I filled out the census this year. My choices for the race are: white, white, or white if I'm not something else. Meaning, They don't consider Latinoamericano a race. To them, Latino is an ethnicity, so we mark Hispanic, for ethnicity and we have everything just like everyone else to pick from when it comes to race, but in my case, because I'm not Filipino, or black, or Aztec, my only option is to mark, of "white" race. I don't think El Salvador is a completely white race.  :notsure:

Interesting article, I don't know much about Tejanos, but I do know that their ancestors did not cross the border, the border crossed them.
:devil2:

"I've had several "spiritual" or numinous experiences over the years, but never felt that they were the product of anything but the workings of my own mind in reaction to the universe." ~Recusant

billy rubin

. . . this idea that americans must be white or native english speakers is weird to me. sure, i have ancestors that came over to the north america on the mayflower. some 400 years ago.

but the america i know and and identify with is an indian and spanish and gringo culture, some 1500 miles west from all that english bullshit.

i don't know shit about those 13 colonies on the atlantic ocean. i know more about the prairies of oklahoma, the bufflalo wallows, the indian allotments,  the chickasaw and cherokee nations, the land rushes across the unallocated lands across the south canadian river. my grandparents were married in indian territory, not more than 1000 feet from where i was born after the territory became the united states.

the first non indian language spoken in oklahoma was spanish, not this english bullshit. and spanish is what everybody i knew in california spoke as well.

i don't care what language they speak or what color their skin is. if they share my fucking country, then theyre americans.


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Magdalena

^^^
I'm just waiting for aliens to come live here that way I'm just gonna mark the box: Human Race.
:reading:

"I've had several "spiritual" or numinous experiences over the years, but never felt that they were the product of anything but the workings of my own mind in reaction to the universe." ~Recusant

Tom62

I read somewhere, that at some point in history German was considered as the official language of the USA. Turned out that this is a myth.
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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Davin

Socialist doesn't even really fit Biden or Harris, they are just right of center. Sure they support a few socialist institutions, but so too do people who are far right. The reality is that Biden is about as conservative as Reagan was, and even voted for many of those conservative policies (back then, those policies weren't all that bad and some were even good). The problem is that the right has no issues lying to people, and why not when there are no bad consequences but it helps them out?
Always question all authorities because the authority you don't question is the most dangerous... except me, never question me.

Ecurb Noselrub

Quote from: Magdalena on November 19, 2020, 12:25:41 AM
I don't know much about Tejanos, but I do know that their ancestors did not cross the border, the border crossed them.
:devil2:

True. Ever since Cabeza de Vaca wandered across south Texas in the 1500s, there has been a Latino presence here (I'm using that word since I don't know what else to use).  They had missions and settlements and trade routes all through Texas, and this was clearly part of Spain and then Mexico.  Whites really didn't start coming here until the 1800s.  After the Texas Revolution in 1836, there was a dispute about where the border with Mexico was.  That was finally settled after the war between the US and Mexico in 1848 - it's the middle of the Rio Grande. So all those of Latino ethnicity were now part of the US and the state of Texas.  In fact, New Mexico, Arizona and California all became part of the US, so the Latinos in those states experienced the same thing.  Now, many Tejanos fought along side whites in the Texas Revolution, and some of them are considered heroes here today.  They see themselves as having an even deeper heritage than whites in Texas. So I can see the point of the article.

If you travel in Texas, once you get to San Antonio and go south, it's really a Latino or Tejano culture. Spanish is spoken probably more than English, and it's just a different feel.  I love it and feel at home with it since I grew up here.  But I still think many whites have a hard time accepting them as true "Americans", even though they have been here longer than we have.

Ecurb Noselrub

I will never be so thankful for boredom once Biden gets sworn in.  Just normal, effective government instead of daily drama and bullshit.

Tank

Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on December 06, 2020, 09:32:04 PM
I will never be so thankful for boredom once Biden gets sworn in.  Just normal, effective government instead of daily drama and bullshit.

You are echoing the confusion curse 'May you live in interesting times.'
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Icarus

EN, I suspect that it may take a considerable length of time before we get to a period of calm.   The Trump people are going to be angry and outspoken for a while until they find another axe to grind. 

Meanwhile there are enough conspiracy theorists to provide us with proof that there is no cure for stupid.  This mornings newspaper had a short article about an official in the Wyoming Department of Health..  He is involved in the states response to the Corona virus.  He has questioned the legitimacy of the pandemic and described forthcoming vaccine as a biologic weapon. The "so called Pandemic" and efforts to develop a vaccine are plots by Russia and China to spread communism worldwide.  The mountain air in Wyoming is intoxicating. People who live high up in the mountains may suffer from hypoxaemeia.  The deficiency of oxygen in ones blood may cause cerebral palsy.  ( ask Silver?) 

Pending the Georgia senate election, we may continue to have Mitch McConnel as senate boss. He will likely defy every positive notion that the evil Democrat president elect may offer. (sigh) we are not even close to being out of the woods.

Bruce is a really nice guy that I and we honor and respect. We need him to continue encouraging us with positive thoughts.  Meanwhile Icarus is being a miserable pessimist.  :rant1:     Hope for the best and Don't pay any attention the the pessimist guy. 

billy rubin

And Rudy Has Caught the Virus!


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Ecurb Noselrub

So has Jenna Ellis.  Trump's writ to SCOTUS was denied.  His legal team has lost 40 cases or so and is now sick.  No GOP governor will listen to him. Not going well.

Randy

I'm glad that the governors side with the voters. I don't understand why the Hill is going along with Trump. I mean I know they are either afraid of him or afraid of losing his base but enough is enough.
"Maybe it's just a bunch of stuff that happens." -- Homer Simpson
"Some people focus on the destination. Atheists focus on the journey." -- Barry Goldberg

billy rubin

lots of them agree with him.

a free society is never free of those who prefer authoritarianism. some republicans in congress hate him because he's a shit, but most tolerate him because he gets them what they want, or are all in because he's the kind of leader that they want to follow.


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."