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2013 Nov 11, 3:07am 24,265 views 79 comments
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RWSGFY
2013 Nov 13, 6:24am
It doesn't matter if he is black or white....does it?
Per Homeboy, if it doesn't matter to you - you're racist.
leo707
2013 Nov 13, 6:44am
There is a reason that the phrase "Lie of omission" exists. If it was equal to a "lie", there would be no need for the phrase. It is used to distinguish a specific action that is very similar to a lie, but not a lie.
No, "of omission" is a descriptor identifying the type of lie. You know, like a "little white" is another type of lie descriptor.
Not all lies are "of omission", but all "lies of omission" are lies. Kind of like not all whiskey is a bourbon, but all bourbons are whiskey.
Y
2013 Nov 13, 7:32am
Let's be real about this.
Wilson actually told a "white lie". His opponent, Austin, had been on the board for 24 years...a typical political lifer....The board was under heavy criticism for bad performance. It was time for him to move on for the good of society, and if it took a little white lie by Wilson to achieve it, so be it. The people will benefit from new blood.
So we now agree, Wilson told a "white" lie....??
There is a reason that the phrase "Lie of omission" exists. If it was equal to a "lie", there would be no need for the phrase. It is used to distinguish a specific action that is very similar to a lie, but not a lie.
No, "of omission" is a descriptor identifying the type of lie. You know, like a "little white" is another type of lie descriptor.
Not all lies are "of omission", but all "lies of omission" are lies. Kind of like not all whiskey is a bourbon, but all bourbons are whiskey.
leo707
2013 Nov 13, 7:55am
So we now agree, Wilson told a "white" lie....??
Even assuming that the ends justifies the means, that does not change the nature of the ends.
Lying about an endorsement is not equivalent as saying, "No, honey those pants don't make you look fat."
I really don't know -- or really care much -- about Mr. Wilson or his predecessor. However, if he needed to be sleazy and lie in order to win it makes me wonder if he is any better than the person he is replacing. Sure Wilson's bullshit tricks to get elected are not a bad as Gavin Newsom's or Arnold Schwarzenegger's lies and deception, but it would be enough to put Wilson on my "never vote for" list.
One would hope that Mr. Wilson's smug arrogance on the matter would be enough to ensure his political death, but when the likes of Gavin Newsom seem to be doing fine...
It can't be proven that the votes for him were only made because people thought he was black. Why it's this bring treated like it's a fact?
Well beyond that - lets say that IS the case. Then it would show exactly how lame and out-of-touch with reality the voters really are. Is that the case? Well, he didn't say "By the way, I'm a cracker" but he's not required to. By the same token he never said, "I'm black" either. Do I think a lot of voters thought he was black, yes. Did he make an issue out of his race, no.
Y
2013 Nov 13, 1:33pm
So in your estimate then obama is no better than bush. ( considering he lied to get aca passed )
leo707 says
However, if he needed to be sleazy and lie in order to win it makes me wonder if he is any better than the person he is replacing.
Homeboy
2013 Nov 13, 2:09pm
Simply put,
What Dave Wilson said was factually true.
What Obama said, staring into your eyes, 29 times, was factually false.The difference is apparent to everyone but the most rabid leftest.
Bullshit. You are playing a game of semantics while ignoring the substance of what was done. If I wanted to play such a game, I could say that what Obama said was "factually true". He said, "If you like your plan, you can keep it." That is technically true. Any plan that didn't change was grandfathered in. The people who received "cancellation notices" received them because the insurance company made some change to the policy. As soon as the policy is changed, it is no longer grandfathered in. Therefore, people didn't lose their plan due to ACA - it was changed, and therefore became a different plan.
See? I can play your silly game too. You know why I don't? Because there's no point in pretending you "won" an argument when you resorted to ridiculous wordplay. A lie is a lie. If you have some self-rationalization that makes you think it's not, it's still being deceptive. which is the point. You don't care about the point because you are just an argumentative little troll.
Only in Texas.
I guess in the big picture of it all, at least nobody was drug behind a truck until death came to them, and change is incremental and slow.
Texas, please secede.
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http://news.yahoo.com/white-guy-pretends-to-be-black-to-win-election-212328015.html
Dave Wilson is white. But to win a seat on the Houston Community College Board of Trustees in a district that is predominantly composed of African-American voters, Wilson, a conservative Republican, led voters to believe he was black.
According to CBS affiliate KHOU-TV, Wilson's direct mail campaign included a flier with smiling black faces he says he found on the Internet. "Please vote for our friend and neighbor Dave Wilson," the accompanying text read.
In another flier, the text said he had been endorsed by Ron Wilson, a popular black former state representative. But the Ron Wilson who endorsed him was Dave's cousin Ron, not the ex-lawmaker.
"He's a nice cousin," Wilson told the network, chuckling. "We played baseball in high school together."
Nevermind his cousin lives in Bloomfield, Iowa, about 940 miles from Houston.
On Tuesday, Wilson defeated Bruce Austin, the 24-year incumbent, by a margin of just 26 votes.
Austin, who is African-American, called Wilson's tactics "disgusting."
"I don't think it's good for both democracy and the whole concept of fair play," he said.
"He never put out to voters that he was white," Austin said in a statement to the Houston Chronicle. "This is one of the few times a white guy has pretended to be a black guy and fooled black people."
But Wilson, who won a six-year term on the nine-member board, is unapologetic.
"Every time a politician talks, he's out there deceiving voters," Wilson said.
Austin said he would seek a recount, but Bob Stein, a political scientist at Rice University, believes the vote will stand.
"I suspect it's more than just race," Stein said. "The Houston Community College was under some criticism for bad performance. And others on the board also had very serious challenges."
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