Twitter users bully woman into committing suicide for branding her homophobic

Fogdog

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Anybody who chooses to use this tactic has lost any moral high ground they falsely believed they ever had
You are right, I was mocking you.

There is nothing more that you can possibly say to give you credibility after you claimed Roy Moore would lose if only a Justice Democrat were running. LOL Alabama is thirsting for a progressive liberal senator along the lines of Justice Democrats.
 

bundee1

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Why are you trying to downplay the harassment she faced? She was suffering from depression. People cyber bullied her about being homophobic for not wanting to perform with someone who she felt increased her chances of contracting an STD. That doesn't make her homophobic. Reading her Twitter, it's obvious that is what tipped her over the edge when already in an extremely fragile state of mind. Should she have done it? No, of course not. But I'm not going to sit here and blame her for committing suicide.

Each of you promote this type of harassment on RIU everyday. If this doesn't cause a moment of introspection, nothing will.
When is it your turn?
 

Padawanbater2

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You are right, I was mocking you.

There is nothing more that you can possibly say to give you credibility after you claimed Roy Moore would lose if only a Justice Democrat were running. LOL Alabama is thirsting for a progressive liberal senator along the lines of Justice Democrats.
Jones is a run of the mill establishment Democratic candidate, like Hillary Clinton was. As of now the polls are a toss up, like they were when Clinton ran against Trump. Lee Carter just won in a deep red district in Virginia without any help from the Democratic party. If Carter can win without any help from the Democratic party by supporting a populist progressive message in a deep red district in Virginia, I see no reason why a similar candidate advocating a populist progressive message against a man accused of being a peadophile with abhorrent political beliefs that contradict the most basic American values couldn't win. If Jones loses to Moore, it'll be because he wasn't progressive enough.
 

Fogdog

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Jones is a run of the mill establishment Democratic candidate, like Hillary Clinton was. As of now the polls are a toss up, like they were when Clinton ran against Trump. Lee Carter just won in a deep red district in Virginia without any help from the Democratic party. If Carter can win without any help from the Democratic party by supporting a populist progressive message in a deep red district in Virginia, I see no reason why a similar candidate advocating a populist progressive message against a man accused of being a peadophile with abhorrent political beliefs that contradict the most basic American values couldn't win. If Jones loses to Moore, it'll be because he wasn't progressive enough.
"I voted for an extreme right wing evangelist Christian child molester because his opponent wasn't enough of a progressive liberal."

Come on man, you are killing me with this line of satire.
 

Padawanbater2

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"I voted for an extreme right wing evangelist Christian child molester because his opponent wasn't enough of a progressive liberal."

Come on man, you are killing me with this line of satire.
Do..do you think I think the people that are going to vote for Moore would switch to vote for the populist progressive instead?

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I think a populist progressive candidate would increase the voter turnout. Actual progressives would come out to vote if a candidate supported a populist message. Ossoff comes to mind in the same vein. Alison Lundergan Grimes, too.

Where are the examples of establishment Democrats winning elections against Republicans in deep red districts?
 

Fogdog

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Do..do you think I think the people that are going to vote for Moore would switch to vote for the populist progressive instead?

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I think a populist progressive candidate would increase the voter turnout. Actual progressives would come out to vote if a candidate supported a populist message. Ossoff comes to mind in the same vein. Alison Lundergan Grimes, too.

Where are the examples of establishment Democrats winning elections against Republicans in deep red districts?
Right. Alabama is the most conservative state in the country. Independent never voters will just come out of the woodwork to vote for a progressive liberal. Just like when Sanders ran for prez in 2016. All 13 million of them nationwide.
 

Padawanbater2

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Right. Alabama is the most conservative state in the country. Independent never voters will just come out of the woodwork to vote for a progressive liberal. Just like when Sanders ran for prez in 2016. All 13 million of them nationwide.
How do you explain Lee Carters win in Virginia?
 

srh88

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Jones is a run of the mill establishment Democratic candidate, like Hillary Clinton was. As of now the polls are a toss up, like they were when Clinton ran against Trump. Lee Carter just won in a deep red district in Virginia without any help from the Democratic party. If Carter can win without any help from the Democratic party by supporting a populist progressive message in a deep red district in Virginia, I see no reason why a similar candidate advocating a populist progressive message against a man accused of being a peadophile with abhorrent political beliefs that contradict the most basic American values couldn't win. If Jones loses to Moore, it'll be because he wasn't progressive enough.
You do understand it's Alabama not Cali right?
 

Fogdog

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How do you explain Lee Carters win in Virginia?

In general, Virginia is split between conservative and liberal leaning voters. Very specifically, Virginia voters were motivated by healthcare and many more that showed up are pissed off at Trump.

I'm guessing you are all hot about telling us that the turnout was really high. Which is true. Trump and the conservative congress is motivating voters to show up. They showed up and voted in 15 Democrats, including Lee Carter to take control of the state house of reps and the governor's office. Basically, Lee didn't screw up, he ran a good campaign and was helped by the groundswell for Democrats in the state.
 

Padawanbater2

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You do understand it's Alabama not Cali right?
34% of eligible voters voted in Alabama in 1996, ~18% of that went to Jeff Sessions. Preceding Sessions was Howell Heflin, a Democrat, who served from 1979 until 1996

Roughly 30% of the population is African American, 1.5 million people. Sessions won 786,436 votes in 1996, he won 795,606 votes in 2014

It would be extremely easy to change that district to blue, you would just have to campaign on the right policy issues and be able to articulate it in an easily digestible way like Sanders did in West Virginia and Carter did in Virginia
 

Padawanbater2

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In general, Virginia is split between conservative and liberal leaning voters. Very specifically, Virginia voters were motivated by healthcare and many more that showed up are pissed off at Trump.

I'm guessing you are all hot about telling us that the turnout was really high. Which is true. Trump and the conservative congress is motivating voters to show up. They showed up and voted in 15 Democrats, including Lee Carter to take control of the state house of reps and the governor's office. Basically, Lee didn't screw up, he ran a good campaign and was helped by the groundswell for Democrats in the state.
Then why the objection to the same strategy in other red states?
 
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