dennisbmurphy
1 min readSep 15, 2024

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Irrelevant. on the NPR program Hidden Brain with Shankar Vedantam some years ago the article was about racist policing. The argument on a given excessive use of force was that it could not be due to racism since the cop(s) involved were black as was the victim. But the show illustrated that it wasn't the race of the cops or victims so much as it was the "temperature" of the community in which they moved. A racist community produced biased policiing regardless of the race of the officers.

The GP has had an inherent anti-semitic temperature for a long time both in Europe and the USA. Add to that that many of their policies are mainstream Democratic policies and some are part of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party coalition.

As long as we have an Electoral College, these smaller parties are nothing but spoilers undermining their nearest allies and paving the way for Republican presidencies. It's just math!

And they don't do the work- period. I have NEVER seen Green Party volunteers canvassing - Never. Meanwhile the GOP and Democrats get their volunteers out and knock on doors- I know because I do it and I was also a congressional candidate (albeit in a strong GOP district).

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dennisbmurphy
dennisbmurphy

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