Is questioning the election racist?

[OddBeMe]

The districts mentioned in election conspiracies often are predominantly black districts.

Of course not! How dare you?

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It kind of is.

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[Miristheiss]

I'd say the majority of people in the USA are completely ignorant about what racism is.
People literally call everything racist.

Racism is believing one race is better or worse than another race, disliking or hating people for no other reason than the way they look.

Talking about racial stereotypes or norms isn't "racism". Saying white men cannot dance, blacks are good at sports, Asians are good at school". These are stereotypes. You can believe a stereotype or not, you can joke about stereotypes. That doesn't make you a racist.
You can have dating/mating preferences. You can be attracted to and choose to date/marry only within your own racial group... or you can date/marry and have interracial relationships and kids and not care. Choosing one or the other doesn't make you "racists".

Not wanting to have your culture diluted or changed or balkanized doesn't make you racist. If you want immigration at low levels and if you want immigrants accepted be ones to want to join and adopt the host countries culture and not want immigrants that want to import the culture of the foreign land to compete with the hosts countries culture that doesn't make you racist. It just means you want your home countries traditions and cultures to not be interfered with.

Unless you hate people just because they were born and born of a race you feel is beneath you then you are not a racist.

It is totally non racist and rational to feel, for example, I like India and I like India's people and culture and I'd like to visit India... but I do not like it if Indians are moving to your country and dressing like they are in India and opening Indian Temples in your country and to prefer to only bring in Indians that want to adopt your home culture.

If you hate Indians just because they are Indian and if you feel all Indians suck and that they are all beneath you... that is racist.

The line between real/true racism and just talking about racial differences in any way has been blurred to insane levels with people today.

[WindAtMyBack]

It's urban, not black. Urban areas strongly lean Democrat. Urban areas have a much higher concentration of blacks, but not necessarily a majority.

Much of the debate is about mail in ballots, which are normally limited. But because of the virus, they were heavily used in this election. The heavy use of mail-in ballots affected the more urban areas much more than other places.

This isn't about blacks so much as it is about a broader demographic that leans Democrat. In absolute numbers that affected the results of the election, it probably affected more whites than blacks, but these were Democrat leaning whites.

I'm not going to make a judgment here about whether there was or was not fraud. But IF there was fraud, it would be a lot easier to target these densely populated areas where it could be more easily hidden. If I was going to do fraud that's exactly what I would do. I would not try to hide large numbers of votes in low density areas. It would stand out too much.

[linds34]

Based on no particular evidence, Trump demanded to throw out votes in the majority Black cities of Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. You can decide if that's racist, but he came at my City and my co-workers and my friends when he did that. He was wrong and all the Courts said so.

[neverendingloops]

Not racist itself, just absolutely moronic.

You can probably assert that while not everyone who questioned the election is racist, every racist questioned the election. Make of that what you will.

[Bat-Perv]

Racist is just something liberals throw out when you don't agree with them.

[allaboutyou2]

I'm guessing that you call an inconvenient truth a conspiracy just like the Democrats also please note that anything that doesn't advantage the Democrats is racist, if Democrats can be believed.
National guard to protect federal buildings racist and thyranic but national guard to protect the federal buildings they are in is neccessary. Condemning riots during the summer, racist, condemning the riots in the buildings they work in it's okay to condemn. Police protecting cities from being burned, racist and brutality, police protecting them, brave and honorable.
See how that works?

[Anonymous]

Questioning the election is more ignorant and intentionally disruptive, than racist. About sixty cases regarding the election have gone to court, including the supreme court. Trump only won one case. It's abundantly clear that Biden won a fair election. Continuing to question the election, despite the almost complete lack of proof of any wide spread irregularities, actually harms America, and it decreases trust in the electoral system, which is so important in a democratic, free republic.

[NarutoUzumaki007]

Racist?

It's a lot of things but how is it racist?
I am starting to think people use the word racist so casually these days it's become a fucking joke. No one takes it seriously now.

Use the word very very carefully in appropriate situations. We don't want actual racism to be ignored because some fools overuse the word "racist" on every occasion

[slatyb]

We hear from rural white voters "Everyone I know voted for Trump", and complaining about the votes from the cities. Here in Seattle everyone I know voted for Biden. Pretty much everyone I know anywhere voted for Biden.

[Anonymous]

Is calling a district black racist? Yes. Is saying people of a certain ethnicity are going to vote based off their ethnicity racist? yes. Were there enough voters to make the claim that a district would be swayed by racism? No. Registered living voters are independent of ethnicity, age, gender, or any other dynamic. The confirmed dead voters and unregistered voters did come from certain districts, but skin color had nothing to do with it. The dead voters were more often of European descent.

[supercutebutt]

Trump thought he succeeded in stealing the election because he failed to realize that his effort to slow down the US Postal Service fell short. Yeah, he slowed things down but not enough, mainly because we caught onto his evil scheme early on. Sux to be Trump! :) Now he goes down in history as a traitor and the WORST President in history. Now it's time to put him in jail.

[Avicenna]

Only to far left extremists who attempt to use race to silence dissent and criticism.
No one should be intimidated into not raising concerns about potential electoral fraud. There are processes for that.

[RolandCuthbert]

It wasn't often. That was the charge. That "Black" folks manufactured votes to beat trump. Even as the electoral apparatus in the accused state (s) certified their results.

[Glue-Sniffer]

I think it shows people are butthurt and can't get over it. It's petty and embarrassing. They need to get over it. In 4 years there is another election...

[jshm2]

Depends on the terms you're questioning it under.

i. e "Those people couldn't vote! Half were in jail!"

[NoblesseObligeKK]

Racism in today's society just means: "I don't agree with it." It completely lost all the meaning it used to have. Based on how you framed the question, I'd assume you are racist.

[foxrider77]

Only the President elect is “ you ain’t black if you don’t vote for me” -China Elect Biden

[andreasderjuengere]

From what I hear is that only Americans were permitted to vote.
That's extremely racist when we consider that it's about the 'world leader' :D

[Anonymous]

Not in and of itself, but racism can fuel conspiracy theories. Likewise, attempts at voter suppression or disregarding votes of minorities can also take place because of racism.

[ItsTheNephilim]

I dunno.. I guess brushing your teeth will be one day racist too.

[Gwenhwyfar]

Interesting point. Maybe. Lankford seemed to acknowledge the possibility.

[yofuknutz]

Um, no dipshit, now enter a 3rd option NOW we can CLEARLY see your bias.

[Uannoyme]

That kind of assumes that the people questioning the election have a clue about the racial demographics of the districts in question.

[genericname85]

obviously not. the vote has nothing to do with race. i don't understand why people make everything about race and gender these days.