AOC's Racist Speech

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(04-11-2019, 10:39 AM)michaelsean Wrote: I commend you on a well thought out post.  It did not sound natural to me, but who knows?  There's a better chance that her's was natural compared to Hillary's I suppose.  

I get what your wife has to do.  I often have to curb my natural accent which includes telling customers to eff off and they are morons.

But as is often pointed out here,  Republicans are held to a higher standard that Democrats.  Or something to that effect.  

I don't know if Republicans are held to a higher standard than Democrats. It all comes down to the expectations of the people who vote for them.

For example, Roy Moore came very very very close to being elected to the Senate despite numerous sexual misconduct allegations against him. 

Meanwhile, Al Franken was ousted from the Senate for having allegedly forcefully kissing a woman and having a a picture of him pretending to touch her breasts while she was sleeping.

Joe Biden is also looking like his time has run out due to non-sexual touching allegations.

Our President was accused of much worse things and was still elected.

Republicans were still willing to vote for Moore and Trump because their expectations were different than Democrats' expectations of Al Franken and, potentially, Joe Biden.

I think the idea that one political group is held to higher standards is, in general, ridiculous. They're definitely held to different standards, but those standards are entirely informed by the voting bases of those two parties.