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A democrat has finally won in Alabama!

Sweet. Fuck Moore! 36 100.00%
 
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monocle_layton on 13 December 2017
sc94597 said:

I am actually surprised, considering how much support Trump got, and he had allegations himself. A different Republican candidate obviously wouldn't have lost, but it is fortunate that Alabama didn't support Bannon-sponsored Moore.

"For now, let's hope Alabama slowly continues its increase in progressive beliefs."
Don't expect much from this. Moore was really bad as a candidate. That the results were as close as they were shows that Alabama isn't trending blue.

Progress comes slowly. I'll take a win, even if it means we don't see another dem for another few years



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ratchet426 on 13 December 2017

I guess I'm a bit more ambivalent. I'm mean, I'm glad Moore lost but I'm not sure I'm ready to praise Alabama for just barely, by the slimmest of margins, failing to elect a pedophile. What does it say about the world today that Jones was NOT elected by a landslide?



outlawauron on 13 December 2017
SuaveSocialist said:
This has got to be humiliating for Dear Leader. His endorsement is looking like the Kiss of Death.

Considering that the person he actually endorsed and campaigned for lost in the party run-offs, I'd say that his endorsement doesn't mean all that much.



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fielding88 on 13 December 2017
monocle_layton said:
fielding88 said:
I'm actually pretty shocked at the news. But in a good way of course.

I just can't believe the support Moore actually had. Makes me sad to know that behaviour like that can be supported or overlooked in order to avoid communicating with the opposition.

Have you seen the thread on Australia and gay marriage? People still use the slippery slope argument of why incest and beastiality won't follow gay marriage.

 

These people need to be educated. It's as simple as that. You start by attacking the young generation with full force, and then dismantling those leading the voice of bigotry. 

 

At the same time, only insults won't do anything. I've been guilty of being bigoted about certain things, so I believe simply educating people is the best option. After all, I have talked to modern day white supremacists, and I learned that even they can change. It just takes effort and realizing they're human as well.

 

I believe humanity would be better off if we kept remembering this. Only few humans are doomed. 99.9% just need a hand to pull them out of their ignorance. 

Oh, definitely. Ignorance breeds stupidity. I had a very Catholic upbringing and before I met my first gay classmate in about ninth grade, I was hugely homophobic, and I'm very ashamed of that. But it just takes exposure and some good old fashioned education. 

It's when you refuse both of those things that you're lost, which is very unfortunate. 



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Gamer147 on 13 December 2017

I don’t like Moore. But I think this lose will help Republicans. Because now republicans don’t have to defend a flawed senator on a daily basis.



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sc94597 on 13 December 2017
Gamer147 said:
I don’t like Moore. But I think this lose will help Republicans. Because now republicans don’t have to defend a flawed senator on a daily basis.

Yeah I think I agree with this. Moore would've been very easy to persuade voters in others states to vote Democratic. You'd see Democrats in every state framing themselves as the senator to stop Moore in the Senate. 

Right now, the electoral landscape is still very much against the Democrats when it comes to the Senate, but the Jones win does help make them competitive. 



MTZehvor on 13 December 2017
Johnw1104 said:

The two party system is really at fault for why this sort of thing can happen to begin with. When you neatly divide all issues between two parties, you're basically asking people to either endorse their candidate even if he's a piece of garbage, or vote for every view they don't personally ascribe to.

This "one or the other" system is about as divisive and difficult as could be in place. If there'd been more options than those two people would have jumped off the Roy bandwagon long before.

This 100%.



Ljink96 on 13 December 2017

Thank the almighty, now if only we would have responded like this towards Trump. But overall, very shocking news. Maybe humans are smarter than I last thought.



McDonaldsGuy on 13 December 2017

Roy Moore was an embarrassment.

Strange would've won by 10+ points.

I really hope Steve Bannon keeps doing this because he hands Democrats so many gifts!



betacon on 13 December 2017

Why is opposing abortions lumped with the rest of your dot points, You know it isn't wrong to consider it murder?