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We used to count black Americans as 3/5 of a person. For reparations, give them 5/3 of a vote.
Washington Post ^
| August 21, 2015g
| heodore R. Johnson
Posted on 08/21/2015 9:34:33 AM PDT by Steelfish
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:34:33 AM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
They have that and more in some places already.
To: Steelfish
Weighted voting.Try that bullshit and prepare for blood in the streets!
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:38:05 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: Disambiguator
Lots of dead black voters can attest to that...
To: Steelfish
I have a better idea - lets start treating black people like adults instead of babies needing special care.
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:39:44 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Steelfish
The 3/5 compromise REDUCED the representation of the slave states in Congress. Neither the slaves nor the women had a vote, but they were counted towards the state’s representation in Congress.
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:39:57 AM PDT
by
SubMareener
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To: Steelfish
Great idea!!!
This willreally unite the country. /s
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:40:09 AM PDT
by
chesley
(Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
To: Steelfish
Why? They already vote three times.
A day.
In different precincts.
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:40:15 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(I prep because DHS and FEMA told me it was a good idea...)
To: Steelfish
So mixed race kids get 3/5 of that 5/3 vote?
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:40:32 AM PDT
by
CincyRichieRich
(Trump/Cruz2016 or SUBUD/Amerika2016?)
To: Steelfish
Author is an idiot. The 3/5 count thing was to give slave states LESS representation in the congress.
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:41:02 AM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: Disambiguator
I would give them a choice. Stay here, shut up and be grateful or take a cash payout, give up your citizenship and leave.
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:44:43 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(2016 - Jews for Cruz)
To: Steelfish
Blacks = 5/3
Whites = 1
Do the math.
Whites = the new 3/5
To: Steelfish
To quote John McEnroe: “You can’t be serious!”
To: Steelfish
Yeah, the problem is going to be ... who is black?
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:46:29 AM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: Steelfish
Would a mulatto get 1.67x.5 of a vote? Could an O veto be overridden by a 50% majority? What's the voting formula for Indians? If you came here last year from Cameroon do you qualify?
Wait, wait I have more questions........
To: Steelfish
We can’t even overall get them off of welfare or government employment (make work).
Let them impress the world by stopping the whining and becoming long term tax PAYERS.
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:50:28 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Steelfish
The “three-fifths of a person” clause was intended to HELP blacks, not to disrespect them. It was expressly intended to limit the increase in representation of Southern states, since they could import sufficient numbers of people to gain more seats in Congress in the next election simply by buying them. Only the insanity of liberals today (plus their total ignorance of history) can allow them to see this clause as an insult to blacks.
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:50:29 AM PDT
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: Steelfish
What if I’m only 25% black?
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:54:58 AM PDT
by
donna
(Pray for Revival.)
To: donna
Isn’t the other 75% supposed to suffer endless guilt?
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:56:26 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: A CA Guy
what was the eddie murphy skit from SNL? “cotton land”?
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posted on
08/21/2015 9:58:32 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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