50. "RE: What are you talking about?" In response to In response to 47
> >>What you fail to admit is >>that Black people also fought >>to not participate and resist >>this government at all costs. >>That presents a contradiction in >>our obligations. Would Garvey tell >>me to vote? > >Not all black people. Garvey actually >had a plan to move >black people out, so he >probably woulda figured that we'd >all be gone before there'd >be any reason to vote.
The contradiction diminishes the obligation- the point is we CANT do them all as you suggest cuz some of them contradict others. I never said all Black people but certainly more Black people have died for the cause of resistance than voting.
>I can look into other politics--I'm >not aligned with any party >because none of them seem >to have my best interest >in mind.
I think you have politics confused with parties. alternative politics are those that i suggested- socialism, separatism, etc.
>>you're not even considering the reasons- >>you're considering the excuses. Is >>rastafarianism not valid? > >It is valid. But I would >hazard that most people who >don't vote aren't rastafari, or >belong to belief systems that >prevent them from voting.
I never made that claim- I only represented that some people have such reasoning and to that you claimed they werent valid to you- now you've changed your mind.