re: LSU Law Students attempt to Ban Steve Scalise as Graduation Speaker

Exactly. These pathologies are not embedded in race or in poverty, but in reliance on federal entitlement programs. All populations that utilize those programs in such a fashion exhibit the same symptoms. Everything else stems from that.

the one thing that should really grind their gears is that entitlements may help on the surface level but they essentially suck out any progress forward that the population can make and enrich the non-underclass. food stamps support Walmart. medicaid (somewhat) supports the doctors treating kids. that money flows through the underclass into other populations and the entitlement requirements basically prevent any real wealth creation (due to limitations on salary/benefits)

even negative taxation like the child credit and EITC don't do anything long term. there is a reason why car dealers and electronics outlets ramp up advertising the first quarter of the year. that's when many of them get into the black. that money is just shifted around and the underclass is nothing more than a temporary possessor or a conduit in the system.

the only real population that benefits is the government class who gets to take a cut of the money flowing to pay their salaries/benefits

this is before you even get into discussions about moral hazards influencing culture

that's why you see speakers like him promoting all out socialism. Gary Chambers does this too. they believe in finding equity through (1) government spending going to underclass businesses and (2) "cooperative" enterprises.

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Was Hillary Clinton not mentored by a literal highest ranking member of the KKK?

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What does this have to do with Scalise speaking or not speaking at LSU?

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Did he not twice vote against the Martin Luther King holiday in Louisiana? Did he not speak at a white supremacist rally? Did he not speak at an anti-gay forum?

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Where's my link? Second request.

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Why do these people want to ban a victim of gun violence and political terrorism?

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His racism trumps (tee hee trumps) his surviving a gun
attack.

ETA: above is in sarcasm font.

First link above.
Here is your second.
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For MLK, look up his votes or use google

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Progressives are groupthink retards.

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Conservative Pot meet Conservative Kettle

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In other words, he said he spoke

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A longtime political adviser for Duke, Kenny Knight, provided several conflicting accounts of the conference and Scalise’s involvement.

Knight said he organized the event for Duke, who was living in Russia at the time and would have to speak to the conference remotely. Knight first told the Post that he booked the Best Western and invited Scalise to speak, noting that the two were neighbors.

Knight said Scalise would not have known the event was held by Duke, whose name is prominent, especially in Louisiana, and would have signaled red flags.

"I’ve known David for 40 years, so I did him a favor," Knight told the Post. "As part of that, I decided to ask Steve, our local representative, to come by and say a few words before the conference started. He agreed, believing it was going to be neighbors, friends, and family. He saw me not as David Duke’s guy, but as the president of our civic association."

Scalise spoke for 15 minutes early in the day but did not hear Duke speak, Knight said.

Knight later told Slate that Scalise didn’t speak to the conference at all, but instead addressed a gathering of the local Jefferson Heights Civic Association. Knight, who also insisted that EURO was not a white supremacist group, said he had access to the Best Western conference room all day and held the local meeting two and a half hours before the EURO event started. At least a quarter of the people in attendance during Scalise’s speech were also there for the main event, Knight said.

"I wanted to reach out to him and give him an audience so he could talk to people from his district about legislation he was proposing," Knight said. "I did that as a courtesy."

For his part, Duke said he doesn’t know if Scalise was there. As mentioned, he was in Russia at the time.

"I’ve got conflicting reports," Duke said. "One person said he was a no show, that he was scheduled to come. Another person said he did come. I just don’t know what the truth was. It seems that Mr. Scalise says that he may have (been there)."

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At least give us more of the story that ruins your side.

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First link above.
Here is your second.
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For MLK, look up his votes or use google

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It's really not up for debate that many years ago he spoke at what many would consider a "racist" group and also voted against MLK day on multiple occasions. However, I'd hope the primary issue is that it's pathetic and embarrassing to try and use this as an opportunity to make a statement against him. I'm no fan of Scalise but if I were graduating this year I would be pretty thrilled to hear him speak. Commencement speakers don't generally stand up and lecture graduating classes on politics. I'd imagine he has a lot of valuable, interesting things to say to people going out into the world, particularly people entering the legal or political world. And he's been through quite a bit lately and has had some beyond-fascinating life experiences. I can't help but wonder when people will stop trying to shut down anything or anyone they don't 100% agree with. It's a childish and counter-productive move. Just let him talk, take from it what you want and move on with your life. It's so exhausting the way everyone now has to be labeled exclusively by their political affiliation. frick.