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Would They Vote For Al Sharpton?
OK, my question is, are these really random idiots walking the streets of NYC, or did the Voice edit them down to the ones that they wanted to hear?
Posted by Rand Simberg at July 29, 2002 09:39 PM
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On the other hand, if you want to take the "glass is half full" view of it, you could note several apparently black respondents criticized Sharpton for making everything about race. That's progress.
Posted by Christopher "Spoons" Kanis at July 30, 2002 06:04 AM
As an engineer, I always take the "the glass is twice as big as it needs to be" perspective.
Posted by David Perron at July 30, 2002 07:29 AM
Great arguement Rand, call people idiots because they may or MAY NOT agree with Al Sharpton. I don't see anywhere in those opinions were it was more one way than the other. There's no indication of "editing". In fact out of the eigth opinions, six said they would not vote for him.
Posted by Thomas Hawthorne at July 30, 2002 09:51 AM
insert the "h"........
Posted by Thomas Hawthorne at July 30, 2002 09:56 AM
My comment had nothing to do with Al Sharpton--that was the only intelligent thing that most of them said. It was about the other idiocies that they were spouting, on a variety of subjects.
Posted by Rand Simberg at July 30, 2002 10:13 AM
Man, that site spawned a bunch of the ugliest and most poorly-behaved popups I've seen this side of a free p*rn site!
I mean, this side of the free p*rn sites people have told me about, with their poorly-behaved popups and all.
Posted by Brian at July 31, 2002 12:24 PM
It actually almost read like one of those Onion pieces where they do the man-in-the-street deal.
Posted by Rand Simberg at July 31, 2002 02:35 PM
Brian complained about a bunch of popups. Why aren't you using an adblocker yet?
Posted by Rick C at August 1, 2002 02:45 PM
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