re: #233 Obdicut

It was nuts and made absolutely no fucking sense, as I detailed for you. What don’t you get about this? You conjectured that Asians voted for Obama out of caution, because they didn’t want want to be seen as conservatives among liberals (because… why? You hinted darkly, but never said what this conspiracy theory holds happens to those islands of red in a sea of blue.).

But that makes no fucking sense, because if Asians were concentrated in such high numbers as to be identifiable by electoral region, they’d completely dominate local politics too, obviously. So why would they be all scurred? And why the fuck do you think Asians are fearful of liberals? What fantasy did that spring from?

It was a statement that was saved from racism only by its total incoherence.

Asians are in fact often concentrated in a way that makes it possible to discern their politics, locally. There are Chinatowns in New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, etc.

Prudence and caution have to do with more than avoiding being the targets of riots. They mainly have to do with avoiding giving offense that could lead to restrictions on further immigration (a global issue), or regulatory difficulties (a local issue). In these, and in other, big cities, local politics can a grubby business. It just cannot be a good idea to side with the party that never is in charge, in a city where nobody else sides with that party.