Post by robeiae on Apr 29, 2021 9:02:17 GMT -5
I have officially abandoned all hope.
Georgia's new voting law attracted considerable attention. For the left, it was a return to Jim Crow, for the right it was Just Good Sense and no more restrictive than laws in many other states. Of course, right now, the woke left is in the ascendancy, so much so that MLB pulled the All-Star Game out of Georgia in protest against this nefarious law, never mind the cost to everyday people in Georgia. But whatever.
Stacey Abrams, a political force for no explicable reason, wrote an op-ed for USA Today that green lit businesses like MLB pulling out of Georgia. Here's that op-ed: web.archive.org/web/20210331210632/https:/www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/31/voter-suppression-will-corporations-redeem-themselves-column/4820354001/
Why am I using the way-back machine, you ask? Well, apparently--after MLB did pull out--USA Today allowed Abrams to stealth edit the piece:
But wait, there's more:
No, really. This is true. Here's the Politifact piece: www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/21/what-joe-biden-stacey-abrams-and-georgia-senators-/
See how there's the bit about the update? Of course, it fails to mention what was taken out. And the that bit wasn't in there at all, originally. Look: web.archive.org/web/20210421174734/https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/21/what-joe-biden-stacey-abrams-and-georgia-senators-/
This is all such utter crap. It's bad enough how much politicians equivocate and lie, now the media is aggressively lending a hand.
Georgia's new voting law attracted considerable attention. For the left, it was a return to Jim Crow, for the right it was Just Good Sense and no more restrictive than laws in many other states. Of course, right now, the woke left is in the ascendancy, so much so that MLB pulled the All-Star Game out of Georgia in protest against this nefarious law, never mind the cost to everyday people in Georgia. But whatever.
Stacey Abrams, a political force for no explicable reason, wrote an op-ed for USA Today that green lit businesses like MLB pulling out of Georgia. Here's that op-ed: web.archive.org/web/20210331210632/https:/www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/31/voter-suppression-will-corporations-redeem-themselves-column/4820354001/
The impassioned response to the racist, classist bill that is now the law of Georgia is to boycott in order to achieve change. Events hosted by major league baseball, world class soccer, college sports and dozens of Hollywood films hang in the balance. At the same time, activists urge Georgians to swear off of hometown products to express our outrage. Until we hear clear, unequivocal statements that show Georgia-based companies get what’s at stake, I can’t argue with an individual’s choice to opt for their competition.
Two days after publication, Major League Baseball announced that it was pulling the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta because of the state’s voting law. In response, USA Today allowed Abrams to heavily edit her op-ed. Many of the edits seemingly have little to do with MLB’s decision to move the All-Star Game to Colorado, though Abrams did add that losing the game and the MLB draft could cost the state $100 million in lost revenue.
She removed the line saying she can’t argue with people who boycott Georgia businesses, and instead wrote: “Rather than accept responsibility for their craven actions, Republican leaders blame me and others who have championed voting rights (and actually read the bill).”
In the revised version, Abrams also noted that “Boycotts invariably cost jobs,” and that “Instead of a boycott, I strongly urge other events and productions to do business in Georgia and speak out against our law and similar proposals in other states.”
She removed the line saying she can’t argue with people who boycott Georgia businesses, and instead wrote: “Rather than accept responsibility for their craven actions, Republican leaders blame me and others who have championed voting rights (and actually read the bill).”
In the revised version, Abrams also noted that “Boycotts invariably cost jobs,” and that “Instead of a boycott, I strongly urge other events and productions to do business in Georgia and speak out against our law and similar proposals in other states.”
Matt Whitlock, a Republican strategist, noted on Twitter that Politifact cited the edited version of Abrams’s op-ed to defend her from accusations that she supported a boycott before MLB’s decision. A line cited in the fact check – “Boycotts invariably cost jobs” – was added when the op-ed was updated on April 6, after MLB’s decision.
In an op-ed in USA Today, Abrams wrote that the advancement of civil rights relied on economic boycotts, but cautioned that there is a downside:
"Boycotts invariably also cost jobs. To be sustainable, the pain of deprivation must be shared rather than borne by those who are least resilient. They also require a long-term commitment to action." (Abrams originally wrote the op-ed March 31, but it was updated to include those comments days after MLB’s announcement. Her initial op-ed also raised concerns about boycotts.)
"Boycotts invariably also cost jobs. To be sustainable, the pain of deprivation must be shared rather than borne by those who are least resilient. They also require a long-term commitment to action." (Abrams originally wrote the op-ed March 31, but it was updated to include those comments days after MLB’s announcement. Her initial op-ed also raised concerns about boycotts.)
In a March 31 op-ed in USA Today, Abrams wrote that the advancement of civil rights relied on economic boycotts, but cautioned that there is a downside:
"Boycotts invariably also cost jobs. To be sustainable, the pain of deprivation must be shared rather than borne by those who are least resilient. They also require a long-term commitment to action."
"Boycotts invariably also cost jobs. To be sustainable, the pain of deprivation must be shared rather than borne by those who are least resilient. They also require a long-term commitment to action."
