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Sign Da Ting said:
Because in this weird world of politics, people tend to vote in groups in order to increase their importance to parties, be it students, middle class, Jewish community, trade unions etc. They understand that pooling together their votes gives them more of a voice rather than being fragmented.

I'm sure it's difficult concept to grasp based on your post but the advert (even though I think it's silly) is trying to encourage black people to register to vote because strangely enough, a lot of them feel disenfranchised in this country, especially when it comes to politics.
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So what you're saying is that ppl should pool together their vote because of race?

Ofcourse they feel dissnfranchised, but a poster, let alone one that promotes isolationism or some sort of group mentality isnt going to do much to change their mind. Perhaps a deeper thought process where you engage them at their level, and on issues that go further than simply the colour of their skin, issues that affect their day to day lives might just get them to at least think about voting.

I hope this poster WASN'T designed to appeal to the disinfranchised black voter bcos if that is the case it is as shallow as a black version of a UKIP poster addressing your average disinfranchised working class white man.
 
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Treble said:
So what you're saying is that ppl should pool together their vote because of race?

Ofcourse they feel dissnfranchised, but a poster, let alone one that promotes isolationism or some sort of group mentality isnt going to do much to change their mind. Perhaps a deeper thought process where you engage them at their level, and on issues that go further than simply the colour of their skin, issues that affect their day to day lives might just get them to at least think about voting.

I hope this poster WASN'T designed to appeal to the disinfranchised black voter bcos if that is the case it is as shallow as a black version of a UKIP poster addressing your average disinfranchised working class white man.
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Err yes. Stop being intellectually dishonest. Gay rights groups, Muslim groups, trade unions etc all pool together their votes so these candidates promise x, y and z if they get into power. This isn't anything new, it happens in all democracies.

Do I think the advert was ill conceived? Absolutely but I understand the intent behind it.

And where have you been these past 10 years? UKIP has been targeting the White working class for years, through xenophobic advertising. Albeit more subtle than this paticular campaign, it definitely does exist.

Stop playing dumb.
 
Sisu said:
would be nice, or maybe a funnel, whatever makes your **** flow away from our board
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You could try addressing what I said rather than resorting to primary school insults. But I guess it's easier to go for the cheap laugh than engage in a debate you know you can't win.
 
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