~*Official "What the hell, Commonwealth of Virginia?" Thread*~

[Jason 9,653]

 

[SFLUFAN 13,911]

How the hell was that not discovered?!?

[CitizenVectron 4,163]

Yay, verily that dude should'th resign.

[SaysWho? 7,143]

Wow.

[Snaynay1 739]

I guess the fact that his LT gov is an african american makes this a bit more difficult to try and explain away.

[SFLUFAN 13,911]

I like the idea of "Governor Fairfax" anyway. 

 

It is after all the name of the most important county in Virginia!

[CayceG 3,102]

Big win for the Virginian-Pilot to break this. Yay local news!

 

 

 

Seriously, dude should immediately resign. This is fucked. 

[Snaynay1 739]

I find it interesting that this dude knowing this was out there in the wild began a political career. 

[sblfilms 2,169]

I initially assumed we were talking about his high school year book.

 

Med school 

 

Is there any reason to believe Northam still believes this is appropriate behavior? People change, they mature, and 35 years is actually a long time. But probably best politically for the dude to just leave office.

[CayceG 3,102]

Also, after his statement this week that was seized upon by anti-abortion activists, I'm wondering if maybe this was something some anti-Northam group was holding in reserve for a rainy day. 

[SFLUFAN 13,911]

Just now, sblfilms said:

IIs there any reason to believe Northam still believes this is appropriate behavior? People change, they mature, and 35 years is actually a long time. But probably best politically for the dude to just leave office.

I seriously doubt that he still believes it is appropriate behavior, but that's largely irrelevant.  It would be expedient for him and the Virginia Democratic Party for him to resign.

[sblfilms 2,169]

2 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said:

I seriously doubt that he still believes it is appropriate behavior, but that's largely irrelevant.  It would be expedient for him and the Virginia Democratic Party for him to resign.

 

I don’t think it is irrelevant, society needs to be better at allowing people to change for the better. Punishing decent people today for their transgressions 30 years ago is non-sensical.

 

But we aren’t good at that, so your second sentence remains the prudent course.

[SFLUFAN 13,911]

11 minutes ago, CayceG said:

Also, after his statement this week that was seized upon by anti-abortion activists, I'm wondering if maybe this was something some anti-Northam group was holding in reserve for a rainy day. 

A post on Twitter said that the VA GOP knew about this during the campaign but hid it because if it came to light, Northam would've received all the Republican votes 

[CastlevaniaNut18 2,856]

19 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

I initially assumed we were talking about his high school year book.

 

Med school 

 

Is there any reason to believe Northam still believes this is appropriate behavior? People change, they mature, and 35 years is actually a long time. But probably best politically for the dude to just leave office.

You pretty much just said what when through my mind, word for word.

 

Scary!

[SFLUFAN 13,911]

[Kal-El814 4,307]

1 minute ago, SFLUFAN said:

Hey that's solid work.

[SFLUFAN 13,911]

7 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

Hey that's solid work.

I can't take credit - @Firewithin posted it in the Discord first

[outsida 659]

Just to put it out there, 35 years ago was 1984. Even then, this type of behavior was beyond the pale. This was towards the end of the “New South” era after the civil rights movement saw more inclusion of black people and embracing more progressive politics. There is no way a student seeking an advanced degree at the time could argue “I didn’t know black face/klan hood/MAGA hat  = bad”

[Jason 9,653]

1 minute ago, outsida said:

Just to put it out there, 35 years ago was 1984. Even then this type of behavior was beyond the pale. This was towards the end of the “New South” era after the civil rights movement that saw more inclusion of black people and embracing more progressive politics. There is no way a student seeking an advanced degree at the time couldn’t argue “I didn’t know black face/klan hood/MAGA hat  = bad”

 

The point stands that people change, though. There was that Senator who went from being a Klan member to being good on civil rights. 

[outsida 659]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

The point stands that people change, though. There was that Senator who went from being a Klan member to being good on civil rights. 

True, but that senator was old af so one can plausibly argue times were different 70 - 80 years ago. 

[Firewithin 2,096]

Happy beginning to Black History month everybody! 

[Jason 9,653]

4 minutes ago, outsida said:

True, but that senator was old af so one can plausibly argue times were different 70 - 80 years ago. 

 

"Northam has changed since 35 years ago" is a distinct argument from "Northam can't be expected to have known better".

[mclumber1 1,669]

 

[SFLUFAN 13,911]

You know what?

 

After the way Northam sold out to Bezos for Amazon HQ2 in a deal that's REALLY shitty for the state, I'd be goddamned chuffed to see the back of him.

[Snaynay1 739]

I have been driving yet. Has it been determined which of the two costumed people is him?

[Mr.Vic20 5,359]

What a douche! He needs to be shown the door. 

[osxmatt 898]

1 minute ago, Snaynay1 said:

I have been driving yet. Has it been determined which of the two costumed people is him?

 

 

[sblfilms 2,169]

3 minutes ago, Snaynay1 said:

I have been driving yet. Has it been determined which of the two costumed people is him?

I think it makes most sense that he is in blackface.

[Boyle5150 4,774]

5 minutes ago, osxmatt said:

 

 

My question is when is an apology good enough for others?   

I actually think he should step down and or should never have entered into the game of politics, but that is also beside the point. 

[Snaynay1 739]

I am assuming him and his team are discussing which of the two costumes is less offensive before he states which one is him.

[Jason 9,653]

 

[PaladinSolo 878]

 

[sblfilms 2,169]

1 minute ago, PaladinSolo said:

 

“Who wore it better?”

[RedSoxFan9 3,663]

Tom Perriello's oppo research team is retroactively fired

[Anathema- 3,546]

You know I was actually going to wait until I heard what he said about it and uhh...

 

 

Sometimes it's what you don't say that counts.