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::::The arc of history is tending against those who opposed desegregation (desegregation, not busing). It's the Dems themselves that have made the issues synonymous this past week. We don't want to, and shouldn't re-litigate busing. It's a dead issue, historically and politically. But I'm not prepared to have Joseph Robinette Biden be my spokesman and hero for my own opposition to busing in the 1970s. As a historical fact, HE is the one who ended it. I believe we have enough evidence to show him, and his ilk, as an opportunist, racist, and slanderer, for dumping his own racism (like the Clinton's did and others) on Republicans. I'm loaded for bear.
::::The arc of history is tending against those who opposed desegregation (desegregation, not busing). It's the Dems themselves that have made the issues synonymous this past week. We don't want to, and shouldn't re-litigate busing. It's a dead issue, historically and politically. But I'm not prepared to have Joseph Robinette Biden be my spokesman and hero for my own opposition to busing in the 1970s. As a historical fact, HE is the one who ended it. I believe we have enough evidence to show him, and his ilk, as an opportunist, racist, and slanderer, for dumping his own racism (like the Clinton's did and others) on Republicans. I'm loaded for bear.
::::As [[Kamala Harris]] says, it is not an intellectual or academic debate, it's real policy with real world consequences. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 00:27, 29 June 2019 (EDT)
::::As [[Kamala Harris]] says, it is not an intellectual or academic debate, it's real policy with real world consequences. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 00:27, 29 June 2019 (EDT)
::::Just noticed we have a desegregation article; the Busing section can moved over there - next year after the current controversy is resolved. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 00:29, 29 June 2019 (EDT)
::::Just noticed we have a desegregation article; the Busing section can be moved over there - next year after the current controversy is resolved. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 00:29, 29 June 2019 (EDT)
:::::Fine, but we should not confuse readers into thinking that our reporting of left-wing Democrat racism and hypocrisy doesn't equate to an endorsement of busing, taking down Confederate flags, or related issues like that. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 00:37, 29 June 2019 (EDT)
::::::Harris, or her surrogates, will push this issue. She's got the Obama machine and voters behind her, Biden does not. If Biden wants to fight, he's got to appeal to those babyboomer "racists" of the 1970s as their hero. I really expect Biden to fold at any time. But the Harris machine won't let their narrative go anytime soon. We have to adapt at some point. Let's be prepared.
::::::We don't have to re-litigate busing; and posting for the historical record that "conservatives oppose forced busing" is moot. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 00:44, 29 June 2019 (EDT)
::::::Correction: We do not have a [[desegregation]] article. It's a redirect to this page. However long the Biden/Harris fight takes, we most likely will need a separate desegregation article. Then Busing can be moved there. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 12:44, 29 June 2019 (EDT)
===An aside===
Fair housing laws and anti-discrimination in employment did more to desegregate schools long term than forced busing.
[[Affirmative action]], like forced busing, is a vestige of liberal activism from the 1960s. Like busing, it's not enough to end discrimination in hiring, or allow parents to live in whichever school district they desire. Liberal activists want change now by the heavy hand of government. If Biden wants to fight the segregationist label, I'm prepared. He calls himself a "[[social planner]]" in his 1975 NPR interview. What is a "social planner"? Begin reading Hayek's ''[[Road to Serfdom]]'', a critique of "[[economic planning|economic planner]]s", to grasp the background. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 13:12, 29 June 2019 (EDT)