Try this..............
Go back and re-read the article and see
what you come away with by removing
the conclusion you reached.

"Not voting for or solely voting for someone because of race, gender"

There's a great deal of substance in that
article that has nothing to do with voting.

You may have misunderstood me. I was trying to say that it is sad that race, gender, etc. is an issue in any aspect of life and that people in general who would be for or against anyone for any reason based on gender or race is obsurd. Otherwise, I guess I dont understand what you were trying to say by your original post and kindly ask you to elaborate.

I wasn't trying to say anything with the OP. Kinda wanted to see where it was going to
end up and most people grabbed the political/voting football and ran with it.

For me it was just a personal epiphany.

When I see stories like this one it reminds me of the age old question,
“what we’re they thinking” Here’s an example.

A few years back a man was stopped by the police for a minor traffic violation.
He probably would have gotten a ticket and he could have went on about his business.
The problem was he had some weapons in the trunk of his car.

So as the office was running his plates and license the man stood by the side of the road and
thought to himself “what am I to do” This cop might check my trunk find the weapons and I will go to jail.

So how did this man solve what he though was a dilemma? He thought to himself “I’ll kill the police officer” So he did.

After this happened I asked myself “what was he thinking”?

Did he consider that even if the officer had found the weapons and he was convicted that his
sentence would not have been the same as it would have been for murder?
He couldn’t have possibly been thinking that he was going to get away with murder could he?

I thought to myself this mans thinking process defies logic. How could he could
fix his brain to conclude that killing a police officer was the answer to this problem.

After that news story it became clear that this world is filled with people have
use their brains to process irrational thinking.

One quote said "We still don't like black people," said John Clouse, 57,
reflecting the sentiments of his pals gathered at a coffee shop in Somerset, Ohio.

After reading that article i concluded again that It is indeed sad that there are so many people who still think like that.

Well racism and bigotry exist everywhere, trust me it's something I've been fighting my whole life, especially now (see my bio line), but some people are hell bent in their ways, close minded and it's sad, I feel sorry for them. It's more important that you have laws in place that protect all people so these people's ideas are as limited as possible

OBAMA said it best on 60 min last Sunday when asked about the same topic:

"There will those who will not vote for because I'm black, but most likely they will even out by those who will vote for me because I'm black.” It shouldn't be an issue!