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[Keasar]

It's not the title of the video, but kinda the overall message. Samantha Bee did not walk out happy on stage with some issues to pick on the white voters and fellow women who voted for Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1SaD-gSZO4

I recommend watching the entire episode (which they upload to Youtube in parts):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLur87nTwD0Btk9o1XCnQTBsO2vo4SkI_A

I think it was great commentary, Sam Bee being on point as always.

 

[Hela]

I was waiting for this.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

Man, if Samantha bee said this, then I can only imagine what Oliver is gonna say on last week tonight. She ain't wrong though.

 

[Black Republican]

white woman on white woman

 

[Volcynika]

<3 Sam Bee

 

[Enzom21]

"How many times do we expect black people to build this country for us?"
"If Muslims have to take responsibility for everyone in their community, so do we."
Samantha is killing it.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

white woman on white woman

The best kind of "self" reflection

 

[Audioboxer]

White people almost certainly did fuck up, but white is the majority of America so it's always going to be them that fuck up when a decision doesn't go as wanted, and in this instance what is more damning to see is Democrat turn out

The republican base largely stayed at the same number the past few elections. Democrats have steadily declined. It's not as if MORE republicans than ever went out and voted Red/Trump. This was lost because blue stayed at home or decided Hillary wasn't worth voting for.

Disagree with me if you want, but I assure you getting Democrats to win again in 2020 requires them to find out why their own voters left them, not why the same people who vote republican continue to do so.

 

[War Peaceman]

white woman on white woman

She addresses that.

Although I think college educated white women voted Clinton...

 

[djkimothy]

Damn. need to see this after work.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

"If Muslims have to take responsibility for every member of their communities, so do we."

Fucking preach.

 

[iuxion]

<3.

This was great.

 

[supernormal]

"How many times do we expect black people to build this country for us?"
"If Muslims have to take responsibility for everyone in their community, so do we."
Samantha is killing it.

I had to stop, take a breath and rewind that. She's dropping fire.

 

[broncobuster]

That segment and the media coverage one were cathartic to watch.

 

[Already Torn]

That segment and the media coverage one were cathartic to watch.

Mhmm. I almost didn't watch it because I didn't think it would help, but it did. Thanks Sam.

 

[Cake Boss]

She's legit the proper John Stewart replacement, maybe even better than him in his early days. Her delivery is always on point.

 

[metalslimer]

She killed it.

 

[Enzom21]

"Do you ever get tired of having to be the bigger person?'
"As a black person in this country, you always have to be the bigger person."

I know I'm tired of it at this point.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

"Do you ever get tired of having to be the bigger person?'
"As a black person in this country, you always have to be the bigger person."

Boy, ain't this the truth. We treated badly, we have to turn the other cheek. But when we call out racism anytime, we get told to shut it down.

 

[SilentRob]

Thank god. I saw Conan's and James Corden's (I know, I know) monologues and they were full of the usual "Hey, were are the land of the free, land of opportunity, we just have to believe in our country, USA USA" patriotic bullshit completely ignorant of all the people who can't just say "Heh, yeah, doesn't affect me, I'll just deal with it with ignorance, lol" but are directly influenced by this.

 

[Enzom21]

Boy, ain't this the truth. We treated badly, we have to turn the other cheek. But when we call out racism anytime, we get told to shut it down.

It's tiring as hell isn't?

 

[ItIsOkBro]

Lotta #notallwhitepeople going on on GAF in the beginning but emotions were high, hopefully now they get the point.

 

[manueldelalas]

White people almost certainly did fuck up, but white is the majority of America so it's always going to be them that fuck up when a decision doesn't go as wanted, and in this instance what is more damning to see is Democrat turn out

The republican base largely stayed at the same number the past few elections. Democrats have steadily declined. It's not as if MORE republicans than ever went out and voted Red/Trump. This was lost because blue stayed at home or decided Hillary wasn't worth voting for.

Disagree with me if you want, but I assure you getting Democrats to win again in 2020 requires them to find out why their own voters left them, not why the same people who vote republican continue to do so.

That's ridiculous, and it's not how statistics work, at all. Just because the GOP numbers are similar doesn't mean it's the same people voting again and again and DNC voters are lazy and stayed at home playing with their PS4s.

What you are actually doing is endorsing a voting intention to people that didn't go to vote, and that is just the wrong way to see it. It's not the same people voting, people can change views, there are old voters who die and new voters.

If everyone was forced to vote, maybe the results would be different (and lean on any side), but we have no way of knowing that.

 

[zbarron]

White people almost certainly did fuck up, but white is the majority of America so it's always going to be them that fuck up when a decision doesn't go as wanted, and in this instance what is more damning to see is Democrat turn out

The republican base largely stayed at the same number the past few elections. Democrats have steadily declined. It's not as if MORE republicans than ever went out and voted Red/Trump. This was lost because blue stayed at home or decided Hillary wasn't worth voting for.

Disagree with me if you want, but I assure you getting Democrats to win again in 2020 requires them to find out why their own voters left them, not why the same people who vote republican continue to do so.

I agree somewhat but there's another conclusion to draw from it. Voter suppression is really what won the Republicans the presidency. Granted it was probably both.

 

[NimbleNavigator]

I don't think its unreasonable to expect reparations from whites to minorities at this stage

 

[Audioboxer]

That's ridiculous, and it's not how statistics work, at all. Just because the GOP numbers are similar doesn't mean it's the same people voting again and again and DNC voters are lazy and stayed at home playing with their PS4s.

What you are actually doing is endorsing a voting intention to people that didn't go to vote, and that is just the wrong way to see it. It's not the same people voting, people can change views, there are old voters who die and new voters.

If everyone was forced to vote, maybe the results would be different (and lean on any side), but we have no way of knowing that.

I agree somewhat but there's another conclusion to draw from it. Voter suppression is really what won the Republicans the presidency. Granted it was probably both.

I know people can change, but you win elections through getting enough votes. When not enough Democrats turned out to beat Trump of all people the party most certainly does need to investigate why, and also why they have bled votes since Obama. It is literally their JOB to now do this. Trends in statistics can be looked at, covering your eyes and screaming hearsay at paying attention to stats does absolutely nothing to help. What I said above is true, it's now up to the Democrats to find out why. The Republicans turned out in similar numbers to how they have the last 3 elections, Democrats have been bleeding voters.

No one is getting forced to vote either, so even bringing that up is pointless.

 

[Melchettsmoustache]

Genuine question.

Looking in from the UK (Remainer) there was a lot of rhetoric that it was uneducated and xenophobic masses who voted against staying in the EU. Reading and watching the news via the BBC I am seeing similar theories being put forward as to why Trump won.

Over 17m UK citizens and 60m US citizens can't all be xenophobic white folk surely? Are we not seeing that the working and middle class majorities are being protectionist about what they have? And by that I mean are they voting the way they are in an attempt to maintain or improve their OWN lot in life rather than all be homophobic and xenophobic racists? Since 2008 the majority have paid more or the same for less and the current populist vote seems to be a product of that.

I genuinely just can't see that many people being anti LBGT or that many being racist?

 

[Shadybiz]

Subbed for later viewing.

And yes...we did.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Genuine question.

Looking in from the UK (Remainer) there was a lot of rhetoric that it was uneducated and xenophobic masses who voted against staying in the EU. Reading and watching the news via the BBC I am seeing similar theories being put forward as to why Trump won.

Over 17m UK citizens and 60m US citizens can't all be xenophobic white folk surely? Are we not seeing that the working and middle class majorities are being protectionist about what they have? And by that I mean are they voting the way they are in an attempt to maintain or improve their OWN lot in life rather than all be homophobic and xenophobic racists? Since 2008 the majority have paid more or the same for less and the current populist vote seems to be a product of that.

I genuinely just can't see that many people being anti LBGT or that many being racist?

We lost because people didn't get out and vote. It's really that simple. Hillary got 6 million+ votes less than Obama did 4 years ago and Trump got less votes than Romney did.

 

[Barrylocke]

I agree somewhat but there's another conclusion to draw from it. Voter suppression is really what won the Republicans the presidency. Granted it was probably both.

Hopefully studies will give a clear number on how many voters were shut out due any voting laws added.

In the end, we all should probably look inward with this, like with any setback. But:

"How many times do we expect black people to build this country for us?"
"If Muslims have to take responsibility for everyone in their community, so do we."
Samantha is killing it.

Is so true. We all means WE ALL. Not just minorities.

 

[Sato Koiji]

Educational system fucked up. Nobody else...

 

[Weckum]

White people almost certainly did fuck up, but white is the majority of America so it's always going to be them that fuck up when a decision doesn't go as wanted, and in this instance what is more damning to see is Democrat turn out

The republican base largely stayed at the same number the past few elections. Democrats have steadily declined. It's not as if MORE republicans than ever went out and voted Red/Trump. This was lost because blue stayed at home or decided Hillary wasn't worth voting for.

Disagree with me if you want, but I assure you getting Democrats to win again in 2020 requires them to find out why their own voters left them, not why the same people who vote republican continue to do so.

This is not a good graph, FYI.

 

[cheezcake]

I agree somewhat but there's another conclusion to draw from it. Voter suppression is really what won the Republicans the presidency. Granted it was probably both.

Voter suppression is disgusting but I think we're going to see some evidence that it impacted Clinton to a meaningful scale, it really does just seem like she was a weak and uninspiring candidate.

 

[Audioboxer]

This is not a good graph, FYI.

Why not? Numbers were down for voters, you can't exactly hide it. Non voters were at 46.9%, the highest it's been in quite a while.

And yes I know good guy Obama was a legend, and people wanted to turn out for him in larger numbers, but hey, that's part of the parcel the Democrats need to look at with why Hillary maybe wasn't one the best candidates ever like some said. Her legacy has now ended with she lost to Donald fucking Trump.

 

[djkimothy]

Voter suppression is disgusting but I think we're going to see some evidence that it impacted Clinton to a meaningful scale, it really does just seem like she was a weak and uninspiring candidate.

That's still not an reason for not voting for her.

 

[dramatis]

Why not? Numbers were down for voters, you can't exactly hide it. Non voters were at 46.9%, the highest it's been in quite a while.

And yes I know good guy Obama was a legend, and people wanted to turn out for him in larger numbers, but hey, that's part of the parcel the Democrats need to look at with why Hillary maybe wasn't one the best candidates ever like some said. Her legacy has now ended with she lost to Donald fucking Trump.

He means that the graph starts at 52m, so it looks like twice as many people voted in 2008 as opposed to 2016 if you only look at the bars.

Usually there is a swiggle to show that there's a giant chunk of graph missing.

 

[User Name Here]

Edit: Nevermind

 

[Audioboxer]

He means that the graph starts at 52m, so it looks like twice as many people voted in 2008 as opposed to 2016 if you only look at the bars.

Usually there is a swiggle to show that there's a giant chunk of graph missing.

Oh right, yeah, that's ridiculous. I said that yesterday when that graph first popped up. Someone doesn't know how graphs work. Should start at 0.

It shows absolute numbers. Percentages of voting-age population is a lot better. It's also deceiving because the y-axis doesn't start at 0 which makes the difference look a lot worse.

Not saying numbers weren't down (because they definitely were), but the graph itself is bad.

Yeah I agree now that I know what you meant.

 

[Weckum]

Why not? Numbers were down for voters, you can't exactly hide it. Non voters were at 46.9%, the highest it's been in quite a while.

It shows absolute numbers. Percentages of voting-age population is a lot better. It's also deceiving because the y-axis doesn't start at 0 which makes the difference look a lot worse.

Not saying numbers weren't down (because they definitely were), but the graph itself is bad.

edit: Also, the Samantha Bee segment is awesome.

 

[ogbg]

Why not? Numbers were down for voters, you can't exactly hide it. Non voters were at 46.9%, the highest it's been in quite a while.

According to the census bureau the last 4 elections had: 49.7%, 44.3%, 44.9%, 45.1% no shows out of the voting population. Since 1972 it's varied between 40% and 50%. It's more or less normal it seems.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Sure if by white people you mean the white people running the DNC.

 

[Xisiqomelir]

Did she really say she voted in a US election for the first time?

 

[maquiladora]

Sure if by white people you mean the white people running the DNC.

It was a failure by all of us white people. We all should have done more to prevent this from happening. But those who made the choice to vote for the fascist Trump are the most responsible.

 

[Enzom21]

Did she really say she voted in a US election for the first time?

She was born in our 51st state.

 

[Curufinwe]

Sure if by white people you mean the white people running the DNC.

No, the white people in swing states who were dumb enough to think Trump's massive tax cuts for the wealthy and protectionist trade policies will actually help them out of the shitty lives they made for themselves.

 

[Wilsongt]

Democrats fucked up. Not so much white people this time.

 

[The Technomancer]

Did she really say she voted in a US election for the first time?

She's Canadian I believe, she might not have had citizenship before

EDIT: Yes, she didn't have citizenship till 2014

 

[hawkshockey11]

It shows absolute numbers. Percentages of voting-age population is a lot better. It's also deceiving because the y-axis doesn't start at 0 which makes the difference look a lot worse.

Not saying numbers weren't down (because they definitely were), but the graph itself is bad.

edit: Also, the Samantha Bee segment is awesome.

why the fuck would you start a graph with values up to 70 million at 0? This graph shows us that 10 million dem voters are missing from 08 and if dems are going to win in 2020 they have to figure out why they stayed home

 

[Lightning_Roller]

It's tiring as hell isn't?

It's always been tiring. Now I'm just sick of it. I'm calling a racist a racist because that is what they are. No ifs, ands or buts about it.

 

[Weckum]

why the fuck would you start a graph with values up to 70 million at 0? This graph shows us that 10 million dem voters are missing from 08 and if dems are going to win in 2020 they have to figure out why they stayed home

Because at first glance now it looks like the number of Dems voting for Obama in 08 was double the number of Reps, which is not true.

But like I said, percentage of voting-age population would be better anyway because 70 million now isn't the same as 70 million 8 years ago.