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Indeed. That seems to sum it up.The overwhelming sentiment is a what-about-ism used to justify ill-intentioned map drawing? No way![]()
As to some of the other discussion we were having, I am curious for your answer to the question I asked, quoted in bold below,
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The thing that makes the Tennessee redistricting example so very interesting to me is that those who claim this gerrymandering as an example of malice based on race are all too quick to dismiss the fact that the person holding the seat currently is white. Some have said that one of the potential leading candidates is a black woman. I don't know if that is true, but it would be ironic if all those claiming the Rs are doing this out of racial malice had to acknowledge that Rs actually might increase the number of black representatives in congress.
If a black woman were elected to a seat that was gerrymandered based on "politics," would you find that a net gain, or a net loss to the political strength of the black population?

