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Old 02-03-2015, 12:44 AM   #138
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Originally Posted by pegasi&prefects View Post
It may have started as a mildly laudable attempt to widen the scope of nominated books, but Day's involvement and the agenda of the people who became involved made it clear that it's a politically motivated attempt to vote as a bloc to keep minorities and allies in their place.
Having watched it from the start, I believe the initial motivation, though couched in "no one loves the conservatives anymore!" rhetoric, was an attempt to gee up a bloc vote to keep minorities and allies in their place. I don't believe it was hijacked at all, I think it's just on course. It is thankfully not gaining an enormous amount of support, though enough to push other deserving (IMO) nominees off the ballot.
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