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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 12:19 PM Aug 2015

Calling Bernie Sanders A White Supremacist Liberal is Oxymoronic.

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by uppityperson (a host of the General Discussion forum).

I am as liberal and progressive as they come. In fact I am radical about social and economic justice that includes all races and religions.
Somehow liberal and white supremacist is totally incongruent. It's nonsense.

I support BLM but if you are beating the crap out of me because I am not doing enough of what I can't do, I doubt I will want to help in the long run.

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Calling Bernie Sanders A White Supremacist Liberal is Oxymoronic. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Aug 2015 OP
Ignorance is what it is NightWatcher Aug 2015 #1
They just want to throw bombs. HooptieWagon Aug 2015 #2
Black Lives Matter did great harm yesterday upi402 Aug 2015 #3
Between BLM And The Media - This Does Smell Of An Organized Action cantbeserious Aug 2015 #4
Conservatives are loving this upi402 Aug 2015 #7
I Agree With You And I Am Furious. We Do Not Need This Kind Of Mayhem. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2015 #5
That's pretty fucked up. OnyxCollie Aug 2015 #9
Strawman outrage is the best kind of outrage! Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #6
Not really. One of the 99 Aug 2015 #8
Locking as does not meet GD SOP, please repost in GD:P uppityperson Aug 2015 #10

NightWatcher

(39,382 posts)
1. Ignorance is what it is
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 12:22 PM
Aug 2015

Bernie was working for social justice before those who now tweet about it were even born.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
2. They just want to throw bombs.
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 12:22 PM
Aug 2015

There doesn't appear to be any kind of thought process or logic applied. Children throwing a temper tantrum.

upi402

(16,854 posts)
3. Black Lives Matter did great harm yesterday
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 12:23 PM
Aug 2015

Local TV is ignoring the huge crowds and Bernie's message. They are saying Bernie is weak for running away and that he was met with mixed reception. The newspapers are doing the same.

Nice work BLM... epic fail.

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)
4. Between BLM And The Media - This Does Smell Of An Organized Action
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 12:25 PM
Aug 2015

eom

upi402

(16,854 posts)
7. Conservatives are loving this
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 12:37 PM
Aug 2015

...and I suppose it doesn't hurt Hillary much. There were lines for blocks trying to get in to the packed Hec Ed Pavilion. The media ignored the huge crowds and his message. They just smeared Bernie with this misguided ignorant action.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
5. I Agree With You And I Am Furious. We Do Not Need This Kind Of Mayhem.
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 12:29 PM
Aug 2015

BLM only helped the GOP and white supremacists. And it gave the RW mouthpieces a great win. And your post shows it.

I guess they think the GOP will help. What the GOP wants is to send minorities back to Africa and Mexico.

 

OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)
9. That's pretty fucked up.
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 01:03 PM
Aug 2015

Looks like BLM got a hold of the RWer's "How to Disrupt a Town Hall Event" playbook that was used during the summer that the ACA was being put together.

Anyone mention "death panels?"

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
6. Strawman outrage is the best kind of outrage!
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 12:31 PM
Aug 2015

One of the 99

(2,280 posts)
8. Not really.
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 12:42 PM
Aug 2015

First, I don't think Bernie is a racist in any way, shape or form. But some the worst racists I have met in my life were very liberal. One even said to me once to my face, 'I support civil rights because that's the morally right thing to do, but I don't like n*****s and don't what anything to do with them'.

Also, remember that some biggest supporters of FDR and the New Deal were the Southern Dixiecrats who were very racist.

uppityperson

(116,026 posts)
10. Locking as does not meet GD SOP, please repost in GD:P
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 01:27 PM
Aug 2015

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