"Fake news" linking "political correctness" w hypocrisy? (Tweet) WTF?

[bettyellen]

Last edited Wed Apr 26, 2017, 01:35 PM - Edit history (1)

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"@thenation provides actual facts vs fake news, political correctness & hypocrisy. Choose news sources /groups wisely thenation.com/article/why-wa…"

Tweet from J Sanders.

[JI7]

1. i don't think she means political corrrectness as it's usually used

i think Sanders talked about it before and he talked about it as meaning different from the way it usually is used.

[bettyellen]

2. I'd say she's using "PC" in a very disparaging way. The implications suck.

[Cha]

22. I think so, too.

[Cha]

3. BS threw him when he called the "aggressively anti-cholce"

candidate a "progressive" and dismissed Jon Ossoff the PRO CHOICE candidate.. But.."he isn't prepared to back Democrats just because of.. "a party label.."..

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I'll decide what's "fake news".. thank you very much..

[betsuni]

4. Sanders has his own personal definition of political correctness.

To mean more like talking points. Where was that, a town hall with Chris Hayes? The real meaning was explained to Sanders but he didn't listen.

[arthritisR_US]

11. Yes, his own personal definition is wrapped up in his ego and

self aggrandizement.

[bettyellen]

29. I'm sensing a lot of disdain toward activist women and POC in this....

And they need to get away from this ugliness.

[LuvLoogie]

5. Only Bernie is correct politically. All other positions are a sham.

Having empathy for and supporting those who are disenfranchised, because of their political identity, may be politically correct, but it is a failed endeavor apparently.

BTW, is it still okay to stick up for actual Democrats--over people who are not Democrats yet bash Democrats while relying upon Democrats for political relevance--on the DU?

[Cha]

6. lol..Well said, Luv.. and yes.. It's more than OKAY

"Having empathy for and supporting those who are disenfranchised, because of their political identity, may be politically correct, but it is a failed endeavor apparently."

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he's so Wrong & Divisive.

[LuvLoogie]

31. Rather than calling out the distrumpled voters on their "phobias"

He instead calls on Democrats to indulge them. He coddles them and seeks their approval through bashing Dems.

[Cha]

34. Wow.. I never thought of it

that way.. I think you're right.

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[bettyellen]

7. Im done with this sackcloth and ashes crap- it's definitely a losing proposition.

This bizarre need to denigrate the idea of political correctness has gotten on my very last nerve. I'm not having it!

[LuvLoogie]

32. He pirated political infrastructure. He's still doing it.

He can take his contact list and dust off.

[Cha]

8. A better question.. Why was Jon Ossoff "thrown

under the bus" by BS?

Ossoff is running for a very important Congressional seat and BS couldn't even be bothered to know who he was on Election Day.

Answer me that gd riddle.

[bettyellen]

9. What I find really sleazy is the coy "I don't know" him crap ....

Passive aggressive bullshit. It's funny when it's Mariah and JLo but not when we're talking congress.

[Cha]

12. I know.. he's suppose to be the Director of Outreach

and he didn't know who Jon Ossoff was.. give me a break. well, he's heard of him now.

Why doesn't the Nation ask about Jon Ossoff and why BS personally threw him under the damn Bus?

[betsuni]

13. I burst out laghing when somebody in a comments section posted the Mariah gif.

So perfect.

[Cha]

15. What's the Mariah gif about?

[bettyellen]

17. Google "I don't know her" and it'll come up....

Me explaining it is not as good as the gif

[Cha]

21. P.S. I found it.. lol.. Mariah shaking her head.

[betsuni]

18. Mariah was asked about Jennifer Lopez during an interview and said, "I don't know her"

which became a meme because of course J-lo is very famous and a direct rival -- very passive aggressive and thus "shade." All I know about shade and celebrities I learn at Jezebel, so I hope I have this right.

[Cha]

19. I get it! Kinda like that famous Congressional Race in

in Georgia that Democrats were paying close attention to...

Samuel L Jackson made a campaign ad for Jon Ossoff.. Hollywood got out the Vote.. everyone knew about him but BS.

Perfect!Thank you, betsuni

[Cha]

23. Mariah doesn't know her.. strong denial.. lol

That is so funny and perfect gif to post on the .. "I don't know him" thread..

[betsuni]

24. It really is perfect.

Glad you posted it, I'm too stupid to figure out how to post gifs.

[Cha]

26. It posted just like

pics do.. copy, paste, and voila!

[Cha]

20. Thanks bettyellen.. got it now.. brilliant!

[bettyellen]

28. It's cute when SHE does it. Not so much a fan of that shade game when we're

Talking about getting Dems in congress. It's disappointing.

Mariah went on to say she meant she didn't know JLo personally - had never met her. Which is why she couldn't say she "liked her". So yeah, it's shady.

[Cha]

30. The shade game.. exactly. It's only our Planet

we're concerned about. while he's playing shade games.

[Vesper]

10. I'd like to know why there are super special standards for Bernie and his buddies.

No need for transparency, keeping his word, actually being progressive etc.

I recall another candidate who was attacked for her transparency, who refused to promise more than she knew she could deliver and was a progressive for decades and actually contributed to progress made by this country, despite being in elected office a few decades less than her opponent.

[Cha]

14. The Purity Tests! The "aggressively ANTI-Choice"

candidate passed with Flying Colors.. but the PRO-Choice, Jon Ossoff candidate didn't make the cut.

Right, Hillary is an intelligent woman with a plan.. they couldn't handle that.. so with all the hate piled up outta lies we got fuckhead rigged in.

[Vesper]

16. Oh hey, guess what it's our fault if this loser of a candidate loses the uber important mayorship of

that center of the universe, Omaha! Who knew the Mayor of this small city had such power?

I guess we really should take the blame for convincing by telepathy (I can only assume) Bernie to do something so profoundly stupid as to draw attention to this rabid anti-choicer and throw a grenade into anything approaching unity and pissing off the base and the backbone of the party, the women who do all the damned work.

How naughty of us to make Bernie do these things against his will. Poor man, he has so little agency. We also made him state that our basic human rights are not an important thing for us to be "rigid" on, why can't we just let this great and infallible man simply rule over us with his perfection and holiness? Why must we use our witchy ways to make him do and say offensive things on camera and then double down on them?

It's all our fault, so say his most devoted followers, and we know they too are infallible, they can do no wrong ever, it's all us never, ever the holy one.

[bettyellen]

27. I agree. Transparency is more important than ever now.

[Skittles]

33. they become more transparent every day