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Nina Turner:Progressive movement needs power acquisition (Original Post) egbertowillies Apr 2020 OP
Nina Turner needs to STFU and go away. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #1
Come on. Respect the lady now. egbertowillies Apr 2020 #2
Why? She doesn't seem to respect anyone who doesn't agree with her The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #6
You did hear her call Biden a "corporatist" in the clip - right? TomSlick Apr 2020 #8
Bingo ! OnDoutside Apr 2020 #10
she presumes she IS the progressive movement lol like there's nobody else nt msongs Apr 2020 #3
Why? Me. Apr 2020 #5
No she does not. I spent a lot of time with the movement and spoke to her egbertowillies Apr 2020 #4
Many people remember her part in the 2016 election to have any respect for what she has to say. The OnDoutside Apr 2020 #9
She is a respectable person Sucha NastyWoman Apr 2020 #7

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)
6. Why? She doesn't seem to respect anyone who doesn't agree with her
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 10:39 PM
Apr 2020

and she has said some truly horrible things about good Democrats. She can fuck right off as far as I'm concerned.

TomSlick

(11,097 posts)
8. You did hear her call Biden a "corporatist" in the clip - right?
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:10 PM
Apr 2020

She is neither a Democrat nor will she support one. Her goal is to pull-down the Democratic Party and rebuild it in her own image. Sen. Sanders was always simply a tool she was using to advance that goal.

egbertowillies

(4,058 posts)
4. No she does not. I spent a lot of time with the movement and spoke to her
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 10:28 PM
Apr 2020

many times. She is the most humble person you could meet. Many had to make a caricature of her to ensure the message was not heard. It was easy to do because stereotypes are so easily used to trigger certain feelings.

OnDoutside

(19,953 posts)
9. Many people remember her part in the 2016 election to have any respect for what she has to say. The
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:56 PM
Apr 2020

likes of her, and her fellow travelers, had a lot to do with why Donald Trump is President, scaremongering that end of the spectrum with anti-Hillary horseshit, ending up voting for Jill Stein. Without a Sanders leading the "movement", and the ka-ching donations, may she fade into further irrelevance.

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