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Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
1. It would be interesting to see, maybe emails to his supporters explaining the
Sun May 15, 2016, 03:51 PM
May 2016

Attention they are receiving is going to have negative effects. I remember hearing early in his campaign he could get things done because congress would look out their window and see the protesters and it would be done. If we think back to the CIvil Rights the ones who caused problems was the anti bunch, we see what resulted, the Civil Rights Bill was passed, not the anti Civil rights.

charlyvi

(6,537 posts)
3. The civil rights movement was won using nonviolent civil disobedience.
Sun May 15, 2016, 07:14 PM
May 2016

Not throwing chairs, intimidating and calling women bitches.The violence came from the other side; yet they endured it and eventually prevailed. Berniedudes want it NOW.....or there is hell to pay! How DARE anyone stand in their way!

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
5. Exactly, the haters was abusive, ergo there is not a Anti Civil Rights Bill.
Sun May 15, 2016, 07:19 PM
May 2016

Hate does not play well for most people.

 

Jitter65

(3,089 posts)
2. He never answers for anything his supporters do in his name. He probably cringes overtime Nina
Sun May 15, 2016, 07:06 PM
May 2016

steps up to the podium as she has now become inciter-in-chief.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
4. You would think...
Sun May 15, 2016, 07:17 PM
May 2016

that an official surrogate would stop retweeting tweets with the BernieorBurst hashtag.

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
6. His silence is approval. Probably looks like The Revolution he envisions
Mon May 16, 2016, 08:13 AM
May 2016

He never was too specific about how to make changes, just a lot of roiling the waters. NV is the logical result of his continuing campaign.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
7. I predict ... He won't condemn it outright. He'll just passively say that it's not what he condones…
Mon May 16, 2016, 09:05 AM
May 2016

... and he'll try to excuse it by saying it's actually the fault of the "corrupt-something-something, oligarch-something-something, establishment-something-something, corporatist-something-something, imperialist-something-something, bankster-something-something, Wall-Street-something-something..."

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