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riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
Tue Dec 1, 2015, 11:15 PM Dec 2015

So HRC's all chummy with Bernice King today and... Crickets

Not sure how many saw the hue and cry in GDP when Bernie Sanders met with Bernice King and how "awful" Bernie is/was for associating with her.

So here's HRC hosting an event with Bernice King and the subsequent death of THAT GDP post. The selective outrage is so transparent.

SMH

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notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
3. This is the sort of thing that happens when you borrow other's ideas or memes
Tue Dec 1, 2015, 11:32 PM
Dec 2015

The Google thing works for Google. Political campaigns, not so much.

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
8. is there one single issue on which the hillarians have steady principles?
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 12:20 AM
Dec 2015

Like their candidate, they seem to be completely morally vacuous.

Orrex

(67,376 posts)
9. Is it "principled" to post petulant insults in the protected group?
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 12:53 AM
Dec 2015

I know that this is the Sanders group, but that doesn't give you free rein to attack other DUers.


I always wonder if Sanders would endorse the tactics of some of his supporters.

Bubzer

(4,211 posts)
12. Let's practise a little intellectual honesty here.
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 01:28 AM
Dec 2015

I think its fair to say we all know hillary supporters are judged by their most offensive members... and Bernie supporters are judged in the exact same manor.

There are hillary supporters who's stance is more than a little variable. The hillary group is far from being on-the-ball with policing it's own... meaning the group becomes complicit by association. In short, the group must own the comments of its members, so the criticism is valid.

Orrex

(67,376 posts)
14. Then let the insult be posted in GDP
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 06:48 AM
Dec 2015

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If we're demanding a little intellectual honesty, then let's identify the posting of insults in the protected groups as the cowardly acts that they are, whether by Clinton's or by Sanders' supporters.

Also, if one camp consistently declares itself to hold the moral high ground, then it behooves that group to act like it, rather than emulating the group that they see as morally inferior.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
11. Yup, alongside Bernice King who was radioactive when Sanders met her
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 01:01 AM
Dec 2015

and is now conveniently a-ok for their candidate....

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
15. We just need to keep it kicked. I just kicked & rec'd it...
Wed Dec 2, 2015, 08:28 AM
Dec 2015

Their hypocrisy needs to be exposed.

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