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Here's one example of Bernie's activism in the civil rights movement Bradshaw3 Apr 2018 #1
Thank you. n/t RDANGELO Apr 2018 #2
Early 60s being the operative term EffieBlack Apr 2018 #3
The only dismissiveness here is on your part Bradshaw3 Apr 2018 #5
I dont dismiss it at all. I just refuse to elevate it into something it wasnt EffieBlack Apr 2018 #6
Yes it was dismissive Bradshaw3 Apr 2018 #24
Can you name 3 actions that Bernie took in the last 40 years in support of civil rights for POC EffieBlack Apr 2018 #25
I'll be glad to answer that when you've answered my questions Bradshaw3 Apr 2018 #32
In other words, you cant think of anything EffieBlack Apr 2018 #34
Sorry, not everyone thinks so highly of what BS is doing in Jackson, Mississippi.. Cha Apr 2018 #36
Ahhh...FYI, it wasn't that unusual for white people to protest with the civil rights movement in... brush Apr 2018 #127
Especially among college students in Chicago. EffieBlack Apr 2018 #141
What is your standard for political or personal risk? progressoid Apr 2018 #35
You seem to be an intelligent, literate person - Im sure I dont need to define it for you EffieBlack Apr 2018 #41
Right on...agree iluvtennis Apr 2018 #47
Actually you do need to define your terms. progressoid Apr 2018 #55
No, they dont. Not even close. EffieBlack Apr 2018 #67
See? Told ya you have to define it. progressoid Apr 2018 #72
You're right - I looked several times, but totally missed his name EffieBlack Apr 2018 #84
It's clear Sanders doesn't meet your standard. However, this still begs the question, does anyone? progressoid Apr 2018 #90
This has nothing to with Hillary EffieBlack Apr 2018 #92
People must risk their careers to meet your approval/acceptance? KPN Apr 2018 #187
Oh, please - don't be ridiculous or put words on my my posts EffieBlack Apr 2018 #190
Ouch again. KPN Apr 2018 #191
Of course it does, you just said as much yourself. KPN Apr 2018 #208
There are serious problems with racially disparate "justice" in Vermont. lapucelle Apr 2018 #204
I just adore you. You are so fearless. 😊 nt jrthin Apr 2018 #107
:-) EffieBlack Apr 2018 #114
There's work to be done in Vermont. lapucelle Apr 2018 #202
Interesting. Has Bernie responded to or addressed this issue? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #203
Not that I've heard. The Vermont Poor People's Campaign lapucelle Apr 2018 #206
That would have been a nice event for him to attend instead of going to Jackson nt EffieBlack Apr 2018 #209
I think it would have been more in the spirit of the day than a campaign-style event. N/T lapucelle Apr 2018 #213
The state legislators and governor should work on that. N/t TCJ70 Apr 2018 #210
So should the U.S. Senator who represents them EffieBlack Apr 2018 #218
There is a critique that Jewish people benefit from white supremacy. David__77 Apr 2018 #66
What does that have to do with the OP and the discussion? Did I miss something? George II Apr 2018 #131
What? mcar Apr 2018 #132
Wut?... SidDithers Apr 2018 #146
Wait. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #175
He pretty much did it over only about a 2-year period, in Chicago. George II Apr 2018 #176
Then as mayor of this whitest area of the country, he and others made it a resettlement area karynnj Apr 2018 #102
That's great and very laudable EffieBlack Apr 2018 #106
Your numbers still do not add up - what are the other 4? karynnj Apr 2018 #111
You know there are other demographic groups besides blacks and Asians, right? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #112
Correction - the white population is 84%, not 86% EffieBlack Apr 2018 #113
Was that a county initiative or a Burlington initiative? If it was by the county.... George II Apr 2018 #136
Ouch. KPN Apr 2018 #184
Holding him up as "some great civil rights icon? Who has done that? KPN Apr 2018 #185
I am glad he also opposed the anti-gay agenda before it was cool to do so. David__77 Apr 2018 #8
But then there's that not so thinly veiled "identity politics" dog whistle from the 2016 campaign. brush Apr 2018 #17
It's interesting that the "identity politics" charge only seems to apply to Bernie progressoid Apr 2018 #65
That was a long time ago. What was he doing for civll rights in the decade before pnwmom Apr 2018 #39
You ask a very good question about "the hate for Bernie on here" Jim Lane Apr 2018 #59
Good statements- thank you. David__77 Apr 2018 #62
And after that? George II Apr 2018 #105
He is fighting for us all the 99% which includes all colors and creeds. Why can't all see this? The Wielding Truth Apr 2018 #152
Bernie's civil rights record is sterling, but hey, while we're on that subject,let's bash him anyway InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #154
Weak...Where is the beef in this column? BeyondGeography Apr 2018 #4
That should put a sock in that thread... but it won't Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2018 #7
No, it will not because trying to force black folks to shut up about Bernie is a nonstarter EffieBlack Apr 2018 #10
That column is an airball BeyondGeography Apr 2018 #13
Just because YOU dont agree doesnt make it an air ball. Why not THINK about what shes saying EffieBlack Apr 2018 #20
Do you have a link showing where he said that? Bradshaw3 Apr 2018 #27
Oh, please EffieBlack Apr 2018 #29
Or Mayor Lumumba BeyondGeography Apr 2018 #31
Or Senator Manchin EffieBlack Apr 2018 #37
You made a damning claim you can't back up Bradshaw3 Apr 2018 #33
Nice try EffieBlack Apr 2018 #42
YOU are the one that made the statement. progressoid Apr 2018 #61
You posted that the thread should be hidden, as this OP was earlier. yardwork Apr 2018 #87
Really? sheshe2 Apr 2018 #170
You failed to mention the authors answer to the commentator you claimed deflated the whole thing EffieBlack Apr 2018 #9
Well, the cookout went on with Sanders and Mayor Lumumba! David__77 Apr 2018 #12
Coverage of that here BeyondGeography Apr 2018 #14
It would perhaps be far better to support the death penalty and financial deregulation. David__77 Apr 2018 #16
No minds will be changed here but a few links and contrast of Bernie and Hillary during the era. CentralMass Apr 2018 #11
Sanders also opposes the death penalty. David__77 Apr 2018 #15
The difference is that Bernie came to it accidentally ucrdem Apr 2018 #19
What does Hillary have to do with this? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #21
This post is do ridiculous and biased John Fante Apr 2018 #74
Dismantled? sheshe2 Apr 2018 #183
Hillary was a high school girl radical noodle Apr 2018 #23
Hillary was President of the Wellesley Young Republicans Club AtomicKitten Apr 2018 #134
I'm sure you also know that was during her freshman year radical noodle Apr 2018 #160
Again, she was in college, not high school. AtomicKitten Apr 2018 #167
She was in high school radical noodle Apr 2018 #186
I'm not disputing that. I'm saying she still identified as a Republican in college. AtomicKitten Apr 2018 #188
Yes, in her first year radical noodle Apr 2018 #189
I didn't bring it up ... I responded. AtomicKitten Apr 2018 #192
As was I radical noodle Apr 2018 #193
The reality is quite the opposite. AtomicKitten Apr 2018 #194
Not really eom radical noodle Apr 2018 #196
Oh deary deary me, the Goldwater Girl thing again. J'accuse! Oh, to be a 16 y.o. in high school! Hekate Apr 2018 #45
OH NO.. Not the Goldwater Girl.. LMAO Cha Apr 2018 #57
He was in this crowd: George II Apr 2018 #149
This discussion is about Sanders. Surely you're not trying to re-fight the primaries, are you? George II Apr 2018 #171
No minds will be changed here, but I heard that Hillary was a teenaged werewolf. betsuni Apr 2018 #178
She also stuck gum under her desk and smoked in the little girls' room. George II Apr 2018 #180
False comparison...Hillary is not involved and one protest in Chicago does not a civil rights Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #205
I marched against the US policy towards the Sandinistas in Austin. TexasTowelie Apr 2018 #18
:-) EffieBlack Apr 2018 #22
I think it's worthwhile to listen to what this Black Woman in Mississippi feels about this.. Cha Apr 2018 #26
Mahalo, Cha EffieBlack Apr 2018 #28
Oh dear.. BS in Jackson, Mississippi dissing the Demcratic Party.. Cha Apr 2018 #30
Ask Robert Reich PaulX2 Apr 2018 #38
More whitesplaining EffieBlack Apr 2018 #44
Shame on Robert Reich.. insulting Cha Apr 2018 #56
Its pretty stunning EffieBlack Apr 2018 #60
It's hard to even wrap my head around Cha Apr 2018 #64
Posted as proof that Bernie is great on civil rights and blacks people are wrong if we dont agree EffieBlack Apr 2018 #68
Anti-Semitism is racism. David__77 Apr 2018 #52
You got to be kidding-I am Jewish-do you I have your permission to not like Sanders? Gothmog Apr 2018 #130
Some people do not think anti-Semitism is racism. David__77 Apr 2018 #139
You keep making this rather bogus claim that has no basis in reality Gothmog Apr 2018 #150
Seems that if one criticizes Sanders it's not because we disagree with his policy positions.... George II Apr 2018 #161
Anti-semitism is real and has taken off under trump Gothmog Apr 2018 #174
I said no such things. David__77 Apr 2018 #173
Please stop making these bogus and rather dumb attacks Gothmog Apr 2018 #177
It was someone else who said "How DARE a black woman speak ill of Saint Bernie." David__77 Apr 2018 #179
Are You kidding? Gothmog Apr 2018 #199
Jewish people are dealing with anti-Semites in the world. David__77 Apr 2018 #207
Yes we are Gothmog Apr 2018 #212
Thank you. David__77 Apr 2018 #214
Are you introducing this into the discussion because Sanders is Jewish? George II Apr 2018 #153
Which has what to do with this OP? mcar Apr 2018 #133
Nothing Gothmog Apr 2018 #135
It makes no sense, Gothmog mcar Apr 2018 #138
Agreed Gothmog Apr 2018 #156
But what does that have to do with the subject of this discussion? George II Apr 2018 #143
It is a way to distract from the real issues Gothmog Apr 2018 #158
I love how you reduce HRC to just a white woman. All that vagina voter crap really backfired. bettyellen Apr 2018 #195
I think that is incorrect. David__77 Apr 2018 #219
You are calling the Clinton's oligarchs, that is it, I have had ENOUGH Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #221
Oh good, another thread that criticizes Bernie. Bluepinky Apr 2018 #40
You "get over it".. A Black Woman in Jackson, Mississippi is Cha Apr 2018 #43
Wow EffieBlack Apr 2018 #46
I hope so.. Very patronizing.. Cha Apr 2018 #49
And he and they are doubling down. I now fully expect an all out attack on the D party Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #222
Of course he and they are.. no Cha Apr 2018 #224
And why is he at a MLK commemoration talking about Democratic partys business model anyway? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #48
I know.. this being the whole point of your OP. Cha Apr 2018 #50
Yup. EffieBlack Apr 2018 #51
Smh.. he thought the best day to go after Obama Cha Apr 2018 #54
He did no such thing melman Apr 2018 #58
You obviously have no clue.. Cha Apr 2018 #63
Saying on this day of all days that electing a black president to two terms was a failure EffieBlack Apr 2018 #69
It's unreal and untrue.. Cha Apr 2018 #71
Reading comprehension issues or illiteracy? TexasTowelie Apr 2018 #78
Oh, melman. betsuni Apr 2018 #79
Thank you for posting this. Extremely offensive. betsuni Apr 2018 #70
There's more.. So very patronizing and going negative instead of talking about Accomplishments. Cha Apr 2018 #73
President Obama will go on to do great things. betsuni Apr 2018 #75
Oh yes! President Obama's legacy and excellent works will go on and on no matter who tries to drag Cha Apr 2018 #77
On Bernie Sanders Underground, all roads lead to Sanders. David__77 Apr 2018 #53
Hmmm... TexasTowelie Apr 2018 #80
This used to be Bernie Sanders Underground... SidDithers Apr 2018 #157
Oh great, another post saying the Bernie can't be held up for criticism TexasTowelie Apr 2018 #76
There seems to be some misunderstanding about this thread Maeve Apr 2018 #81
Yes, it was hidden a couple of days ago, but restored a few minutes ago. EffieBlack Apr 2018 #85
.. Cha Apr 2018 #97
I'm glad that the unjustifiable hide was overturned! yardwork Apr 2018 #82
Well probably still be fighting over Bernie in 2050. Oneironaut Apr 2018 #83
So, now criticizing Bernie Sanders is "eating our own?" EffieBlack Apr 2018 #86
No, but some unity in our party is needed. Oneironaut Apr 2018 #88
I'm not devoting all of my energy to raising questions about Bernie Sanders EffieBlack Apr 2018 #89
My comment was more directed to the constant tit-for-tat Bernie divisiveness. Oneironaut Apr 2018 #216
I look forward to seeing the same comment mcar Apr 2018 #100
Boom. EffieBlack Apr 2018 #108
Perhaps you should address that to our Outreach Chairman. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #116
Then Sen. Sanders shouldn't go down to Mississippi and say the stuff he said about Democrats and Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #119
That's the point, it's OUR party, no one else's. George II Apr 2018 #123
Yep, how dare he attack Pres. Obama who is the best president of my lifetime. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #169
Me too, and I'll bet I've lived during more Presidencies than you (haha!) George II Apr 2018 #172
Bernie is not a Democrat.... Adrahil Apr 2018 #91
wow...somebody reads the challenges? I've never even gotten a response. I'm glad you got the hide JCanete Apr 2018 #93
There weren't two different threads at first EffieBlack Apr 2018 #94
ah, I see. makes sense! nt JCanete Apr 2018 #96
This thread was gone when the other one posted. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #120
I suggest that you contact the administrators TexasTowelie Apr 2018 #125
This is an open forum/site. I know I don't question what anyone else posts and.... George II Apr 2018 #197
nothing is the big deal, it wsas just a question, and then, way before like 3 of these responses JCanete Apr 2018 #198
DU rec... SidDithers Apr 2018 #95
K&R! mcar Apr 2018 #98
Thank you for posting this... glad to see you victorious! NurseJackie Apr 2018 #99
And now a word from your sponsor: tavernier Apr 2018 #101
A good time to register voters and other GOTV efforts is at rallies. NurseJackie Apr 2018 #103
Good point! tavernier Apr 2018 #110
More Sanders knee capping Billy Jingo Apr 2018 #104
Or maybe they just don't agree with him EffieBlack Apr 2018 #109
"Can't come to the cookout" isn't reasonable criticism Billy Jingo Apr 2018 #115
The fact that YOU don't like how the criticism is framed doesn't mean its unreasonable EffieBlack Apr 2018 #118
Yes, I understand "feelings" based criticism Billy Jingo Apr 2018 #140
That's how the author put it. "Tribal signaling"? Who is the tribe, and what is the signal? George II Apr 2018 #182
"Tribal signaling"? What does that even mean? What tribe are you talking about? N/T lapucelle Apr 2018 #217
Who is "they?" (nt) ehrnst Apr 2018 #117
No, this and other threads is a response to criticism of the party and President Obama. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #122
He did not criticize President Obama Billy Jingo Apr 2018 #151
You are wrong Gothmog Apr 2018 #200
Did you see/hear what he said about the Democratic Party and President Obama? George II Apr 2018 #124
Yes Billy Jingo Apr 2018 #142
That was not "complimentary", he said that Obama was charismatic, then went on with a huge.... George II Apr 2018 #144
Yeah. Putting words in his mouth Billy Jingo Apr 2018 #148
In what way? George II Apr 2018 #165
Exactly. The 50/50 AA/white audience gave him a standing ovation before & after he spoke. .. AtomicKitten Apr 2018 #145
Wrong. As reported in the Jackson Free Press the audience was predominantly white. betsuni Apr 2018 #147
Not according to witness observation. AtomicKitten Apr 2018 #155
I'm supposed to believe a guy who says 85% then changes it to 50% who is clearly betsuni Apr 2018 #159
:) sheshe2 Apr 2018 #163
How about the NY Times ??? AtomicKitten Apr 2018 #164
Did the Times have a reporter there, or were they relying on anecdotal observations? George II Apr 2018 #168
I think it means that although only 15% of the city population is white, lapucelle Apr 2018 #220
So an anonomousy person on twitter is to be believed... sheshe2 Apr 2018 #162
There were four people on that stage, three were Black. Of course they weren't applauding them. George II Apr 2018 #166
Who is "they"? N/T lapucelle Apr 2018 #215
K&R betsuni Apr 2018 #121
Rec! LexVegas Apr 2018 #126
Kick sheshe2 Apr 2018 #128
Welcome Back sheshe2 Apr 2018 #129
K&R Gothmog Apr 2018 #137
Effie saidsimplesimon Apr 2018 #181
One of those Bernie is the enemy, not Trump and rethugs. lovemydogs Apr 2018 #201
Just consider it to be constructive criticism from an ally EffieBlack Apr 2018 #211
KnR! R B Garr Apr 2018 #223
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