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Newland56

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40. And

Sun Feb 3, 2019, 07:54 PM

Feb 2019

Malcolm x should have never been allowed to have a leadership position
And Abraham Lincoln
And probably jimmy carter and John Kennedy and definitely Lyndon Johnson
And MLK’s alleged affairs
The list can go on and on

The point is
The NEW Democratic Party does not believe in redemption, forgiveness, and I’m afraid compassion

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This whole blackface on Northam is really dividing and conquering us on DU and other progressive [View all] kimbutgar Feb 2019 OP

I don't FEEL conquered. Do you? Iggo Feb 2019 #1

Not so much conquered as divided and turning us against one another which is a form of conquering kimbutgar Feb 2019 #2

I haven't turned on anyone and I don't feel divided. jrthin Feb 2019 #3

Nor does ANY reader, not working for Trump or the DNC... check out a Super Bowl response by MLK... Jeffersons Ghost Feb 2019 #92

No, because I can smell Divide and Conquer from 1000 miles away McCamy Taylor Feb 2019 #7

No. It's a legitimate issue and some are being stupid about it. manor321 Feb 2019 #4

Or maybe Northam shouldn't have posed in blackface with a Klansman. And once he did that, EffieBlack Feb 2019 #5

Thank you for this post. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #58

This. redstatebluegirl Feb 2019 #101

Seems to me the entirety of the Democratic leadership Codeine Feb 2019 #6

The white-splainin is not helping... it needs to stop!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #52

I am a black woman kimbutgar Feb 2019 #70

you seem very concerned ! stonecutter357 Feb 2019 #8

Who is really divided on this? jayddrew Feb 2019 #9

Seriously? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 #23

What college did you go to in 1984? delisen Feb 2019 #71

I was a working minority woman in the banking industry in 1984 kimbutgar Feb 2019 #91

What have you done for (to) me lately? bobnicewander Feb 2019 #10

To be dumb, stupid, ignorant or insensitive is not necessarily to be a hater. Putting on blackface EffieBlack Feb 2019 #14

Why? bobnicewander Feb 2019 #19

There was no attack in her response. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #22

I second this Charlotte Little Feb 2019 #43

And it is a tactic Empowerer Feb 2019 #48

She didn't attack you Empowerer Feb 2019 #45

LOL! EffieBlack Feb 2019 #50

To Clarify bobnicewander Feb 2019 #99

My post asked for due diligence bobnicewander Feb 2019 #100

This message was self-deleted by its author bobnicewander Feb 2019 #103

Your opinion bobnicewander Feb 2019 #60

We have different opinions but there's only one set of facts Empowerer Feb 2019 #62

context bobnicewander Feb 2019 #66

Sooooo... RobinA Feb 2019 #75

Oh good grief, stop the victimhood. You weren't attacked. jrthin Feb 2019 #87

???? mcar Feb 2019 #59

Apparently RobinA Feb 2019 #77

When the "reaction" is to wrongly accuse a DUer of "attacking" them, their reaction deserves Empowerer Feb 2019 #90

Your Response To My Post bobnicewander Feb 2019 #51

Well, it was an attempt to divide and conquer. GoCubsGo Feb 2019 #11

Everyone is entitled to their opinion on the matter peggysue2 Feb 2019 #12

We rise together or we fall together. bobnicewander Feb 2019 #17

Nicknames are generally given to people by others Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 #24

Agreed. However . . . peggysue2 Feb 2019 #33

Pam Northam Charlotte Little Feb 2019 #49

I always feel sorry for the wives peggysue2 Feb 2019 #73

Whoever posted that Cajuns use that term is full of it. Charlotte Little Feb 2019 #95

I think the Cajun word is coonass Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 #97

Ahhh . . . peggysue2 Feb 2019 #98

Funny you mention that. Charlotte Little Feb 2019 #46

If my friends had started calling me "Ofayhunter" I'd want to know why Empowerer Feb 2019 #72

It will do no such thing as 'destroy' the Democratic Party. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #13

"The Brietbarter writer actually did the work of Russian trolls." Really? Jarqui Feb 2019 #15

The entire "Coonman who?" and "It wasn't blackface, it was Michael Jackson in shoe polish" Empowerer Feb 2019 #74

It might be getting uglier ... Jarqui Feb 2019 #76

If this is true, it's further evidence of northam the unfitness and political inadequacy Empowerer Feb 2019 #84

It will blow up and really get people's backs up if it is true Jarqui Feb 2019 #86

Nobody is conquered. Lunabell Feb 2019 #16

its a useful conversation that could lead to a satisfactory outcome nt msongs Feb 2019 #18

I don't see this difficult conversation as a negative. yardwork Feb 2019 #20

I don't feel divided. I'm always aware that there are Democrats who have different opinions than I WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #21

Very well said. eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #27

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2019 #28

Well said EffieBlack Feb 2019 #29

I Guess RobinA Feb 2019 #79

Well stated. eom jrthin Feb 2019 #89

Not an issue we should be divided on Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #25

In 1984 Reagan was re-elected in a landslide & Reagan Democrats delisen Feb 2019 #36

I'm aware of all of that Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #37

It is the racism that is the issue. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #26

Not much division as far as I can see. ZZenith Feb 2019 #30

I see one problem with it. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #31

If Newland56 Feb 2019 #32

On edit: EffieBlack Feb 2019 #35

And Newland56 Feb 2019 #40

Seriously? EffieBlack Feb 2019 #42

Yes Newland56 Feb 2019 #61

As I said-You're SERIOUSLY citing Abraham Lincoln in a thread about whether the governor of Virginia EffieBlack Feb 2019 #63

Yes Newland56 Feb 2019 #65

nah. we may be momentarily divided on this one issue, Kurt V. Feb 2019 #34

I predict you are mistaken on that delisen Feb 2019 #82

Not feeling divided or conquered. blue neen Feb 2019 #38

A Democratic governor with a racist past that he never acknowledged or apologized for: Meh EffieBlack Feb 2019 #41

No, and be careful whose words you let define a discussion. This is imo a needed discussion c-rational Feb 2019 #39

It not much of a discussion. Lots of accusations. Little attention to facts delisen Feb 2019 #83

There are other Progressive sites? PAMod Feb 2019 #44

I haven't changed. I just figure that trolls are feeding the fight 2naSalit Feb 2019 #47

I don't think this changes our unity against the orange racist. RiverStone Feb 2019 #53

no it's not dividing us... agingdem Feb 2019 #54

What's so awful Texasgal Feb 2019 #55

No, it is good to learn all the details. raging moderate Feb 2019 #56

I don't feel divided mcar Feb 2019 #57

No, I don't think so. MineralMan Feb 2019 #64

Think how we'd feel if Nancy Pelosi wasn't Speaker of the House... 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2019 #67

I think there is honest disagreement treestar Feb 2019 #68

Or perhaps more accurately, DISTRACTING the Democratic Party. /nt philly_bob Feb 2019 #69

He will either resign or not. Not really our decision. walkingman Feb 2019 #78

It's only dividing and conquering those who wish to be divided and conquered Kaleva Feb 2019 #80

If he heeded the call of the party to resign the issue would go away. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #81

A subset of self authoritarian. Self styled progressives benefit. 2016 as the same delisen Feb 2019 #85

Yawn. I've seen worse. I lived through 1972. McCamy Taylor Feb 2019 #88

There is no division... disillusioned73 Feb 2019 #93

I can't believe this obstinate clown hasn't resigned yet. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #94

Or, revealing? loyalsister Feb 2019 #96

So, what does that mean? HopeAgain Feb 2019 #102