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82. I predict you are mistaken on that

Reply to Kurt V. (Reply #34)

Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:52 PM

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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