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stopdiggin

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6. thanks. you're right. not what he said.

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 30, 2019, 03:04 PM

Oct 2019

and the reaction has been largely (and sadly) what we're seeing here .. "how dare he criticize MY people .. when THOSE people ...."

no where did Obama say that activism (or indeed criticism) is wrong. try reading the statement again.

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Obama to young progressives: Get over being woke [View all] Polybius Oct 2019 OP

So this country is so far right that we have D f-ing rainy Oct 2019 #1

That's not what he said though. Not sure why you read this as "pro-Trump" or saying we shouldn't emulatorloo Oct 2019 #2

thanks. you're right. not what he said. stopdiggin Oct 2019 #6

Centrist Purity never compromises. MarcA Oct 2019 #7

Not so much "Hope and Change" ritapria Oct 2019 #3

Lots of hope and change, he's merely suggesting which tools are... LanternWaste Oct 2019 #9

He didn't say a single thing that isn't 100% true. phleshdef Oct 2019 #4

He's right. The purity has got to stop. New Breed Leader Oct 2019 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Beringia Oct 2019 #8

Republicans got over the need to compromise when Obama won by 10 million votes BeyondGeography Oct 2019 #10