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yardwork

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71. Only you and one or two others keep trying to link elected officials with this tweet.

Sun Mar 20, 2022, 10:44 AM

Mar 2022

Nowhere have I said that. In fact, I've pointed out that most or all of these folks ran as Democrats, supported by the Democratic Party. This effort to link my OP with elected officials is missing the point.

If you would read my OP again, and follow the link I face to the twitter thread - noting the first response, as I pointed to - you might see what I'm trying to say here.

to;dr
The tweet by a self-described member of Democratic Socialists of America reveals an entitled, white-centric cluelessness about an important issue affecting millions of Americans of color. The tweeter's making a point of mocking Shontel Brown - who, as you pointed out, didn't even introduce this bill! - suggests ongoing sour grapes about the loss of DSA's preferred candidate in Brown's district.

As a far-left liberal progressive with many socialist ideals, who admires young people who are standing up to many problems inherent in our nation's structure, I deplore the casual, clueless racism in this tweet. It undermines solidarity. We must do better.

I really don't know why this is controversial.

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An example of racism from the so-called "far left." [View all] yardwork Mar 2022 OP

Julie needs an education. old as dirt Mar 2022 #1

Yes, Julie is - I'm sorry to say - a privileged twit. yardwork Mar 2022 #2

I'm reminded of a quote attributed to Emma Goldman old as dirt Mar 2022 #5

Look at Julie's pinned tweet. She has an attitude problem and is foolishly proud of it. highplainsdem Mar 2022 #3

That's DSA's mission statement, more or less. yardwork Mar 2022 #8

this is a lie bigtree Mar 2022 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Mar 2022 #52

You might want to type DSA into AntivaxHunters Mar 2022 #37

"I'm in it for my own material gains...I'm a Marxist" Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #11

No kidding. She doesn't remotely qualify as a socialist. highplainsdem Mar 2022 #12

Sounds more libertarian. As for "liberal," I'd as soon ask MT Greene Hortensis Mar 2022 #44

Julie says that she's NOT a liberal in that tweet. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2022 #20

Exactly. She's a Democratic Socialist. yardwork Mar 2022 #21

Well then, that explains all we need to know. msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #69

They think the vast majority of Americans are secretly socialists who will rise up betsuni Mar 2022 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Mar 2022 #29

Who the hell is Julie? sinkingfeeling Mar 2022 #4

Julie's rose icon identifies her as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) yardwork Mar 2022 #7

Thanks, that was my question also JohnSJ Mar 2022 #9

That's exactly what I thought of Cha Mar 2022 #22

Ah Basement Marxists...are there any other kind? lol nt EX500rider Mar 2022 #6

Thank goodness Shontel Brown PatSeg Mar 2022 #10

+1000. The district's voters did good. Hortensis Mar 2022 #45

Yes, she is pretty impressive PatSeg Mar 2022 #48

yeah, but Turner supports this bill bigtree Mar 2022 #49

I was actually commenting about PatSeg Mar 2022 #56

Turner is likely where she is (outside Congress) bigtree Mar 2022 #64

Yes, I think so PatSeg Mar 2022 #72

I would never vote for Turner in a primary. She is not a Democrat. And I got a good look at Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #79

I don't know what her issue with Brown's proposed Act is. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #13

If Democrats obtain a stronger majority, this bill would pass. yardwork Mar 2022 #15

Yes. Dems would need 60 votes in the Senate. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #16

It isn't Brown's Act, it was introduced by Bonnie Watson Coleman over 7 months before Brown was Celerity Mar 2022 #51

But Julie chose a clip of Shontel Brown to mock the bill. yardwork Mar 2022 #53

Julie is a rando twitter troll, I could not care less what she thinks Celerity Mar 2022 #58

I really don't think she is. Read her twitter feed. yardwork Mar 2022 #60

you don't actually know who 'Julie' is bigtree Mar 2022 #61

Do not think she is what? A troll? She is. She may well even be a RWer cosplaying Marxist radical Celerity Mar 2022 #65

Only you and one or two others keep trying to link elected officials with this tweet. yardwork Mar 2022 #71

You know that this is meant as a windup against a certain group of elected Dems, as if there Celerity Mar 2022 #78

That's a pretty strong accusation, you're making here. yardwork Mar 2022 #81

in a nutshell bigtree Mar 2022 #85

Yea, thank you. You're finally getting it! yardwork Mar 2022 #87

I never called you a liar, that is a flat out false smear of me. Celerity Mar 2022 #89

You didn't search very well, and I didn't say you were the one calling me a liar. yardwork Mar 2022 #91

yes you did (and the search function is working fine, which is why I made the snapshot) Celerity Mar 2022 #94

You missed this: yardwork Mar 2022 #95

again you are trying to conflate me with another poster, you accused me of calling or inferring that Celerity Mar 2022 #98

Reread my post. yardwork Mar 2022 #101

re-read my snapshots of your own words, they infer that I called you a liar, which I did not do Celerity Mar 2022 #103

Did you alert on the posts calling me a liar? yardwork Mar 2022 #104

What?? No I did not. Now you are delving into forum moderation with me? This is way out of bounds Celerity Mar 2022 #106

it was a lie bigtree Mar 2022 #100

You missed this one too: yardwork Mar 2022 #96

please stop trying to use another poster's posts against me, I never did what you accused me of nt Celerity Mar 2022 #99

You accused me of having a secret agenda against Democratic officials. yardwork Mar 2022 #102

Other posters on here have slated the elected Dems who are DSA endorsed, via inference and Celerity Mar 2022 #105

This message was self-deleted by its author yardwork Mar 2022 #97

Personally, I think she is a fucking racist...mocking Shontel that way...go away Julie this is Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #83

Which is why I completely dislike them and wish they would drop 'Democratic' from their name. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #80

um bigtree Mar 2022 #82

That doesn't impress me. Sen. Sanders has his good points I suppose, but he is not and never has Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #84

FDR wasn't a democratic socialist. Sanders needed to convince people that the "roots" of betsuni Mar 2022 #92

so-called 'far left is a canard invented by the extremist right to wedge Dems against each other bigtree Mar 2022 #14

DSA themselves define their movement as different from the Democratic Party. yardwork Mar 2022 #17

on and on about Democratic Socialists because of an anonymous woman on the internet bigtree Mar 2022 #18

I think all the representatives you mention ran as Democrats. yardwork Mar 2022 #32

the ones I listed identify as Democratic socialists bigtree Mar 2022 #50

What actual legislation are you talking about? sheshe2 Mar 2022 #40

Julie in the basement Slams herself.. Cha Mar 2022 #23

Julie's comment makes no sense. I'm thinking it's a Russian bot/troll ecstatic Mar 2022 #39

If I hadn't heard Julie's approach from numerous DSA folks I know in real life, I would assume that. yardwork Mar 2022 #54

DSA, Our Revolution, Justice Democrats, Brand New Congress, Working Families Party betsuni Mar 2022 #55

+1, uponit7771 Mar 2022 #25

Sometimes it seems like division is the goal questionseverything Mar 2022 #36

If it's divisive to point out entitled racism, so be it. yardwork Mar 2022 #38

The destruction of the Democratic Party via division is the goal...then I suppose they get their Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #90

This is harsh, but there's a lot of truth in your post. yardwork Mar 2022 #93

You are right...they hate Democrats more than Republicans in my opinion. And my response is harsh. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #107

Recommend sheshe2 Mar 2022 #19

Probably lots of white people like her... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2022 #26

And businesses! People fired or marginalized at work. yardwork Mar 2022 #31

You use a single poster on social media as an example to smear an entire group AZProgressive Mar 2022 #28

Ehhhh.... if this were an anomaly I wouldn't mention it. yardwork Mar 2022 #30

The only local DSA I know is Brianna Westbrook AZProgressive Mar 2022 #33

Thanks for your thoughtful reply. yardwork Mar 2022 #35

A random person on Twitter! The. Horror. Sympthsical Mar 2022 #34

Like saying "No ifs, buts, or maybes" this is an issue BUT it's distracting from the REAL betsuni Mar 2022 #41

"Julie's" farther left supports previous Sanders attack dog Nina Turner. 'Nuf said? Hortensis Mar 2022 #42

Nina Turner supports the Crown Act though AZProgressive Mar 2022 #46

:) I would think so. But I'm addressing the election and the Hortensis Mar 2022 #47

The Crown Act is a good and needed bill LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #43

Persecuting anyone because of their hairstyle is archaic, Puritan like stupidity. Roisin Ni Fiachra Mar 2022 #57

Reading her twitter feed, I doubt Julie is a troll. yardwork Mar 2022 #59

you've used a random twitter troll bigtree Mar 2022 #62

all of the Squad and DSA members of of the House were co-sponsors of the CROWN Act Celerity Mar 2022 #66

if that wasn't obvious bigtree Mar 2022 #67

Every single DSA-endorsed elected US House member in history has been a person of colour, except Celerity Mar 2022 #68

Opposite. DSA website: "Within DSA, many members feel that our organization is 'too white,' betsuni Mar 2022 #70

That will be news to DSA! yardwork Mar 2022 #73

there are countless randos on twitter with an opinion about something bigtree Mar 2022 #75

OK. That's fair. Roisin Ni Fiachra Mar 2022 #74

This follow-up tweet in the thread is an example. yardwork Mar 2022 #76

And my follow up example would be Manchin, et al, obstructing President Biden's agenda.nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Mar 2022 #77

Manchin is a horrible human being. He's hopeless. yardwork Mar 2022 #86

Isn't all of that being dealt with via the infrastructure bill? GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #88

But it's not EVERY pipe: "The cost to replace every lead pipe in the United States is betsuni Mar 2022 #109

People born with tightly curled hair should have their hair styles professionally respected alphafemale Mar 2022 #63

K&R...sometimes I forget...thanks for the post. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #108

The USAF has been out in front of this issue. The regs covering grooming standards for POC and women The Polack MSgt Mar 2022 #110

Wearing one's hair in its natural state shouldn't be a punishable offense, but in 2022 if you are Bl LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #111

Black people should be able to wear their hair any way they want to... electric_blue68 Mar 2022 #112

What wonderful memories! NYC is so... awesome. yardwork Mar 2022 #113