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In reply to the discussion: False claims of racism against Sanders are coming from neoliberals who fear his message [View all]bigtree
(93,793 posts)22. very good
"interesting that people here have consistently avoided any crtique of capitalism itself but instead talk about the recent rise of "corporatism" and Third Way Democrats. People hearken back to the time of FDR and JFK, great capitalists, extremely rich men, who presided over a party that, in addition to many good accomplishments, supported Jim Crow. Now we see a supposed critique of capital marshalled for the purpose of excluding the majority of the population from political consideration, to delegitimate their voices and their lives."
White supremacist ideas counched under the pretense of a critique of capital is still white supremacism..."
...very, very good.
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False claims of racism against Sanders are coming from neoliberals who fear his message [View all]
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
OP
Bravo to those that are fighting for social change. I am with you every step.
rhett o rick
May 2015
#1
I have not read one post saying Bernie is racist, there's PLENTY of post intimating he'll do the...
uponit7771
May 2015
#2
I notice that all references to purported awful things I've done come without links
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#24
You've provided no examples of this claimed "resentment of diversity"
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#26
So far you've slagged me, you've slagged W.B. Michaels- but not yet discussed...
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#34
No, it says that *some* who talk about diversity are neoliberal third-wayers...
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#29
It was about *certain* neoliberal Third-Wayers using diversity and anti-racism as a cover
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#36
Concerns about diversity are in no way assumed to be neoliberal, the exclusion and hostility to all
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#47
The OP is a response to a repost of a neoliberal's attack on Sanders in GD
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#28
That sort of rhetoric is absolutely right wing in nature. The other version is 'civil rights don't
Bluenorthwest
May 2015
#38
Oh they give a shit. They are very effective for both distracting Teafools from the fact they are
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#48
They're down on him because of the false accusation that he's indifferent to social issues. n/t.
Ken Burch
May 2015
#44
Thanks. More people need to study the last years of M.L. King, Jr.'s life
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#42