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m-lekktor

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13. yep, people wll be willfully obtuse and mischaracterize this.

Reply to Prism (Reply #9)

Thu May 28, 2015, 05:37 PM

May 2015

the same ones who claim the article posted on DU from that nutjob blogger implying Bernie is racist (with accompanying disgusting photos to hit home the racist charge) was "mild criticism".

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Um. Err. What? [View all] JaneyVee May 2015 OP

. MohRokTah May 2015 #1

Did you read Bernie's article? See my posts 11 and 12. JDPriestly May 2015 #16

Nah, I knew that wasn't much of a much. MohRokTah May 2015 #17

Well, reading the linked photo of the article... Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #2

My wife loved to read Penthouse letters. upaloopa May 2015 #4

Everybody's different. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #7

it's clear he pulled them from popular men's magazines; cited as examples of what women magical thyme May 2015 #19

That's what I thought, if you look at my first comment. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #21

Should be interesting... morningfog May 2015 #3

Please see my posts 11 and 12. The article is about women's liberation. And it reflects JDPriestly May 2015 #15

Did some people not get the message that he has no chance at winning? peecoolyour May 2015 #5

. Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #30

you need to read past the headline and past the 1st paragraph of the newspaper image magical thyme May 2015 #6

it's a bad piece of writing from 43 years ago. geek tragedy May 2015 #8

Acttually, having lived as a woman at that time, I really like it. JDPriestly May 2015 #12

Those girls who were pregnant before they graduated were mostly doing what we were expected jwirr May 2015 #27

He's characterizing the magazines Prism May 2015 #9

Yep. Luminous Animal May 2015 #10

yep, people wll be willfully obtuse and mischaracterize this. m-lekktor May 2015 #13

To clarify, the article Bernie Sanders wrote as a young man concerns JDPriestly May 2015 #11

Good post. Luminous Animal May 2015 #18

The title of that article is very misleading,it's pretty sufrommich May 2015 #14

More fail whatchamacallit May 2015 #20

So much for the theory that Bernie has no dirt to be dug. DanTex May 2015 #22

The meaning of the essay is clear. And the dirt digging failed. Luminous Animal May 2015 #23

Well, the thing about dirt is that it doesn't matter what the actual meaning is. DanTex May 2015 #24

So would you characterize this OP as being of the swiftboat type, or the Willy Horton type? cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #26

I'd say swiftboat: stuff from a long time ago. DanTex May 2015 #28

If this is an anti-Bernie post, I think it fails. Tipperary May 2015 #25

The 70s were weird. aikoaiko May 2015 #29