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Bonobo
(29,257 posts)10. I could not agree more. nt
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If you want to know what social justice is without economic justice... [View all]
Bonobo
May 2015
OP
yep - they are filled with women and children- the poorest of the poor in the USA.
bettyellen
May 2015
#1
The people insisting that 'social issues' are lesser issues are the people manufacturing this divide
Bluenorthwest
May 2015
#21
People like those who have spent over a generation pushing "socially liberal but fiscally
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#83
I think the point is that you can be a rich African American or Hispanic and still be stopped for
merrily
May 2015
#28
Yep/while women's opportunities increased their reproductive rights have been bludgeoned....
bettyellen
May 2015
#35
I don't think Bernie ever said money solves everything or that he believes that.
merrily
May 2015
#37
not true. i was a sanders, now looking at omalley. bb is undecided. and a couple more are sanders.
seabeyond
May 2015
#47
no it is not. plenty take it seriously. and ya'll better take it serious, cause it will be a loss.
seabeyond
May 2015
#52
You are claiming that women and POC are faking grievances - down below another is
bettyellen
May 2015
#65
You were never for Sanders, you spent your entire phony "support" attacking him and posing FOX newz
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#88
It seems like the same people complaining that people were engaging in hero worship
gollygee
May 2015
#113
Perhaps you're imagining things- like you were when you decided I'm one of "you guys", lol.
bettyellen
May 2015
#48
Ahh, the women who pretend to care about reproductive rights for shits and giggles. Yeah....
bettyellen
May 2015
#56
Most threads i read are saying that we need both. Anyone who thinks money solves everything is
jwirr
May 2015
#53
i heard he was not passionate about social, that he is passionate toward $. the only way to address
seabeyond
May 2015
#58
The argument: Bernie is excellent on economic issues -> therefore he's poor on social issues.
delrem
May 2015
#4
It's proper to be unconcerned with the poorest of the poor- POC and women- when discussing poverty?
bettyellen
May 2015
#38
which is more likely to get shot for looking at the police officer the wrong way?
KittyWampus
May 2015
#30
I know what it's like. Parts of eastern KY and western WV are like third world nations.
peecoolyour
May 2015
#8
You should explain this to Tamir Rice's family. For some reason, I think that social justice is
DanTex
May 2015
#18
so you think the few African American DU'ers who hang on here are simply expressing
KittyWampus
May 2015
#27
Oh the victim card again. How much resentment do you have toward those more disenfranchised than you
bettyellen
May 2015
#40
and the people in the poor white community still don't get shot by police as often as PoC
KittyWampus
May 2015
#26
The poorest white communities are lacking in all forms of justice, just as other poor communities
Bluenorthwest
May 2015
#34
I have to admit, I am a bit suspicious of those who try to seperate economic and social justice
Bjorn Against
May 2015
#45
Ahhh. Women and POC are low info voters that were hoodwinked cause they don't share your priorities?
bettyellen
May 2015
#60
"I do suspect that many of them have been fooled"- and that is the kindest thing you have to say!
bettyellen
May 2015
#67
economic injustice, and in order to bring about social justice we must fix that economic injustice.
seabeyond
May 2015
#74
they are parts, hence separated. without economic FIRST, hence, SOCIAL to the back of bus and wait.
seabeyond
May 2015
#82
the only way i see you addressing social is thru economic. you will not move off that line.
seabeyond
May 2015
#93
and you should know better also, in that me seeing it as i do is NOT not not not... saying you,
seabeyond
May 2015
#98
im not fooled by the rising boats thing, I lost more rights as a woman while my economic status rose
bettyellen
May 2015
#78
I'm talking about Bernie's campaign- which keeps pivoting (it seems) to economic solutions...
bettyellen
May 2015
#90
Please explain how rising in class has reduced your rights? Enlighten us on how a poor woman
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#99
And yet you are *still* better off than a poor woman, all things being equal. That's how privilege
Romulox
May 2015
#130
Your wealth privilege allows you options that a poor woman could never dream of.
Romulox
May 2015
#134
You vastly overstate the wealth of the average woman in order to minimize a very serious issue.
bettyellen
May 2015
#137
I didn't mention the "average woman". I said a woman with wealth has privilege over those who don't
Romulox
May 2015
#140
from the OP i read last night, the more we get to know sanders, might NOT be a good idea.
seabeyond
May 2015
#68
I did- but to be fair the only quotes I read were his feelings back in college -so fairly irrelevant
bettyellen
May 2015
#85
if it is false, and i give that seeing it is an interpretation from a writer, sanders needs to speak
seabeyond
May 2015
#89
Are you really, where was this discomfort during the decades of "socially liberal but fiscally
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#96
Not about you personally but you seemed to be adding your voice to the fake concern which really is
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#108
"What the fuck kind of shit is this?" populist shit. the shit of exclusion. nt
seabeyond
May 2015
#109
What kind of life does a worker have when they are not respected as a living being?
Rex
May 2015
#119
except a lot of the people in this thread arguing are not clinton supporters or undecided, but....
seabeyond
May 2015
#129
I know, I myself support Sanders, but would like to insinuate he is a racist... nt
Romulox
May 2015
#131
talk about bogus. no one states, implies, suggests or even thinks he is racist. calling this out is
seabeyond
May 2015
#138
who cares what you predict and what you hope for. just more dismissing, not owning up to your
seabeyond
May 2015
#141