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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,336 posts)205. "...just 'talking' won't do it"?
If discussion won't work, what will?
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I'm sorry, when Sanders gets attacked over his racial politics, that's gonna come up.
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2015
#7
I hope he changed his mind. I'd love to support him but cannot until he does better with BLM.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#213
The poster is just voicing and opinion not lecturing. The person has based his opinion on his
still_one
Jul 2015
#230
bravenak has brought up Hillary's 2007-2008 race baiting a number of times in comments I've seen.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
#172
"crybabies who whine that their guy/gal marched with Dr. king or marched in a protest or blah blah"
cui bono
Jul 2015
#116
The thing is he is fighting for social justice all the time and he has been speaking about it
cui bono
Jul 2015
#126
No, "any politician" would not have cancelled the meeting afterward. Martin O'Malley didn't.
Cha
Jul 2015
#138
Bravnak, Your condolences when I was kicked out of AA meant the world to me, but your anger for
orpupilofnature57
Jul 2015
#136
Yes, you are hurt. What do you think we feel like when we are treated like the enemy? My family
jwirr
Jul 2015
#193
Yes, I read those posts also. I really do not have a choice about who I care for - the people in
jwirr
Jul 2015
#197
Berrie's candidacy is a tiny seedling challenging Goliath, easy to destroy it when it's young
lostnfound
Jul 2015
#283
I will join you in waiting for the person who addresses this issue. I'm still pissed.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#145
No, you don't. Nor do you get to rewrite history. Bernie was there. Hillary wasn't! nt
Romulox
Jul 2015
#150
Obviously I do. It's apparent. Do you own the black civil rights movement more than I?
bravenak
Jul 2015
#152
no, your posts to me were so insignificant that I never gave it a second thought.
boston bean
Jul 2015
#274
Happens a lot that posts that discuss misogyny and sexism on DU are locked.
boston bean
Jul 2015
#277
I was responding to your call for my banning. Talk about pot meeting kettle! nt
Romulox
Jul 2015
#281
umm, you're in a bunch of threads responding to me. So, I've taken the liberty
boston bean
Jul 2015
#289
good for you for keeping track... see what I mean about a weird pre-occupation??
boston bean
Jul 2015
#292
Yes, seriously. Bernie's history is what it is. As is Hillary's. Nobody can change that. nt
Romulox
Jul 2015
#267
So when you are out there marching you do not want our support. Because Dr. King did. And many
jwirr
Jul 2015
#189
I am sorry that I made you feel that way. I can understand why you feel that way about the past.
jwirr
Jul 2015
#196
I agree. And the employment argument is to the point. Hiring a staffer is different than just a
jwirr
Jul 2015
#200
I just watched live stream of Bernie in Pheonix. He totally listened, and 'got it"
99th_Monkey
Jul 2015
#82
What's the rumor about him cancelling a meeting with the #BlackLivesMovement group?
daredtowork
Jul 2015
#218
Send me the link for this I haven't seen it posted anywhere, once I read it I'll get back to you...
Agschmid
Jul 2015
#26
I went to the link and have all the tweets. Nothing abour bragging or a set up:
freshwest
Jul 2015
#109
Those tweets were after the fact, and it was well known that this was a plan.
boston bean
Jul 2015
#166
Where does that say that he knew ahead of time and bragged about it in advance?
George II
Jul 2015
#239
THAT? How do you know he wasn't referring to people in the audience who were there...
George II
Jul 2015
#241
And how do you know all of this? It's pure conjecture steeped in "conspiracy theory" and....
George II
Jul 2015
#247
This right here is why black folks on this board are leery of Sanders and his supporters.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#23
Why would I bother with Republicans? You want black folks to try their luck with Republicans?
bravenak
Jul 2015
#68
Oh I get it. Was is disgusting and self defeating when Code Pink did it to Condi?
bravenak
Jul 2015
#91
I am sure there wasn't a single person there unaware of the issue beforehand.
HooptieWagon
Jul 2015
#97
Just wondering why some think the 2007 candidate of "hardworking people, white people"
eridani
Jul 2015
#41
I really think it's a good idea. I keep repeating it just in case somebody decides to tell him 4 me.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#78
I did not like Hillary supporters last time and I truely think it has had a long term effect on my
bravenak
Jul 2015
#125
I am a Sanders supporter. I like you. I think that Sander's version of economic justice
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2015
#188
I think the best thing for him right now would be to spend alot of time with those protestors.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#194
There's no agenda here except that the #BLM should be heard, and if this is what takes...
Agschmid
Jul 2015
#16
That's spin and totally untrue..we know why they're angry, he'll we're angry too!
haikugal
Jul 2015
#30
This isn't about a candidate, the fact that some people can't have a discussion without that...
Agschmid
Jul 2015
#65
You know, I've been doing my best to process what went down at the Netroots forum ever since it
scarletwoman
Jul 2015
#67
+a million. And when 'progressive' Dems stop listening to their most loyal base, they lose.
freshwest
Jul 2015
#114
Transgression against the powerful is powerful. Let's see this and more to the establishment
TheKentuckian
Jul 2015
#225
Don't get why BLM is angry? So now we are all the enemy? I have no problem understanding
jwirr
Jul 2015
#187
I pointed to Bravenak in particular what is happening here in San Diego.
nadinbrzezinski
Jul 2015
#204
Your last sentence is one of the reasons I like Bernie. If there is anything he would know because
jwirr
Jul 2015
#211
The protestors were not turning us into "enemies". They were challenging us to prove
scarletwoman
Jul 2015
#253
I know that but IMO it backfired. He was answering their questions and they just yelled louder. If
jwirr
Jul 2015
#254
Honestly, the only people I'm feeling alienated from are the ones criticising BLM for what they did
scarletwoman
Jul 2015
#257
I'm sorry, I simply can't think of anything to say in the face of such massive cluelessness.
scarletwoman
Jul 2015
#306
I'm sorry, but those statements make it very clear who perceives whom as their enemy.
stranger81
Jul 2015
#307
None of the Democratic candidates measure up for the hyper-radicals. What a shocker.
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2015
#206
People here know why BLM is angry. What the problem is, you don't invite people to a town hall and
still_one
Jul 2015
#229
Yes, that is the question. Wish we could get an answer other than we do not understand.
mmonk
Jul 2015
#244