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In reply to the discussion: it's really fucking simple [View all]BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)36. I just got banned from the AA forum.
I objected to a defense of the BLM disruptors in a post calling white liberals the real enemy. That's a no-no in that forum. Crazy times!
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thanks. it's about as basic as it gets. a fundamental principle that everyone should agree with.
cali
Aug 2015
#6
Maybe it's just me but the only ones defending this are this who support the candidate
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#10
The fact that it is essentially another protected Hillary Clinton safehaven makes me extra suspish.
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2015
#33
I also got banned just a few minutes ago. Somebody was talking about how bad the Bernie group is.
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2015
#37
Those that don't have decent argument to support their positions rely on ridicule and banning.
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#124
I like the idea of them. Let them have their group hate sessions. If you want to know what they
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#126
I am. I like having a place where I can speak my mind or get silly or whatever, without
merrily
Aug 2015
#137
it was not just a hash tag. it was the name of the action. And it was what they demanded of him.
cali
Aug 2015
#8
It called for "bullying". Not good. So where is the Gov. Security on this since he is
glinda
Aug 2015
#67
One also can't demand to be treated with dignity and respect and give it to one one in return
notadmblnd
Aug 2015
#9
Their hashtag is outrageous. I wish he had stood up to them and asked the event organizers
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#47
He didn't open his LA rally w/BLM. His press secretary, newly hired from Ralph Nader's Public
MADem
Aug 2015
#51
where did you get the info on Symone Sanders working for Nader can you link it up for us?
azurnoir
Aug 2015
#53
Really? Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch disassociated itself with Nader 14 years ago
azurnoir
Aug 2015
#63
He's still listed as their founder on all their documents, and his "associate" sits on the board.
MADem
Aug 2015
#64
I do entirely understand your need to associate Symone Sanders with Ralph Nader
azurnoir
Aug 2015
#65
That's why his name is still on all their documents as founder, and that's why his long-term
MADem
Aug 2015
#68
maybe because he was the founder but has not had any actual role since 2000 or 2001?
azurnoir
Aug 2015
#69
Do you have any proof that Nader still takes an active role in Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch?
azurnoir
Aug 2015
#71
That's nice. I don't think they're inclined to genuflect, but that doesn't mean anything.
MADem
Aug 2015
#79
They're supposedly still so cozy with Nader but yet don't mention him on their about us page
azurnoir
Aug 2015
#72
and a real Dem can never be associated with Ralph Nader in any, however distant, way?
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2015
#73
Public Citizen was one of the best things Nader ever did. It has a fine reputation, even
MADem
Aug 2015
#142
And Goldwater, if he were still alive, would not want to disassociate from Clinton.
jeff47
Aug 2015
#81
But Sanders' writings live on--should we bring those up, so long as we're following your absurd
MADem
Aug 2015
#82
Only counts if they are actual associations. A teenager doing what her daddy might like is not
MADem
Aug 2015
#89
I've got a little song for you, since you relentlessly follow me around from thread to thread....
MADem
Aug 2015
#112
Can you link to all these many many threads where I've been following you around today?
BeanMusical
Aug 2015
#185
Not today, but anyone with a mind can look through the archives and see how you follow me around. nt
MADem
Aug 2015
#209
that is a flat out false claim and you know it. he did not fucking abandon these stage.
cali
Aug 2015
#52
I automatically peg you as a Hillary person because you don't post anything critical of her..
frylock
Aug 2015
#140
yes, you defend her against unfair attacks by continually misrepresenting PLCAA.
frylock
Aug 2015
#155
Gun control is the major issue I have a problem with Bernie about, and I don't misrepresent the PLCA
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#156
I look forward to your OP on how those mean Sanders supporters drove you to get behind Clinton..
frylock
Aug 2015
#170
Thanks for the post. What I saw and I don't know that I saw it all, but I didn't see anyone
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#187
Why? If he had given them their 10 minutes and then had them go? Disrupters are removed
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#121
He handled it perfectly. He is far too intelligent a man to GIVE these, we know now,
sabrina 1
Aug 2015
#110
It would not have looked good for the police to come a drag off the protestors.
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#132
Those that need to disparage Sen Sanders would have a field day if the black protestors were beat up
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#164
Since when do protesters have to get beaten up? But, yes, they can be removed if necessary.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#165
Simplicity is in the eye of the beholder -- and selective in the beholder, too!1 n/t
UTUSN
Aug 2015
#62
She wasn't. You should listen to the TWiB podcast, and not use religious sites as sources.
MADem
Aug 2015
#99
Listen to that TWiB podcast again. All is revealed. LISTEN. HEAR. She explains all.
MADem
Aug 2015
#128
Demand, no. Bowing in customary settings I don't have a problem with. We better both be bowing.
Rex
Aug 2015
#94
You make an important point. And some use their passion for an issue to justify bad behavior.
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#162
It does have everything to do with being heard by those who refuse to listen.
Glassunion
Aug 2015
#154
How many disruptions did it take before it led to Bernie's explicit platform on racial justice?
Glassunion
Aug 2015
#197
per the protest organizer that was the name of the action. YOU don't get to make shit up.
cali
Aug 2015
#194
What exactly does making a "deal" with them, and giving into them look like?
Glassunion
Aug 2015
#211