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TM99

(8,352 posts)
19. Damn this group is over the top.
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 06:42 AM
Aug 2015

I am sorry but they start out with factual errors and then go straight to the bullshit.

This was NOT a Sander's rally. He was invited to speak with others at a rally celebrating the anniversary of Social Security and Medicare. The crowd was not specifically there to hear him speak. Another BLM representative gave an earlier speech but apparently they are not all on the same page with regards to facts, motives, and action.

So when the crowd gets upset about the disruption and boo's, they are now a Ku Klux Klan rally!? What in the living fuck. "I am serious" Imani says. I can not take seriously someone who compares a displeased & diverse crowd of progressives to a Klan rally. The Greensboro massacre in my home state is a real example of what happens with Klansmen!

I definitely am turned off and do not trust Marissa. She was a fundamentalist and retains the thinking and narcissism of one even though she has moved from the far right to now to the far left. She is a violent extremist. Yet, fundamentalists are always authoritarians. 'This is the only way', they yell. So how can you 'show people the possibilities outside of the system they are stuck in' when you are stuck in your own system? You simply can't. It is just an inner conflict made outer.

That Black Lives Matter accepts and allows such a disturbed young woman to be a spokesperson or leader is an affront to civil rights activism. Attacking Sanders because he is accessible where Clinton is not is just cowardice. That others are able to rationalize this appalling behavior from an immature and quite frankly disturbed individual as representative of this movement is as disgusting as it is tragic. Do this kind of shit long enough, call enough 'white progressives' Klansmen, and the focus becomes these twits and NOT the actual lives of our community at this present time.

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So then the Hillary supporters supporting *her* actions agree with dismantling the entire system? villager Aug 2015 #1
"I guess I am a Christian extremist." LittleBlue Aug 2015 #2
30:50 Skittles Aug 2015 #3
Cwydro agrees, and adds cwydro Aug 2015 #27
I hear I am rushing to judgement on the poor gal Skittles Aug 2015 #66
No that judgment was pretty easy to come to cwydro Aug 2015 #89
She does what she accuses all white people of doing Warpy Aug 2015 #51
My thoughts? ecstatic Aug 2015 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author gobears10 Aug 2015 #5
I can only speak for myself. When I speak of BLM, ecstatic Aug 2015 #9
I completely agree... gobears10 Aug 2015 #11
"If he's my best option, I'm burning this down" JackInGreen Aug 2015 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author gobears10 Aug 2015 #13
great post gobears10 Aug 2015 #16
I said she's a political arsonist and doesn't care Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #18
What's even more delusional than "rebuilding from ashes" . . . . HughBeaumont Aug 2015 #21
You just nailed one of the most important points in this discussion. MH1 Aug 2015 #60
You then have an objective cost/benefit analysis measuring increments of harm and good LanternWaste Aug 2015 #38
By the 60s, a majority in US supported Civil Rights. HooptieWagon Aug 2015 #32
this is just the beginning -- there will be no apologies Supersedeas Aug 2015 #98
Mentally ill? TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #49
She wants her 15 minutes to turn into a full hour. GoneOffShore Aug 2015 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author murielm99 Aug 2015 #10
At 11:06, Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #7
I think it's a dangerous game she is playing notadmblnd Aug 2015 #8
is there another game to be played? Supersedeas Aug 2015 #95
I feel that the course of treatment this self admitted agitator is prescribing notadmblnd Aug 2015 #96
Honestly? druidity33 Aug 2015 #14
I think it's a terrific interview daredtowork Aug 2015 #15
wow. that's some impressive cherry picking you're indulging in cali Aug 2015 #23
Cherry-picking for what purpose? daredtowork Aug 2015 #24
She says she is a Christian Extremist, and she's bullying a Jew to bow down. If that was done to a Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #25
Did you read that big about Farrakhan in my top paragraph? daredtowork Aug 2015 #26
Darling, I am not going to confuse a massive movement with one or two persons, I hold the persons Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #29
No, but I never heard "bow down Bernie" either daredtowork Aug 2015 #31
You absolutely Aerows Aug 2015 #36
What anti-semitic comment had she made? Before you smear with a broad brush ... kwassa Aug 2015 #48
Hillary has better specifics than Obama. Skwmom Aug 2015 #17
Damn this group is over the top. TM99 Aug 2015 #19
+1 flamingdem Aug 2015 #43
+2 hay rick Aug 2015 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author me b zola Aug 2015 #58
"Why protest Bernie?" "Because it's easier". lumberjack_jeff Aug 2015 #72
+1000 onecaliberal Aug 2015 #76
+1. Daniel537 Aug 2015 #77
Your last paragraph nails it brush Aug 2015 #78
Well said AndreaCG Aug 2015 #85
Actually, most of the crowd WAS there to hear him speak. It was heavily promoted locally with Bernie pnwmom Aug 2015 #88
Sounds like a nut. So does Gandy. geek tragedy Aug 2015 #20
I think these people have not been exposed (in real life) to actual white supremacy. MH1 Aug 2015 #63
she's an extremely devout evangelical Christian seveneyes Aug 2015 #22
A "Christian extremist" who focusses exclusively on disrupting our first viable Jewish candidate. Marr Aug 2015 #28
Right? She is an anti-semetic mess. nt TBF Aug 2015 #35
What proof do you have that she is anti-semitic? Where is that in this interview? kwassa Aug 2015 #46
Since when did this young woman need proof? Democat Aug 2015 #90
BLM Activist "Marissa Jenae" Johnson Is Helping a Louis Farrakhan Group Organize a March On DC beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #91
Where is the proof she is anti-semitic? kwassa Aug 2015 #92
I was convinced when she called him a white supremacist and a Zionist. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #93
If she thinks Bernie is too conservative - TBF Aug 2015 #30
Try listening to some if her audio JackInGreen Aug 2015 #34
"Hillary has better specifics than Obama" - perhaps she could address the "specific" bullwinkle428 Aug 2015 #33
Thanks for posting this nt MrScorpio Aug 2015 #37
The comments here are heartbreaking BainsBane Aug 2015 #39
I think they were simply looking for an excuse to begin denouncing the movement en toto LanternWaste Aug 2015 #40
she didn't give a shit about the seniors and people on social security Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #44
Cry some more. romanic Aug 2015 #45
I can be fun for the irrational to pretend someone is crying... LanternWaste Aug 2015 #50
The cause is a lot bigger than two dumb unhinged kids. nt geek tragedy Aug 2015 #68
"She" is not "the movement" lumberjack_jeff Aug 2015 #74
None of these comments are directed at the movement, but a person's words and her actions. aikoaiko Aug 2015 #80
Sadly that interview is revealing of a young lady who is still growing up . . . brush Aug 2015 #83
She has some valid points. Turin_C3PO Aug 2015 #41
She definitely had some valid points maxsolomon Aug 2015 #56
The hosts are trying too hard to justify her bs flamingdem Aug 2015 #42
This really gets me romanic Aug 2015 #47
A nutbar. Pure and simple. hifiguy Aug 2015 #53
And not the good kind. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #82
She did, in fact, call the entire crowd white racists maxsolomon Aug 2015 #54
Grandstanding attention seeker without a clue. BillZBubb Aug 2015 #55
Seems like BLM is a mixed bag... AOR Aug 2015 #57
Thanks for posting, although some of the replies here ... reorg Aug 2015 #59
I listened but the Audio got garbled and too quiet after a bit. maxsolomon Aug 2015 #69
the audio is good enough reorg Aug 2015 #70
i'll relisten, but mine was too quiet to hear. at work, at least. maxsolomon Aug 2015 #75
+1 joshcryer Aug 2015 #86
Dismissed Ruby the Liberal Aug 2015 #61
Flat movements with no clear leadership nadinbrzezinski Aug 2015 #62
Funny you should say 'waiting an eternity' Cosmic Kitten Aug 2015 #64
I have asked many young local leaders this question nadinbrzezinski Aug 2015 #65
why do you insist on spreading this BS reorg Aug 2015 #73
OK she lost me with "used to be a Sara Palin supporter." Speaks volumes about her critical thinking kelliekat44 Aug 2015 #67
except she never said that n/t reorg Aug 2015 #71
..... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2015 #79
you are quoting the OP reorg Aug 2015 #81
you are correct. i just listened to the part where she was asked about her Palin support m-lekktor Aug 2015 #87
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Aug 2015 #84
What's up with the "bow down" statement? SHRED Aug 2015 #94
My thought is she needs to grow the fuck up seveneyes Aug 2015 #97
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