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In reply to the discussion: WashPo: Warren just gave the speech that Black Lives Matter activists have been waiting for [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)227. I used to rationalize my pronounced lack of respect and character also.
I used to rationalize my pronounced lack of respect and character also. Back-handed compliments are just too fun to avoid though-- regardless of whether we rationalize them as something other than what they in fact, are.
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WashPo: Warren just gave the speech that Black Lives Matter activists have been waiting for [View all]
portlander23
Sep 2015
OP
Is there legislation ready-to-go? What if Boehner pushed it through on his way out?
Schema Thing
Sep 2015
#1
Like I said, if Liz Warren has specifically asked people not to call her "Liz", I wont.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#83
Because that might involve that poster actually having to address the point i made?
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#229
"Economic justice is not — and has never been — sufficient to ensure racial justice"
tishaLA
Sep 2015
#5
She's going to be on the national stage soon. Maybe Sanders will put her in the cabinet.
Doctor_J
Sep 2015
#6
Geography balance makes sense, but VP should be a populist liberal like he is...
cascadiance
Sep 2015
#87
If Bernie goes for one term, if she has designs for the presidency, it still might be her best spot.
cascadiance
Sep 2015
#89
Of course she will, she is a good Democrat. But why didn't H. Clinton give this speech?
rhett o rick
Sep 2015
#116
The Populist Movement is going to sweep the Corporatist Democrats out of the Party leadership.
rhett o rick
Sep 2015
#117
You mean besides evidence, history and experience? Besides those things why would I say that?
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#106
Warren is saying that an emphasis is economic justice is not sufficient-it will not trickle down
riversedge
Sep 2015
#103
Then folks are hypocrites. Because folks here who defended BLM said the same thing and were
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#135
You're kidding me right? You are telling me you missed that whole thing that happened over 4-6 weeks
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#139
LOL, everyone reading this knows exactly what I am talking about, including you.
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#161
Yep. I got tired of that poster playing games with this issue and put them on ignore.
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#183
Nope. They most certainly did not. They thought BLM was a scam, a Hillary ploy. nt
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#167
Besides the conspiracy theories, that's basically just a question about tacticts
jfern
Sep 2015
#175
Several of the hosts of the AA forum are just downthread. You could ask them.
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#162
LMAO. OK, so you are afraid of directly asking the folks who this impacts the most.
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#165
See my #172 and yes you are playing games with advocacy for the lives of black people. nt
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#173
Nope, it's not. And you can see multiple hosts from the AA group below who agree with me.
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#215
Nope, it's clear you are wrong. You know better about a minority issue than the minority in question
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#223
"Economic justice is not — and has never been — sufficient to ensure racial justice."
zappaman
Sep 2015
#13
Exactly what's been said in the AfAm group here since the year dot.
greatauntoftriplets
Sep 2015
#24
No one is making that claim. Economic justice will not ensure racial justice but
rhett o rick
Sep 2015
#118
Four hours into this thread, almost half the respondents in it are regulars in the AA forum
Number23
Sep 2015
#20
Bravenak was one of the Bernie supporters. And she was shot down by other Bernie people
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#43
Bravenak will tell you, we actually got into it a bit. Not regarding her support for Sanders
Number23
Sep 2015
#46
Absolutely. And the branding of the AA forum as "pro Hillary" when it is nothing of the sort
Number23
Sep 2015
#55
African American thinkers from Malcolm X to Ta-Nehisi Coates have argued the case for violence
tishaLA
Sep 2015
#92
You don't think that bragging about torching someone else's property is not an issue???
Art_from_Ark
Sep 2015
#93
Not me. And one point I'd like to make that I know some of you already understand...
Bonobo
Sep 2015
#64
I understand entirely. Big ugly emotions come out and empathy flies out the window.
Bonobo
Sep 2015
#73
I agree, but far too few. If 85% of the site supports Sanders as polls here keep indicating...
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#216
I couldn't care less about nameless fools disliking me nor the attempts to pretend that a certain
Number23
Sep 2015
#41
I get the feeling that we have been agreeing with each other all along.
Baitball Blogger
Sep 2015
#111
I don't know if we're on the same page or not. I have seen the old "rising tide lifts all boats"
Number23
Sep 2015
#152
It's not sufficient because it doesn't address the issue, its causes or its effects. That's why it's
Number23
Sep 2015
#160
No one is talking about jurisdiction or policy. We are talking about the efforts of far too many
Number23
Sep 2015
#174
Exactly. But there are those that want to build a strawman to fight. And while Sen Sanders is for
rhett o rick
Sep 2015
#121
Yes, that is my take on that sentence as well. The operative word being: INJUSTICE.
Hiraeth
Sep 2015
#98
When someone begs you for a BLT and your only response is to talk about your ham sandwich,
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#49
"Economic justice is not — and has never been — sufficient to ensure racial justice"
NuclearDem
Sep 2015
#32
I doubt it, they got the phrase "identity politics" from Dear Leader. They think it's catchy, I....
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#85
President Obama is the living embodiment of that. Economic justice doesn't automatically
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#45
Good for Warren, but don't all the Democratic candidates say something similar?
Comrade Grumpy
Sep 2015
#54
"Economic justice is not and has never been sufficient to ensure racial justice."
sheshe2
Sep 2015
#81
Yep. Amazing how WHAT is being said around here is not nearly as important as WHO is saying it??
Number23
Sep 2015
#94
They only need us to show up and vote. That seems to be the extent of their "concern".
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#114
Warren is saying that even if economic justice is achieved, it will not trickle down to
riversedge
Sep 2015
#101
I'm on Cape Cod off-season & just saw a young black F driver pulled over by police
wordpix
Sep 2015
#105
That was a great speech, but the truly brave pol will be the one who explains WHO
valerief
Sep 2015
#110
Reality is, there are so many cameras around they need to behave as if they are being watched anyway
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#140