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msanthrope

(37,549 posts) Fri Feb 24, 2017, 11:25 PM Feb 2017

Even Cornel West is Critiquing "Brother Trump." [View all]

Let's not forget this insanity......

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And now this......

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Well, you did your part, sir....you did your part.

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Even Cornel West is Critiquing "Brother Trump." [View all] msanthrope Feb 2017 OP

Duh to the second tweet. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #1

And remember when True Progressives here would cite West chapter and verse? msanthrope Feb 2017 #3

How could I ever forget it? greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #6

You know....if you cross reference who is blocked from the AA group with OP'S posted quoting West, msanthrope Feb 2017 #10

Yep. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #15

Yep - old AA Group Proverb JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #32

I do remember -- with fury. Hekate Feb 2017 #19

I see Corny is at an airport. DURHAM D Feb 2017 #2

I want to ask him if he got good Inauguration tickets this time. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #4

Really. Cha Feb 2017 #5

lol DURHAM D Feb 2017 #7

Somebody should ask him at his next encounter with a microphone. Hekate Feb 2017 #21

Knowing "Brother West" Chitown Kev Feb 2017 #28

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2017 #23

SHADE! Chitown Kev Feb 2017 #27

Just remember that some wanted Trump to win so they can cash in on the resistance or hrmjustin Feb 2017 #8

Well.....yes....the Greenwald/Stein/Firedoglake contingent make more cash msanthrope Feb 2017 #13

Not a very good judge of character Cha Feb 2017 #9

Yup. DT is an authentic American racist. Happy now, Cornel? n/t pnwmom Feb 2017 #11

West sure did his part. He was given a seat on the rules committee, and then went on to endorse and still_one Feb 2017 #12

Damn straight. No quarter for Trumpsters and no quarter for 3rd party voters. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #14

Ef Corny, he owns a huge part of trump. sheshe2 Feb 2017 #16

Arguably, he did more to elect Trump than Obama. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #17

He sure did. sheshe2 Feb 2017 #26

He helped destroy the corporatist neo-liberal blahblah, he should be happy.. why so sad? JHan Feb 2017 #18

The atrocious judgment of West and similar types BainsBane Feb 2017 #20

Trump ain't my fucking brother Quayblue Feb 2017 #22

Fuck Cornell West uponit7771 Feb 2017 #24

I really do not care at all about the opinion of Prof. West Gothmog Feb 2017 #25

Brother west latinaliberal Feb 2017 #29

Even Cornel West is Critiquing "Brother Trump." LenaBaby61 Feb 2017 #30

he lost relevance years ago Demonaut Feb 2017 #31

Nonsense. He was was highly respected and extremely popular here at DU, where True Progressives msanthrope Feb 2017 #33

"was"...is the key word, I've been here many years and my response is correct Demonaut Feb 2017 #34

It's early. Perhaps your sarcasm meter needs jump-starting with caffeine? msanthrope Feb 2017 #35

"True Progressives"???? More like True Idiots. Blue_true Feb 2017 #38

do not disparage those who held Obama's feet to the fire msanthrope Feb 2017 #39

Fuck Cornel West. He helped elect Trump. yardwork Feb 2017 #36

Yes. I was disappointed to see Slavoj Zizek also semi-endorsed Trump RadiationTherapy Feb 2017 #37

There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them. ― George Orwell DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #40