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This gets so tiresome ... [View all] 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 OP
I don't get this either. leftofcool Jun 2015 #1
That's just it ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #4
Absolutely, and that goes for everyone else BainsBane Jun 2015 #5
I at least know I don't get it SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #15
Please see my posts below. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Nay Jun 2015 #62
Bernie was speaking to African-American civil rights issues back in the 1960s when Hillary JDPriestly Jun 2015 #35
Hillary was 16 years old through most of 1964. Thank you for giving her at least some credit pnwmom Jun 2015 #82
People will feel what ever they do.... daleanime Jun 2015 #2
? leftofcool Jun 2015 #3
Clarify? daleanime Jun 2015 #6
But this does not address the OP's point leftofcool Jun 2015 #7
But that's just it.... daleanime Jun 2015 #10
This is a safe haven group for African American members and their allies BainsBane Jun 2015 #14
Have not denied that right in any fashion.... daleanime Jun 2015 #16
You are placing an artificial division between feelings and views/thinking. BainsBane Jun 2015 #9
And telling people how they should feel..... daleanime Jun 2015 #12
No one is telling you how to feel BainsBane Jun 2015 #13
...... daleanime Jun 2015 #17
Speaking about feelings does not shut down a conversation. kwassa Jun 2015 #18
1+ ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #20
I try to stay out of those threads JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #8
I hear you, 1StrongBlackMan. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #11
Not to mention...these aren't fresh daisies... onpatrol98 Jun 2015 #19
Please see my post 29. Bernie was fighting for African-American civil rights in the 1960s JDPriestly Jun 2015 #32
What I'd like to see. qwlauren35 Jun 2015 #51
Yes, they were all just in Las Vegas telling us how azmom Jun 2015 #54
Democrats generally woo the Mexican-American vote, but you I have noticed that no one JDPriestly Jun 2015 #55
Please. qwlauren35 Jun 2015 #56
Here it is. I feel certain he will say much more on this. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #61
So would I. Admiral Loinpresser Jun 2015 #57
Damn. Obama didn't even do that. azmom Jun 2015 #59
This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Jun 2015 #63
We know. qwlauren35 Jun 2015 #66
Hillary is younger than Bernie and was a teenager living with her Republican parents. pnwmom Jun 2015 #83
Speaking for everyone BainsBane Jun 2015 #21
And divisive ... don't forget that ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #22
Except that Bernie Sanders was active in the civil rights movement way back when he JDPriestly Jun 2015 #29
This isn't 1963 BainsBane Jun 2015 #33
I understand and apologize if I have offended anyone. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #37
JD, with all due respect, ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #43
Yes, the economic primacy idea seems closely aligned with snpsmom Jun 2015 #53
I don't know if you read Jamaal510 Jun 2015 #23
Do you have a link? BainsBane Jun 2015 #24
... Jamaal510 Jun 2015 #25
Thanks BainsBane Jun 2015 #28
I would like to see the quote DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #47
Did you get my PM? BainsBane Jun 2015 #49
There's the arrogance I've been getting at. Bernie & his supporters hold some strange views for.... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #77
Doh! Said you were race baiting? Which race, exactly? Getting more surreal all the time here. n/t freshwest Jun 2015 #90
Posting a picture of a McGovern rally lead to conclusions of "race baiting" & "hippie punching". Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #91
Oh, that thread was something else... Found it from another by the same author. freshwest Jun 2015 #92
Yes. Saint Ronnie has a lot to answer for, and so does the one-meme-fits-all candidate running for Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #93
But he marched in the March on Washington 50 years ago!!one1! Number23 Jun 2015 #85
Yes, and I've since seen the interview BainsBane Jun 2015 #87
We don't even need to get that far in the weeds... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #46
Ohmygosh: freshwest Jun 2015 #70
I couldn't believe it myself Jamaal510 Jun 2015 #72
I hope this is not true. Would ask a Bernie supporter but after being told we need to "woo" him bettyellen Jun 2015 #75
EDITED. This part was even worse, to me: freshwest Jun 2015 #76
You were told that YOU need to "woo" BainsBane Jun 2015 #88
Do you have a link? JDPriestly Jun 2015 #27
MD, NC, and VA JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #31
I will be watching his sojourn to Las Vegas, tomorrow ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #44
The fact that the early primaries are in mostly white states is a problem. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #50
"Insulting sympathetic white people... Not a good way to get support and votes" bettyellen Jun 2015 #67
Reality bites. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #68
And you still haven't listened to anyone here- or you'd know how ironic your last little lecture bettyellen Jun 2015 #69
You don't need to woo Bernie. He is already won over. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #73
Thanks for the instructions, boss. Not wooing over here today... bettyellen Jun 2015 #74
What policy proposalsl would you like to hear? JDPriestly Jun 2015 #89
Very informative with a sweeping dash of noblesse oblige tossed in for flavor. Number23 Jun 2015 #86
+1. There's that "privelege" thing again. 'If you speak meekly to a cop, he won't shoot you.... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #78
Hey! Why didn't POC think of this before? And this is why it's called bettyellen Jun 2015 #79
Bernie immediately responded to the assassinations in South Carolina. I'm sure you saw it JDPriestly Jun 2015 #60
Bernie was among the first to address the police use of excessive force in Ferguson. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #26
The poster didn't say the article said he didn't care about African Americans BainsBane Jun 2015 #30
I'm tired of some of the canned responses JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #38
Are those AAs job ready? JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #36
Clinton is suggesting tax benefits for companies that offer apprenticeships. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #39
What if the trades were taught in high school? JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #40
Thanks. This is an important issue. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #41
Kicking this thread because it needs to be read again and again! leftofcool Jun 2015 #42
I would so love for people to start by reading ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #45
HIStory lesson./NT DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #48
So I hear you are being lectured too, again. Sorry. Or in this case, to some extent, ignored. randys1 Jun 2015 #52
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #58
+1 lovemydog Jun 2015 #64
+1 JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #65
Can I just add my +1 also? Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #80
Sorry about that... I feel often that I do that and then delete. n/t freshwest Jun 2015 #71
You know that NPR interview with Sanders BainsBane Jun 2015 #81
You know heaven05 Jun 2015 #84
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