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In reply to the discussion: Flagged for review for rejecting and objecting to offensive paternalistic clap trap. [View all]Number23
(24,544 posts)Everyone in this forum knows it. I think that Sanders knows it and has really made a few sincere attempts to acknowledge that. And I think the folks who are hounding black posters here know it too and like JAG says, it sticks in their craw. It makes them howl at the moon. They just can't freaking STAND it that we will support and vote for whoever the hell we want and that we have any power at all.
Their anger has made them the brunt of so many articles, blog posts, Kos diaries etc. Even Occupy distanced itself from this behavior. And their anger leads to rage on ANY topic even remotely to do with black people which is why you have someone baying at the moon about how pissed off they were that more people weren't mad at Hillary re: BLM in a thread about ROSA PARKS.
Hey, it's black people right? These issues must all be the same. Right??
I got the chance to read Dyson's piece and he even talks about Hillary's response to BLM. While he was unimpressed with the exchange, I think he appreciated the rawness and honesty from both sides. I have personally not been blown away by any of the candidate's responses to BLM though O'Malley does seem to be leading the field in that regard.