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BlueMTexpat

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19. Perhaps I am naive,

Mon Feb 22, 2016, 08:47 PM

Feb 2016

but I would really love to live to see the day where a person's worth is counted only in that person's character, not in externalities such as skin color.

I am not a POC myself, but some in my extended family are blended, and they are truly beautiful, IMO. My own sons have a North African heritage; two of my grandsons are also Asian-American. My baby sister is married to a Native American, and many family members have married Latinos/Latinas. And yes, we have gays, lesbians, and transgenders represented among us, e.g., a stepson, now stepdaughter.

We simply love each other. We are none of us perfect and we each have our eccentricities (which I like to refer to as "charming eccentricities&quot . Some simply find us nuts! My own mother and father - after many years in a dysfunctional marital relationship which left its marks on their children - finally legally separated and immediately went on a cruise together. They thereafter remained great friends to the ends of their respective lives.

This can be a beautiful world. I HATE all "-isms" that divide us. I also truly believe that Hillary understands that better than Bernie ever can or will.

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So, Sanders goes to an AA church, and they don't fall heads-over-heels for him [View all] lunamagica Feb 2016 OP

Oh? You noticed that too? bravenak Feb 2016 #1

It is blatantly obvious. And so ugly. lunamagica Feb 2016 #2

It's almost your turn, I have your back tho bravenak Feb 2016 #3

I know...thanks lunamagica Feb 2016 #7

. bravenak Feb 2016 #8

Living in Vermont, wouldn't it be odd if he did? flor-de-jasmim Feb 2016 #4

Living half the time in DC, right? lunamagica Feb 2016 #5

You might want to know that he did not spend weekends in DC at all. thereismore Feb 2016 #26

It's where the voters are Depaysement Feb 2016 #28

He was running for office in Vermont, not Washington, DC. Bohunk68 Feb 2016 #55

Why is he going now? lunamagica Feb 2016 #32

For one thing, he is running a national campaign, not a VT campaign. thereismore Feb 2016 #34

"I hope you will understand". Well, I don't, and apparently neither did the congregation. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #60

That's OK. We all make our choices. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #61

We certainly do, and shouldn't have to face interrogation from pissed off BS'ers for those choices. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #63

I got a PM asking a long list of questions from a Hillary supporter. Am I being interrogated? thereismore Feb 2016 #64

It's your "choice" to respond to the long list or not. I love "choices". Don't you? Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #65

I'm irritated that JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #6

+1 bravenak Feb 2016 #9

So sorry JAG. sheshe2 Feb 2016 #10

So sorry that you have ever experienced BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #11

In a plot twist JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #12

Perhaps I am naive, BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #19

Well my grandpa's parents were the sane ones JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #22

Yes, some of our ancestors really BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #44

That's trrrible, JAG. I'm sorry lunamagica Feb 2016 #16

They will not own it. wildeyed Feb 2016 #24

You did make a heroic effort, wildeyed. brer cat Feb 2016 #29

Can you? wildeyed Feb 2016 #31

Seriously??? Floating anti-Semitism??? Kind of Blue Feb 2016 #33

That's an interesting read. Do you have something more recent than January? Number23 Feb 2016 #37

Oh, I didn't look further into it Kind of Blue Feb 2016 #39

I have seen some real ugliness flying in all direction. Behind the Aegis Feb 2016 #46

You have told no lies! JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #48

But some would ask the same question of you... sahel Feb 2016 #49

Your question can't be answered because you make assuptions and then expect an answer. Behind the Aegis Feb 2016 #50

I am honestly very surprised sahel Feb 2016 #54

Please leave the group - then trash it JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #57

Damn, Mannn! ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #58

at least one racist sexist antisemitic poster was banned JI7 Feb 2016 #13

good lunamagica Feb 2016 #15

And that one actually was antisemitic . i remember alerting in it JI7 Feb 2016 #17

Yup! Behind the Aegis Feb 2016 #47

Don't mind seeing that one go one bit. Number23 Feb 2016 #36

Did you check out his farewell message? Cali_Democrat Feb 2016 #38

Yep. I also saw what his favorite group was. Number23 Feb 2016 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author lunamagica Feb 2016 #14

I'm Black and I'm disgusted by their behavior HoosierRadical Feb 2016 #18

Why are you disgusted? lunamagica Feb 2016 #23

Who is "their" and "they"? brer cat Feb 2016 #25

Please proceed and do tell.... n/t Digital Puppy Feb 2016 #41

jesse Jackson is one that is mentioned JI7 Feb 2016 #20

Sanders is non religious and doesn't go to church..... FrenchieCat Feb 2016 #21

He has spoken at New Alpha in Burlington Depaysement Feb 2016 #27

Sometimes the simplest answer is the correct one mcar Feb 2016 #30

These people are FUMING that their insults, threats and brow beating didn't make black folks Number23 Feb 2016 #35

I know, throwing everything out there to Kind of Blue Feb 2016 #40

I still don't think this takes any rocket science, personally Recursion Feb 2016 #43

I'll just bet they are, lunamagica.. It could never be that bernie just isn't that appealing to Cha Feb 2016 #45

Is it possible these latest endorsements might help? Petrushka Feb 2016 #52

NO Cha Feb 2016 #53

Nope! Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #62

Steve Cohen doesn't seem to have a problem with African American voters Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #51

I suspect that he would if he were up against the Clintons in a presidential primary sahel Feb 2016 #56

They need look no further than his AA colleagues in Congress. No CT's required. BS has the... Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #59