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HassleCat

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52. why black people get mentioned so much.

Fri Feb 26, 2016, 12:26 AM

Feb 2016

It's kind of a good thing. Maybe. Depending on how you look at it. Black voters are pivotal in the contest between Clinton and Sanders. Clinton has the loyalty of the overwhelming majority of black voters, and she's counting on them to help her stop Sanders so she can turn her attention to running against Trump. Sanders is thinking his message will hit home any minute now, and black voters will see he has something substantial to offer, while Clinton is just blowing smoke. There is a real battle for the hearts and minds of black voters. I know much of the attention is not flattering, some is preachy, some condescending, some just plain strange, but it is attention, and that's something. I guess.

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Sick of the incessant thinly veiled racism in GDP [View all] rbrnmw Feb 2016 OP

Not all of those posts are thinly veiled. leftofcool Feb 2016 #1

That's true rbrnmw Feb 2016 #2

I was called boy yesterday and a jury let it stand. stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #10

I was on that jury rbrnmw Feb 2016 #12

you would think the admins would hide that one.. stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #16

I alerted the results rbrnmw Feb 2016 #17

There's a misunderstanding here due to a generation gap. pacalo Feb 2016 #20

We also remember Sambo, Mammy, and pickaninnies. brer cat Feb 2016 #28

Mea culpa. pacalo Feb 2016 #33

Thank you. brer cat Feb 2016 #35

I thank you, too. pacalo Feb 2016 #37

What I don't understand is... Digital Puppy Feb 2016 #62

Sambo was actually a favorite book when Hortensis Feb 2016 #59

I have heard that from many black people. brer cat Feb 2016 #61

The character of Foghorn Leghorn 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #46

Interesting -- I didn't know that. pacalo Feb 2016 #47

"...does not appear to me to be used in the pejorative sense..." CincyDem Feb 2016 #51

So wrong. wildeyed Feb 2016 #18

There are times that I think that the admins brer cat Feb 2016 #25

I saw that and was shocked it was not hiden! NEOhiodemocrat Feb 2016 #40

Plus a fucking million. You have to have a level of wit/intelligence to "veil" your true actions Number23 Feb 2016 #45

I was getting ready to say Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #54

They're their own worst enemies. Cha Feb 2016 #57

Both. betsuni Feb 2016 #3

Like who? Depaysement Feb 2016 #4

Like go to GDP there is plenty there to see rbrnmw Feb 2016 #6

It's the ones who think they are so cute that really get me. Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #5

oh they know we know what they mean rbrnmw Feb 2016 #7

I think they get a secondary big kick ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #9

they now damn well what they did rbrnmw Feb 2016 #13

I think that is the biggest part of it. brer cat Feb 2016 #24

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #44

or when they get called on it Quayblue Feb 2016 #49

They need to ask white voters why they are voting for Trump? rbrnmw Feb 2016 #8

+1 stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #11

I started the OP back here JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #23

Without a doubt! brer cat Feb 2016 #26

Yeah. Both sides share the blame. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #14

.... rbrnmw Feb 2016 #15

?? Digital Puppy Feb 2016 #19

... Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #34

I'm a Sanders supporter Uponthegears Feb 2016 #21

It is beyond nauseating... Spazito Feb 2016 #22

"thinly veiled". It's not veiled at all. Republicans are basically ladjf Feb 2016 #27

Yeah, but the OP is about racist DU posts by alledged Democrats. brush Feb 2016 #29

Ah, GDP. I misread it as GOP. But, what about my point? ladjf Feb 2016 #30

Your point is on point. brush Feb 2016 #39

The point is on point and applies to the Libertarian left, as well. eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #60

NO! These aren't trolls! Many of these people are long-time DUers! Most of them. Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #32

Isn't that the point. They're dog whistling? brush Feb 2016 #36

No. They're not dog whistling. Their racism is on display and clear to me and many others. Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #38

I'm not disagreeing with you. Dog whistling is clear to real progressives . . . brush Feb 2016 #41

Of course. Because ONLY Hillary Clinton and her supporters are racists. Bernie Sanders and his fans, Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #31

Gah now we have another JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #42

I saw that shameful shit rbrnmw Feb 2016 #48

Yeah it's bad ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #43

K&R EffieBlack Feb 2016 #50

why black people get mentioned so much. HassleCat Feb 2016 #52

nope, it is mostly bad attention here at DU. bettyellen Feb 2016 #56

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #58

Trash it. DU will immediately become a better place to be Warpy Feb 2016 #53

Same here! lovemydog Feb 2016 #55