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bettyellen

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56. nope, it is mostly bad attention here at DU.

Reply to HassleCat (Reply #52)

Fri Feb 26, 2016, 02:44 AM

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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