2016 Postmortem

morningfog

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35. I take offense at calling any kids super predators.

Thu Feb 25, 2016, 01:05 PM

Feb 2016

I take offense at suggesting not any kids must be brought to heel.

I oppose mass incarceration.

In context, comments were directed at inner city youths in gangs, minorities. It was racist. Deal with it.

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So, now on DU, "Gang" = "black"??? How atrocious. [View all] Amimnoch Feb 2016 OP

Thanks! JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #1

Nice try. Matariki Feb 2016 #2

Nice try. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #3

So, you equate gang = black?? Amimnoch Feb 2016 #4

Wait. Are you saying Hillary = Democratic party? Yes I am sure I support the one true Democrat we thereismore Feb 2016 #7

The "scientists" who came up with superpredators did. jeff47 Feb 2016 #39

Wow! Yes it does! The term was invented specifically to characterize gangs of black and brown Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #5

So you are putting someone else's words and putting them in Hillary Clinton's mouth bushisanidiot Feb 2016 #52

No. Hillary put them in her own mouth. It is no different than when the word "thugs" come Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #53

She opened her mouth and said them. Aerows Feb 2016 #62

13% of gang members are White Arazi Feb 2016 #6

It appears your link doesn't consider.. one_voice Feb 2016 #44

Here's the federal government statistics - 10% white Arazi Feb 2016 #45

I think it odd that they one_voice Feb 2016 #49

HRC adds her time as FLOTUS to her "experience" resume Arazi Feb 2016 #50

In the Bay Area we had more Hispanic gangs.... FrenchieCat Feb 2016 #8

There are also white and Hispanic men who belong to the Bloods and Crips. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #12

Take it up with the protester...she obviously thinks Hillary was talking about POC. Punkingal Feb 2016 #9

Well, when it's being peddled that way with a very cherry picked clip... Amimnoch Feb 2016 #11

Good OP! Spazito Feb 2016 #10

Your complaint and disagreement is with the actual protester, do you understand that? Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #13

No, my complaint and disagreement is with those parties who are promulgating the cherry picked clip Amimnoch Feb 2016 #14

That would be you presuming the protester didn't know what their intentions were when Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #23

So, you've got a problem with the protester who quoted from that clip? BillZBubb Feb 2016 #27

Who is the most incarcerated group? Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #15

They all participated.... FrenchieCat Feb 2016 #17

Nice try. He objected Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #18

excellent form wfe! quick as a whip. nt retrowire Feb 2016 #36

"Inescapably, superpredator dread had a racial component..." cyberswede Feb 2016 #16

Oh definitely...... FrenchieCat Feb 2016 #24

You speak of it as if it's past tense Prism Feb 2016 #48

Obviously that's how Ashley Williams interpreted HRC's comment Arazi Feb 2016 #19

Post 14. Amimnoch Feb 2016 #20

Post 6. Only 13% of gang members are White Arazi Feb 2016 #22

pointing out racism != being racist tk2kewl Feb 2016 #21

Super-predator theory was racist pseudo science Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #25

Those are some pretty graphics. Unfortunately, your re-framing of Hillary's words doesn't fly. n/t Avalux Feb 2016 #26

All you Hillary boosters can do is spin. Was the protester "re-framing" words too? BillZBubb Feb 2016 #28

I'm not a Hillary supporter. Avalux Feb 2016 #31

Suddenly you've lost your hearing when it comes to Hillary and her dog whistles? notadmblnd Feb 2016 #29

Really isn't much here that shocks me anymore. NCTraveler Feb 2016 #30

And you repeat it again. You exclude the fact that the Stockholm thread also attacked LGBT and you Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #56

You are so far off it's unreal. Have at it. NCTraveler Feb 2016 #63

Of course Hillary didn't mean just Blacks, I have no doubts she meant African Americans, A Simple Game Feb 2016 #32

Woof! Woof! (Dogwhistles) Woof! Woof! eom. Bad Thoughts Feb 2016 #33

Onus probandi Amimnoch Feb 2016 #34

Studies of the correspondence between gangs and minorities in media are prolific Bad Thoughts Feb 2016 #37

I take offense at calling any kids super predators. morningfog Feb 2016 #35

Yes, it shows the Clintons are more interested in the school to prison pipeline than liberal_at_heart Feb 2016 #40

When you use Lee Atwater's dogwhistle, you don't get to pretend it isn't a dogwhistle. jeff47 Feb 2016 #38

Those of us aware and active at the late 80s early 90s -- Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2016 #41

remember "wilding?" tk2kewl Feb 2016 #42

Oh yeah, that was a classic -- Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2016 #58

Bernard Goetz tk2kewl Feb 2016 #59

Yup, that's the guy. n/t Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2016 #65

But we're forgetting beedle Feb 2016 #85

In NYC, it was not about a rivalry between rappers, LOL. It was drug cartels hiring children. bettyellen Feb 2016 #73

Anyone who lived through the '90s and '80s knows exactly who she was talking about. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2016 #43

Is this how Hillary supporters do damage control? forjusticethunders Feb 2016 #46

Obviously she meant these guys DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #47

some people would claim fighting that gang was anti- Irish. or fighting the mafia...... bettyellen Feb 2016 #60

Spoiler alert! That was NOT the gang she was talking about. n/t DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #70

I know a few people here think no one should ever go to jail, but there has never been a time when bettyellen Feb 2016 #71

Tough on crime does not decrease crime DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #75

So she should have pushed for legalization of crack, gotcha. bettyellen Feb 2016 #79

Thank you! bushisanidiot Feb 2016 #51

Were you alive in the 80s and 90s? Goblinmonger Feb 2016 #57

I was in the Bronx, and people were terrified of crack addicts because they were so volatile. bettyellen Feb 2016 #72

So you are fine with different penalties for the same drug Goblinmonger Feb 2016 #74

Residents in these areas were just as much for a law and order stance as anyone. bettyellen Feb 2016 #77

She meant black and brown as well. I remember the days very well, her verbiage was disgusting to me Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #54

... Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #55

So the young lady did not ask a fair question? Aerows Feb 2016 #61

It is a fair question. It was the wrong venue imo. Amimnoch Feb 2016 #67

"Things you said back in early August" Aerows Feb 2016 #68

Nope, they are the same group that thinks welfare=black. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #64

So who was Reagan referring to when he blasted "Welfare Queens"? jeff47 Feb 2016 #78

Is Reagan a fuckin Dem or does he have anything at all to do with giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #80

Dogwhistles are dogwhistles, no matter the party of the person using them. jeff47 Feb 2016 #81

& this place is a whole caseload of them. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #82

Yet you are excusing one. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2016 #83

Lol, bullshit. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #84

Thanks Amimnoch! rock Feb 2016 #66

I heard a speech last night by the Brooklyn District Attorney (African American) brooklynite Feb 2016 #69

We didn't invent "dog whistle" politics Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #76