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1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
137. I really don't care whether you find my explanation sketchy ...
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 07:49 PM
Feb 2016

and you know nothing of "that conversation" if you think it has anything to do with "hold(ing) a non-conformist to account."

So kindly remove yourself from this discussion.

That's not Bernie Sanders in that picture. Don't spread it. Please delete it. Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #1
I know. Clearly, it's Hillary. Which Hillary? valerief Feb 2016 #6
I'm serious. That's not Bernie. Please nobody spread this picture. Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #10
I know he's denied it's him. I was just being a wise guy. nt valerief Feb 2016 #13
i vote to remove the picture too tk2kewl Feb 2016 #15
+1 geardaddy Feb 2016 #41
I didn't know until *now* that that actually wasn't Bernie in that photo. Agschmid Feb 2016 #197
Cheese, I agree. We supporters of saidsimplesimon Feb 2016 #213
The HELL he wasn't! Bernie was in the SNCC. FACT. BTW ask Danny Lyon the photographer johnlucas Feb 2016 #16
The pictures of him in Chicago are real. The picture of the guy right behind MLK is NOT Bernie Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #18
It's easy to photoshop a face into a picture BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #20
It's also possible to tell if it's been photoshopped. jhart3333 Feb 2016 #48
Somebody else posts a questionable picture and I have to either accept it or disprove it? BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #50
You are the one making the charge. Yes, prove it. jhart3333 Feb 2016 #74
There are Bernie supporters all over DU saying this. There is even a thread devoted to it. BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #77
hey if they made a fake Lee Harvey Oswald long before photoshop PatrynXX Feb 2016 #70
IIRC, Sanders was in both CORE and SNCC. However, I don't think that is Sanders in your pic. merrily Feb 2016 #158
This is one of the many reasons bec Feb 2016 #200
Yeah, John Lewis is a traitor! zappaman Feb 2016 #2
I'm sure we have our differences, ejbr Feb 2016 #29
One can hope. zappaman Feb 2016 #66
They stand on the shoulders of greatness in reeeeeally cruel shoes Rose Siding Feb 2016 #68
How the fuck did you get that from the OP? Oh, that's right. You didn't. The OP said the opposite. merrily Feb 2016 #154
After I hit the picture with the circle in it, I stopped reading. HE WASN'T THERE. MADem Feb 2016 #3
That is when I stopped too. Lucinda Feb 2016 #7
Oh no, I beg you to keep reading obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #19
What a brilliant statement, JohnLucas! morningglory Feb 2016 #4
Thank you! Sick of this foolishness. That's why we don't get nowhere johnlucas Feb 2016 #5
Bernie has said he was not in Selma in 1965 passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #86
+100 n/t Peregrine Took Feb 2016 #55
fix the pic. Otherwise, a big k and r! bbgrunt Feb 2016 #8
Not Bernie. He was at the mall. Not at the march. Lucinda Feb 2016 #9
Pretty sure that isn't Bernie. TDale313 Feb 2016 #11
Thank you. LWolf Feb 2016 #12
Some of us are just too defensive. It's the history of the country causing that. Continue to speak johnlucas Feb 2016 #22
So you write a wonderful choie Feb 2016 #26
That's not all people are responding with BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #35
It doesn't matter what he says if his OP is pushing a falsehood that can hurt Bernie. passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #89
yes, i was thinking the same. shireen Feb 2016 #216
That would mean noiretextatique Mar 2016 #229
Bookmarking to appreciate Faux pas Feb 2016 #14
"Old Blacks"? obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #17
'Old Blacks have failed us' bigtree Feb 2016 #21
What he said is the truth and let's stop pretending some internet posts DemocraticSocialist8 Feb 2016 #23
what he said is disgusting bigtree Feb 2016 #27
Yeah for the longest time I deferred to that past. But not anymore johnlucas Feb 2016 #60
'John Lewis got patted on the head by the Clintons' bigtree Feb 2016 #62
How old are you? (I'm just curious). eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #96
39 heading to 40 in 2 months johnlucas Feb 2016 #112
Okay. Thanks. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #115
John as I posted bellow, a link to a news story nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #178
I guess John Lewis is not smart enough to know why he supports the Clintons CreekDog Feb 2016 #192
I AM BLACK. I AM The Black Vote. johnlucas Feb 2016 #25
word salad advocacy bigtree Feb 2016 #30
Sure you are . . . EffieBlack Feb 2016 #34
So this is what it has become? Claiming people are lying about race? smh... JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #36
Man they've been doing that for a while. JoeyT Feb 2016 #71
And it survived the jury 2-5....What a shameful post to let stand. n/t JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #83
HRC supporters do it all the time. Any Sanders supporter is white Arazi Feb 2016 #106
It's probably due to the anonymous nature of the board ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #149
There's been a dramatic uptick in posts about race and racism in this election Arazi Feb 2016 #156
Yeah. Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #160
GDP only opened in June 2015 Arazi Feb 2016 #163
NO ... There has been NO attempt to paint Sanders as racist ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #166
Thanks for the laugh, small as it was Arazi Feb 2016 #168
Yes you can read ... but to get there (i.e., Sanders is a racist claim) ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #169
Wow, dude... jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #172
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #173
Thanks for the recomendation by the way nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #180
Excellent. Enjoy your reading!! eom jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #220
Hey they have done that to me nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #179
Riderinthestorm and Omaha Steve too Arazi Feb 2016 #186
The best part is that as independent media nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #187
yup obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #37
ya run with that "fake" insinuation if you need to, but be sure to read this and note the date too azurnoir Feb 2016 #45
^^^^ search and ye shall find ^^^^ Kittycat Feb 2016 #175
NO it won't make a difference nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #182
You dont believe hes black? why? jack_krass Feb 2016 #138
Sanders' suppoters are not noiretextatique Feb 2016 #142
You asked me why and then proceeded to tell me why EffieBlack Feb 2016 #167
This: tblue37 Feb 2016 #176
I've no doubt you're black.. one_voice Feb 2016 #177
they failed you? some of them helped pass the Voting Rights Act. CreekDog Feb 2016 #193
BRAVO, John Lucas !! secondwind Feb 2016 #199
But you don't speak for the entire black electorate, DO YOU? Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #218
No.its not the campaign strategy jack_krass Feb 2016 #40
And the "old" vote along with it. I am proud of my gray hair. McCamy Taylor Feb 2016 #79
Campaign Strategy? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #105
the OP sounds like a Hillary supporter JI7 Feb 2016 #24
Thinking the same. n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #31
With fake pictures even. Codeine Feb 2016 #32
Think what you want. I'm gonna do my best to get him the win in Georgia on Tuesday johnlucas Feb 2016 #33
Thank you for writing, thank you for your passion! I feel we NEED Bernie in order to take back peacebird Feb 2016 #67
I voted for Hillary in the GA primary. My mother initially supported Sanders but has become so Number23 Feb 2016 #85
What tactics? If anything Bernie hasn't hit Hillary hard ENOUGH! johnlucas Feb 2016 #101
If you haven't noticed yet noiretextatique Feb 2016 #145
Bernie's tactics of having some of the biggest trolls on the planet among his loudest supporters Number23 Feb 2016 #190
Which tactics, specifically? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #143
LOL. As if I'd bother. Number23 Feb 2016 #191
That's a great strategy you got there noiretextatique Mar 2016 #227
I didn't make an accusation. That would be you and your endless running around DU Number23 Mar 2016 #230
Nope, couldnt be a Hillary supporter... jack_krass Feb 2016 #58
That is NOT Sanders in that picture. KingFlorez Feb 2016 #28
Old Black people angel123 Feb 2016 #38
Oh my! Vile is it? Sounds like somebody hit a nerve. jalan48 Feb 2016 #43
Old lady here K&R for a great post. Thank you from my family. jwirr Feb 2016 #39
Thank you. jalan48 Feb 2016 #42
All I will say is that this is a fair discussion to have Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #44
Yep ... and 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #51
Yeah, now there is a term that we call that in the black community Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #57
Private Message me the term if you don't wanna say it here & we'll talk about it johnlucas Feb 2016 #93
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #94
1StrongBlackMan meet ANOTHER Strong Black Man johnlucas Feb 2016 #80
+100. That is a damn good post -- patriotic while calling out the injustices our country let stand! JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #84
Well, I'm not about to have this conversation in front of white folks and Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #88
I don't understand, why not in front of everyone? luxpara4 Feb 2016 #183
Then how do you expect people to understand what you mean? nt. polly7 Feb 2016 #188
It's not meant for white folks to understand or to act on Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #195
Wow. Broadbrush much? polly7 Feb 2016 #196
Not a broadbrush Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #198
John Lucas sounds like an intelligent, creative and courageous American. ladjf Feb 2016 #90
+1. He's put to words what I've always thought throughout my life. nc4bo Mar 2016 #231
Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #95
TELL IT, bro! eom John Poet Feb 2016 #103
That is not Sanders in the photograph - even his campaign has admitted it (several times) George II Feb 2016 #46
Link, please? Orrex Feb 2016 #53
There's this... Beartracks Feb 2016 #75
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Feb 2016 #47
I am a bi-racial Gen X'er, TM99 Feb 2016 #49
"Old Blacks"? Is that a thing? Iggo Feb 2016 #52
Bravo! Take all your friends to the polls! Dems to Win Feb 2016 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Feb 2016 #92
Failed... no. Each generation stands on the shoulders of the previous. It is then up to the next.. FighttheFuture Feb 2016 #56
The majority of young AA didn't vote for him either MaggieD Feb 2016 #59
To be fair, though Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #73
SOCIALISM...does not have the same scare factor as in the 1950's noiretextatique Feb 2016 #82
Outstanding, johnlucas! Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #61
Stop posting pictures of Hillary wearing a Bernie mask! Helen Borg Feb 2016 #63
Dr. Cornel West said it best FangedNoumenom Feb 2016 #64
Thank you for this, John. dchill Feb 2016 #65
Explain it to "I stand with her?" tuesday PatrynXX Feb 2016 #69
I have a question for you Setsuna1972 Feb 2016 #72
I'm with a lot of this OP as an "old black" myself. jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #76
+10 Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #109
jonestonesusa, thank you johnlucas Feb 2016 #110
Sure thing. Thanks for the OP! jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #136
Divide and conquer by age? McCamy Taylor Feb 2016 #78
What an idiotic and disgusting post. I'm black and don't have a gray hair yet and I reject every Number23 Feb 2016 #81
Bernie supporters are going straight ham today. vdogg Feb 2016 #91
Very telling who is falling all over this OP. Number23 Feb 2016 #97
Which should be a tell for the OP , as to why .. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #100
So you're saying it's Jester Messiah Feb 2016 #104
He's saying not in front of white folks nt noiretextatique Feb 2016 #114
Exactly. eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #121
I am not certain I agree noiretextatique Feb 2016 #127
Clearly ... But my conviction is my conviction. ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #133
Fine, then don't participate but why silence others AAs? Arazi Feb 2016 #135
Where have I tried to silence anyone? eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #146
Here Arazi Feb 2016 #148
Advising restraint is not STFU. But if you hear STFU, when what was actually said was ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #153
Oh, I see, completely different Arazi Feb 2016 #159
You just do that. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #161
Everyone hears STFU... TeeYiYi Feb 2016 #170
LOL ... Were you saying something? eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #171
Your conviction...I understand eom noiretextatique Feb 2016 #152
No ... I was clear, and so was ChiTown ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #120
Well clearly other AA DUers disagree with you Arazi Feb 2016 #126
Especially considering... noiretextatique Feb 2016 #128
As if black DUers aren't aware that certain black DUers get on the DU list Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #155
Now it is the AA forum noiretextatique Feb 2016 #162
Ah, I did not go there about "good negro"/"bad negro" politics... Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #165
What the hell...you most certainly did go there noiretextatique Mar 2016 #228
Oh, and I am NOT about to have this conversation Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #129
Sketchy. You want to be able to hold a non-conformist to account? Yikes. [nt] Jester Messiah Feb 2016 #131
I really don't care whether you find my explanation sketchy ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #137
I'll do as I please. Jester Messiah Feb 2016 #202
I am going to but in nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #211
So why not discuss the issues you disagree with from the OP instead of posting innuendo? jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #102
Innuendo makes for better outrage noiretextatique Feb 2016 #125
Oh yeah? Who might that be? Do tell :) jack_krass Feb 2016 #123
Tell me about it Setsuna1972 Feb 2016 #98
Who do you think should be embarresed by this OP? jack_krass Feb 2016 #122
More than a few AA DUers believe this is a valid conversation Arazi Feb 2016 #124
As if any one demographic are all the same felix_numinous Feb 2016 #87
Oh FFS BumRushDaShow Feb 2016 #99
Keep pushing that meme and I guarantee that the black vote will be lost all over. i can't Jitter65 Feb 2016 #107
You think Sanders controls all of his supporters? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #113
On this very thread some older Blacks agree with me. johnlucas Feb 2016 #117
I really don't think that post deserved a reply noiretextatique Feb 2016 #119
noirtextatique, thank you for your words on this thread johnlucas Feb 2016 #134
Honey, that is a badge of honor here! noiretextatique Feb 2016 #140
Me too... TeeYiYi Feb 2016 #144
Lmao!!!!!! noiretextatique Feb 2016 #150
Seen this? proverbialwisdom Feb 2016 #210
K & R, johnlucas Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #108
Well...you have certainly attracted the outrage brigade noiretextatique Feb 2016 #111
Hi John, I saw this play out in Chicago about a year ago WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #116
This is it EXACTLY! And now you see the results! johnlucas Feb 2016 #130
And look who flew in to endorse Garcia. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #141
+1000 this is rich noiretextatique Feb 2016 #147
Bernie...on the right side of the history again, I see. Nyan Feb 2016 #201
And then these same poor Blacks carried Rahm's backer Hillary in Illinois last night johnlucas Mar 2016 #233
Apparently they didn't realize any of that. Nyan Mar 2016 #234
That's why I'm so mad at John Lewis & other Black leaders johnlucas Mar 2016 #235
...and Elizabeth Warren would have made the case in MA. But she didn't. Nyan Mar 2016 #236
Bravo!! RobertEarl Feb 2016 #118
Is there any other race... MrWendel Feb 2016 #132
Maybe you haven't noticed the Sanders is for white people meme jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #151
South Carolina Blacks are Old Blacks liberal N proud Feb 2016 #139
Good lord, you put my exact thoughts into words GummyBearz Feb 2016 #157
BRAVO! monicaangela Feb 2016 #164
John thank you for furthering illuminating the many light bulbs that went on nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #174
A timely tweet... TeeYiYi Feb 2016 #181
Thanks for posting. elleng Feb 2016 #184
Standing on the Wrong Side of History polly7 Feb 2016 #185
Good post for some perspective on this thread. jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #222
I support you, johnlucas. grasswire Feb 2016 #189
Why Lewis chose to soil his reputation by lying about Sanders, I will never understand. Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #194
k&r disillusioned73 Feb 2016 #203
K&R The truth will set us free. Thanks for speaking it. nt raouldukelives Feb 2016 #204
My greatest hope is that the youth of our Nation randr Feb 2016 #205
To my fellow brothers and sisters.... markj757 Feb 2016 #206
Look in the mirror, because this is a two way dynamic nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #214
You ain't saying nothing we don't already know Number23 Feb 2016 #219
I don't know. Reasonable people can disagree about ideas and how they are expressed. jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #223
Although I agree with many of your points, I just have to clarify.... markj757 Mar 2016 #224
Thanks for the response - I respect where you what you are saying. jonestonesusa Mar 2016 #225
JohnLucas spoke his truth and should be respected for it just nc4bo Mar 2016 #232
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #207
As a black female person - with old white men heading this country forever..... Farmbrook Feb 2016 #208
K&R avaistheone1 Feb 2016 #209
Well..... AlbertCat Feb 2016 #212
k&r, thank you, johnlucas saidsimplesimon Feb 2016 #215
You're trying too hard... Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #217
Keep voting the way you've been voting ZX86 Feb 2016 #221
Who are the young leaders of the Black community? ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #226
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