2016 Postmortem

nadinbrzezinski

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Mon Mar 7, 2016, 07:01 PM

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On a ghetto... and how some folks are even now attempting to deny [View all] nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 OP

Very educational. Unfortunately, I'm sure your history lesson will fall on deaf ears, PatrickforO Mar 2016 #1

I realize that nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #2

Your 'A' is much more genteel. I call it PatrickforO Mar 2016 #3

Anti-Semitism is far from genteel nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #5

True, I stand correct. I thought the A stood for asshole. PatrickforO Mar 2016 #16

That is my fear as well nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #27

With a child like my Terri who is severely disabled and a jwirr Mar 2016 #104

It is making a come back nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #113

Ghettosplaining nt firebrand80 Mar 2016 #4

Expected nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #7

I have nothing constructive to add firebrand80 Mar 2016 #10

So just stirring the pot and wasting other people's time then huh? NWCorona Mar 2016 #15

Just poking fun at another silly firebrand80 Mar 2016 #20

So history, and historically accurate information is pearl clutching? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #23

No, the "pearl-clutching" is happening on the other side nt firebrand80 Mar 2016 #30

If race baiting to alter the election is just something to poke fun at NWCorona Mar 2016 #25

...I think I just felt something rupture from pure, unadulterated rage VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #161

Just like every other slur about Bernie and his anti-racist commitment. n/t. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #93

Why would you not read her post? PatrickforO Mar 2016 #17

Because this is all a non-issue firebrand80 Mar 2016 #22

Actually this is an issue nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #24

excpected nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #21

"I have nothing constructive to add". Ken Burch Mar 2016 #90

you only need to say your line once...you realize that anything you have posted after that... islandmkl Mar 2016 #137

. bravenak Mar 2016 #100

Now that was some serious discourse... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #153

Well it is also vile nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #158

Look at the context in War's "The World Is A Ghetto". dogman Mar 2016 #6

It is foreign to partisans nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #9

I am astounded by the vast number of DUers who think Ghetto is synonymous with poor neighborhood. ieoeja Mar 2016 #58

Learn something new, every single day. nt VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #162

�What I meant to say, is when you talk about ghettos, traditionally what you�re talking about is... PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #8

Parse that nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #11

Dude. That's *him* trying to clarify what *HE* meant. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #13

I am not a dude nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #18

Wow. That's such a twist of his own words. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #26

Yes, read that again, that is what the media does nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #31

Misrepresent? It's his own words. If they offend you, take it up with him. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #36

Again, what he said yesterday nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #43

It's like talking to a brick wall, ain't it? zappaman Mar 2016 #67

Exactly. bravenak Mar 2016 #102

Max Abrahms, with whom I don't often agree, had best responses on this last night Mufaddal Mar 2016 #12

exactly nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #14

If people can't understand that then I don't know what else to say NWCorona Mar 2016 #19

Wrong phrase he's using. We call 'em the 'hood now. nc4bo Mar 2016 #28

Not an issue wiht me nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #33

thank you fore getting it out. notadmblnd Mar 2016 #47

The one who seems to be denying it is Sanders himself BainsBane Mar 2016 #29

I am not going to repeat the whole thing I told you Peace Niki suffice nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #34

My user name is plainly displayed next to my post BainsBane Mar 2016 #40

You misrepresenting what he said I find nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #41

Bernie said..."what YOU'RE talking about". YOU'RE, meaning the gaggle of reporters, not himself. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #87

I tried to explain that nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #91

You explained it very clearly, in a way most people can understand... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #98

And...isn't that true? noiretextatique Mar 2016 #152

No one's denying a thing. How about most people didn't like the way he said it. randome Mar 2016 #32

That is why becuase most people talling about this nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #35

Nothing he said has jack shit to do with his Jewish heritage. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #37

So he did not grow up in a Jewish Ghetto nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #38

I am not denying his heritage. I am stating that nothing he said last night or today had anything to PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #39

What he said today was throwing implied racism in the face of the press nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #42

That's just so weird. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #44

I feel sorry nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #45

Yeah, I am just not seeing the words that aren't there like you seem to be. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #48

"We are speaking different languages" zappaman Mar 2016 #68

No, he was talking about black people noiretextatique Mar 2016 #149

We have historical data on where Bernie Sanders grew up, you know? alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #46

Your post has two critical points to the point I made. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #50

Well alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #60

Well I will take the definition nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #64

Are we still talking about Midwood alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #119

Yes we are nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #120

By what community? alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #128

There is boat loads of research into this nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #132

Alright alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #141

He is referring to his own experience nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #142

This is a bullshit Clintonista dirty trick BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #49

I know, nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #51

Yup. That's how they roll. It's pretty consistent. RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #52

I expect them to go though the planetary core nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #53

It is way overblown, imho noiretextatique Mar 2016 #150

Thanks. elleng Mar 2016 #54

I know, I know nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #56

I love that! elleng Mar 2016 #59

Oy my dad one of his favorites nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #62

Check this out! elleng Mar 2016 #85

Cool nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #94

I don't think people quite grasp what it means to be a Jewish person of Bernie's age DemocraticWing Mar 2016 #55

Fully agreed nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #57

Quite right. elleng Mar 2016 #61

there was even an antisemitic movement in 20s Mexico, often attacking photo studios MisterP Mar 2016 #63

Yup nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #65

K & R AzDar Mar 2016 #66

It's also used as an adjective in these modern times. aidbo Mar 2016 #69

I can't think of ghetto without Warsaw Ghetto coming to mind. senz Mar 2016 #70

That is because there are two meanings pushed by our MSM nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #72

The problem is, the evolution of language. retrowire Mar 2016 #71

Yeah, but that is where a responsible media asks a responsible question nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #75

I call that being frugal. retrowire Mar 2016 #80

Thanks nadin for the thoughtful post. jalan48 Mar 2016 #73

When I grew up in Europe sadoldgirl Mar 2016 #74

I am more direct about it nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #76

Every week there is a new brouhaha that is dumber than the previous week. Vinca Mar 2016 #77

Actually I am hoping for that nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #78

I'd rather see it at a Trump/Cruz debate, but how could you distinguish Vinca Mar 2016 #88

You know, I need to write an article that is comlex nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #97

Your post has nothing to do with what Sanders stated last night ecstatic Mar 2016 #79

Nope, nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #81

No, he doesn't. I think he knows the Obamas. noiretextatique Mar 2016 #146

Bullshit...Sanders was recounting a conversation with a BLM activist noiretextatique Mar 2016 #166

He used a totally appropriate word, in a totally appropriate way. nt silvershadow Mar 2016 #82

Agreed nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #83

A few are trying to drive a wedge between us, in whatever way they can. silvershadow Mar 2016 #89

Me too eom noiretextatique Mar 2016 #151

It seems like he used the definition correctly then Bread and Circus Mar 2016 #84

Yes, he did nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #92

Thanks, Nadin. I was thinking along the same lines femmedem Mar 2016 #86

It is insane and they are still digging nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #95

Gleefully Digging noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #114

and sticking to it as well nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #115

They have lost their minds noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #116

In the 1980s I broke some barriers myself nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #118

Good on you noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #121

Recently the Mexican Air Force had their first femiale cadet nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #125

Do an OP noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #131

Same here Nadin... haikugal Mar 2016 #134

"I remember Warsaw" noamnety Mar 2016 #96

Thank you nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #101

Do you think it was coincidence sulphurdunn Mar 2016 #99

Nope... they are doing to him what they did to Kennedy nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #103

That dog whistle in the context of this election hurts. noamnety Mar 2016 #110

Hold it, they keep telling me that he was not poor nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #112

Thanks for this. Liberal Jesus Freak Mar 2016 #105

You welcome nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #106

to posters, one of the usual suspects nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #107

Nobody is trying to deny Sanders' experience as a Jew. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #122

IN case you wonder that was not you nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #123

I don't think everything is about me, but I stand by my statement. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #124

And I stand by my impression nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #126

K PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #127

You're trying too hard. (And it's not working.) NurseJackie Mar 2016 #108

Nor does it change what he threw back into the face of the press nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #109

Words matter. Sorry. Bread and Circus Mar 2016 #111

Well if a Jew is going after big banks PatrynXX Mar 2016 #117

Bernie mispoke, its not a big deal. nt Buzz cook Mar 2016 #129

He acutally did not nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #130

Using the word ghetto Buzz cook Mar 2016 #133

Shoudl I throw at you the same implied racism that Sanders threw at the media? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #135

Are you saying that the Jewish son of immagrants Buzz cook Mar 2016 #159

Yup they do nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #164

I don't think people who live in ghettos were offended noiretextatique Mar 2016 #148

There is an African American forum on this web site Buzz cook Mar 2016 #160

I'm black, and fully aware of that forum... I used to post there noiretextatique Mar 2016 #165

Ghetto is a word & a concept which NEVER should be forgotten by Jews JunkYardDogg Mar 2016 #136

Correct, and the attempt to steal that from a Jew is well vile nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #140

So true JunkYardDogg Mar 2016 #143

Thank you nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #144

My question to the offended: Who the hell else is talking about poor black people? noiretextatique Mar 2016 #154

tomato...tomahto....go into the deep 'hood in most cities and tell me they aren't ghettos... islandmkl Mar 2016 #138

My apologies nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #139

K & R historylovr Mar 2016 #145

I am black, and I have no problem with what he said noiretextatique Mar 2016 #147

I posted the full transcript of that section nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #155

Is it the norm to apply the classical definition of every word to informal and colloquial dialog? LanternWaste Mar 2016 #156

What you see as a verbal mistep nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #157

Absolutely spot on, nadinbrzezinski noiretextatique Mar 2016 #169

I'm half-black, and I can't do anything except agree with this. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #163

Bernie was QUOTING a BLM activist noiretextatique Mar 2016 #167

This message was self-deleted by its author fun n serious Mar 2016 #168

Yup nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #170