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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Have y'all seen this Bernie handshake?!??!! [View all]choie
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"when you talk about ghettos traditionally, what you talk about is African-American communities. "
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#9
lol... I'm going to post it as long as his campaign is pushing the southern shit..
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#12
I wholeheartedly disagree, I made sure Clinton camp in 08 didn't forget her dog whistles either
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#18
Un, it was hard to give him benefit of the doubt after Cornell West but the southern states shit ...
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#31
Nah, Sanders southern states is a dog whistle.. might as well bring up the rest of his shit
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#14
Racist statements doesn't mean anything that came out of HRC's mouth... this primary
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#32
I've seen no racist rant, again.. people calling clouds dog doesn't make them dogs
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#34
yeap, one groups gets beenfit of the doubt the others not... any questions? tia
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#46
Only stupid racist people think super predators describes blacks exclusively
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#22
the way they used it, it did. I remember discussing this with my husband when they were first
Viva_La_Revolution
Apr 2016
#27
Yes, we agree... the way "they" ... meaning stupid racist people.. use the term is racist the
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#28
You mean like how "stupid racist people" think AAs live in ghettos exclusively?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#40
Yeap, especially when they're directly associated with ghettos in the same sentence... you got it
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#57
Google the word 'traditionally' (hint: it doesn't mean 'exclusively')
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#58
He wasn't talking about traditionally, gas lighting doesn't work with progressives
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#68
He used the word traditionally so yeah, he kinda was talking about traditionally.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#70
More gas lighting, he wasn't talking about traditional ghettos ... sigh, this is sad
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#72
Actually you said that, please stop digging, watching that hole get deeper and deeper is what's sad.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#77
That's like defending the use of "n***ers" because you clearly just mean the bad ones
hellofromreddit
Apr 2016
#50
Clintons get the benefit of the doubt, the person who had someone call Obama niggerized
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#59
You're the expert on both, you keep recycling that stale talking point like it's relevant. ;)
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#65
It is, Sanders Cornell West move and this southern states crap deminishes the benefit of the doubt
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#69
Because it's untrue and something pushed by the Reagan admin during the 80s. Most blacks...
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#61
Those aren't poor areas, that was the connotation of the statement not people grouped in an area
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#63