2016 Postmortem

HumanityExperiment

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50. There ya go...

Tue May 24, 2016, 04:41 PM

May 2016

at least that's the most 'honest' reply going so far...

think of him as you wish, but at least be truthful to the facts and all the statements he's made about the person before you cherry pick the ONE that fits a narrative you want to try to bash the man with...

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Brother Cornel West: "Brother Bernie and Brother Trump are authentic human beings" [View all] pnwmom May 2016 OP

Shameful. hrmjustin May 2016 #1

There is a lot in this world that is shameful, how about?..hmm fracking? selling your soul to wall- insta8er May 2016 #54

I think Andy823 May 2016 #79

I agree, since we know that only 1 candidate pays them..it should be easy to flush them out insta8er May 2016 #80

the reason we dont have single payer is a trade deal Baobab May 2016 #82

Actually it is lot easie , big pharma was at the table with Obama regarding obamacare insta8er May 2016 #88

Thats true but I am also right- the lock-in igoes back much earlier, to 1994 - and its still there Baobab May 2016 #94

yes, pharma aspect of it is a huge problem, though and its really so very sad because we blame high Baobab May 2016 #95

... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #2

What meme? I see quotation marks around those statements. randome May 2016 #4

...meep... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #6

LOL leftynyc May 2016 #36

He supports Trump Demsrule86 May 2016 #9

...meep... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #11

Well, at least he caught up with the rest of us. TwilightZone May 2016 #17

try again.... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #24

That's several months after his "authentic" comment about Trump. TwilightZone May 2016 #31

...authentic... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #35

That doesn't cancel out his earlier tweet. nt pnwmom May 2016 #25

...meep... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #27

This scscholar May 2016 #60

Quoting his own twitter feed is a meme? Quoting his comments about Obama is a meme? TwilightZone May 2016 #21

...meep... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #29

how does one cherry pick a quoted tweet? n/t Sheepshank May 2016 #37

...meep... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #47

that only works if Cornell never made the comment in the firstplace Sheepshank May 2016 #49

...meep... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #52

Hopefully and in the future if you ever need to address a quote Sheepshank May 2016 #64

...trust... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #67

your are all over the fucking place Sheepshank May 2016 #91

By posting it out of context AgingAmerican May 2016 #72

the tweet was not posted out of context, for crying out loud. Sheepshank May 2016 #87

After he called Obama "niggerized", compared him to George Zimmerman, and called Trump authentic, TwilightZone May 2016 #40

...meep... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #44

if he used Obama and Zimmerman in the same sentence Mary Mac May 2016 #101

That's from his own twitter feed leftynyc May 2016 #33

...meep... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #39

LOL - I'm enjoying watching you leftynyc May 2016 #43

...meep... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #51

Thanks to you leftynyc May 2016 #56

...meep... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #61

beats me but he is in the running for the Douchebag of the year award snooper2 May 2016 #42

There ya go... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #50

So he never tweeted that? RandySF May 2016 #55

...meep... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #59

Bernie should have picked Kanye West he has less of a ego MattP May 2016 #3

The judgment to put this sad, deteriorating gentleman on a platform committee! alcibiades_mystery May 2016 #5

Oh FFS! mcar May 2016 #7

And Bernie is bringing a fox Trump admirer Demsrule86 May 2016 #8

Cornel West: JonLeibowitz May 2016 #30

Thank you reminding me of why I respect Cornel West so much! basselope May 2016 #10

He comes off as stupid as Paglia sometimes! She adores the Trump image.... bettyellen May 2016 #12

West is a slimeball Tarc May 2016 #13

The smear job of BLM activist continues AgingAmerican May 2016 #14

The only person smearing West is himself, with his own words. n/t pnwmom May 2016 #20

Apparently you couldn't be bothered to read the content at your own link AgingAmerican May 2016 #22

That was a tweet that he chose to send out into the world -- AS IS. pnwmom May 2016 #26

Sent out with a dozen or so other tweets AgingAmerican May 2016 #28

Just because somebody is associated with BLM doesn't mean they can't also be a fucking idiot snooper2 May 2016 #45

lol - Trump is authentic, all right TwilightZone May 2016 #15

there's gotta be a petition or something to dump West ericson00 May 2016 #16

Brother Trump? No thanks. JaneyVee May 2016 #18

authentic smile Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #19

We know one thing BeyondGeography May 2016 #23

OMFG....no more whining from the BS'ers when there is a parallel drawn between BS and DT n/t Sheepshank May 2016 #32

The Bern must be so proud that that's the kind of supporter he attracts. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #34

Indeed we are AgingAmerican May 2016 #41

Here is the context the OP is hiding from you AgingAmerican May 2016 #38

I'm thinking twitter isn't the best social medium for him to be using snooper2 May 2016 #48

Hillarians read that as West supporting Trump. No wonder no one trusts her. immoderate May 2016 #65

Cornel West deliberately put out that out as a single tweet. He can't undo it by saying pnwmom May 2016 #74

He put it out as part of a dozen or so tweets AgingAmerican May 2016 #75

Anyone who tweets knows that each tweet will be read and understood out of context. pnwmom May 2016 #76

You are making excuses for dishonesty AgingAmerican May 2016 #78

It isn't dishonest for me to post a single full tweet. He probably has thousands of tweets out there pnwmom May 2016 #81

It is what Hillary supporters do AgingAmerican May 2016 #83

If I'd wanted to, i could have provided context with dozens of Cornel's anti-Obama tweets, pnwmom May 2016 #84

Cognitive dissonance AgingAmerican May 2016 #85

He doesn't have to....Except for the cherry pickers Armstead May 2016 #90

+1, West is slime uponit7771 May 2016 #98

Thanks for the whole series of tweets, AA. kiva May 2016 #102

IS West even a Democrat? MohRokTah May 2016 #46

Definitely all 'birds' of a feather. eom fleabiscuit May 2016 #53

Brother Trump, eh? MineralMan May 2016 #57

That's anti-Cyborg. Shame on you! nt msanthrope May 2016 #86

He loves Brother Trump and Brother Jeb!. bravenak May 2016 #96

Brother Trump must be thrilled RandySF May 2016 #58

But what about GulfCoast66 May 2016 #99

I have it on good authority that Donald Trump is actually a space alien MineralMan May 2016 #62

What???????? LAS14 May 2016 #63

I'm not sure what "authentic" means frazzled May 2016 #66

that's cornel west, his feelings are hurt. so therefore.... n/t. okieinpain May 2016 #68

Oh brother. Metric System May 2016 #69

You want to talk about opportunism West defenders? BootinUp May 2016 #70

Oh great. auntpurl May 2016 #71

Cornel West to Jeb: 'You stay strong' SidDithers May 2016 #73

Bet he wouldnt say that to Brother Zimmerman MadBadger May 2016 #100

Sounds like a typical berner I guess workinclasszero May 2016 #77

The Wit and Wisdom of Clinton's Buddy Lloyd Armstead May 2016 #89

That's why I know Sanders is trolling folks by putting him on the platform committee... Blue_Tires May 2016 #92

Remember that age-old theory of the far left Blue_Tires May 2016 #93

Oh, they brought out "brotha" fucka West now... lol... they're truly desperate uponit7771 May 2016 #97