2016 Postmortem

wildeyed

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43. Many have difficultly with the idea that you don't have

Fri May 27, 2016, 10:00 PM

May 2016

be racist-on-purpose to do racist things. And I get that. It is an uncomfortable thing for white people to think about. But not as uncomfortable as being on the other end of the game and no excuse for not doing it.

"Oh officer, I didn't know the speed limit was 65, and I was late so I drove 90! But I didn't know I was wrong, so it's ok." And the answer is no, you broke the law and you are a speeder. And the speeder says "DON'T CALL ME A SPEEDER!!!! I'm not a speeder! I didn't MEAN to speed, I was late, and my time is VERY important! There are very good reasons that I was speeding, and it wasn't intentional, so I am NOT a speeder"

That is what they sound like to me when they want to overturn the will of mostly black and female voters and then won't own the implications.

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Kos: A Sanders Superdelegate Coup Doesn't Need to Be Motivated By Racism to Be White Privilege [View all] bravenak May 2016 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author silvershadow May 2016 #1

Glad that Bernie has railed agains those same supers he NEEDS to give him victory bravenak May 2016 #8

Remember the Please don't do it you sent me? I request the same. floriduck May 2016 #2

That was your own writing bravenak May 2016 #7

Okay. I didn't alert, just for the record. floriduck May 2016 #9

I believe you bravenak May 2016 #10

Kos - Idiot conflating HRC Booster MonkeyChamp May 2016 #3

It would NOT be a good look....... kerry-is-my-prez May 2016 #38

Be a little more honest in the descriptives, please... ebayfool May 2016 #47

I'm just stating how it will look to many. I know Bernie is not just an "old white man." kerry-is-my-prez May 2016 #72

Jury Results - For transparency The Polack MSgt May 2016 #4

Thank you. bravenak May 2016 #5

Ridiculous would imply there's no logic to it forjusticethunders May 2016 #18

Either that or they attack the poster of the op since they cannot refute it bravenak May 2016 #19

It's a desperate situation for them... dubyadiprecession May 2016 #29

No kidding..... kerry-is-my-prez May 2016 #39

A CLINTON supporter trying to divide the party. Now that's an imaginative idea. George II May 2016 #22

Unbelievably bad alert. wildeyed May 2016 #36

An article by the owner of Daily Kos was alerted on? WTF? yardwork May 2016 #64

Excellent article. nt Cali_Democrat May 2016 #6

Seems pretzel logic-y to me. Beartracks May 2016 #11

I didn't see any logic when I read it a kos and still don't, it seems deliberately divisive. Todays_Illusion May 2016 #12

Thanks bravenak. sheshe2 May 2016 #13

I'm glad to see people are seeing what we been seeing for a year bravenak May 2016 #14

Gotta say, I love this picture. sheshe2 May 2016 #15

I love it too bravenak May 2016 #17

Her vote was counted and validated by her pledged delegates SheenaR May 2016 #32

^^^ That! Right there! ^^^ n/t ebayfool May 2016 #48

Idiotic racialist nonsense AgingAmerican May 2016 #16

Thank you for this article bravenak Haveadream May 2016 #20

I'm grateful too bravenak May 2016 #21

That was the Sanders thought going back months ago..... George II May 2016 #24

Such a flip flopper bravenak May 2016 #25

+ a million, bravenak! brer cat May 2016 #34

Interesting number$ you have.... alittlelark May 2016 #30

LOL, I wish! Haveadream May 2016 #40

You might as well worry about Eric J in MN May 2016 #23

Clearly bravenak May 2016 #26

Recommended. I am still a Sanders supporter, and still believe guillaumeb May 2016 #27

That's a big if and I agree bravenak May 2016 #28

The supers are free to support whoever they wish to begin with SheenaR May 2016 #33

Superdelegates in effect "choose themselves". guillaumeb May 2016 #80

Oh absolutely SheenaR May 2016 #82

BS wants to be "anointed".. oh the Irony. Thank you for this, brave, & Kos! Cha May 2016 #31

k&r Starry Messenger May 2016 #35

Or maybe it just would mean that the Democratic Party Time for change May 2016 #37

Except you have no evidence that any supers are even thinking like that bravenak May 2016 #51

If Sanders was running as an old white man in the 60's or earlier he would be a shoo in. LiberalFighter May 2016 #41

Nah, Estes Kefauver would have mopped the floor with him. wildeyed May 2016 #45

Kos has been tearing it UP lately. He's been on point so many times about Sanders Number23 May 2016 #42

He damn sure has. He done got tired of the bullshit. bravenak May 2016 #53

Many have difficultly with the idea that you don't have wildeyed May 2016 #43

Like that 50s were better for everybody op? bravenak May 2016 #59

I couldn't decide if that one was serious or parody. wildeyed May 2016 #62

Great post Gothmog May 2016 #44

Jesse Jackson won South Carolina, too XemaSab May 2016 #46

Move on. Or dont. But I aint living in the past with ya bravenak May 2016 #50

sad. barrow-wight May 2016 #49

Very unfortunate bravenak May 2016 #52

Dumbest shit I've ever read in my life. This god damn race-bating crap has to stop. ThePhilosopher04 May 2016 #54

Grow up. Talking about race aint race baiting bravenak May 2016 #55

Post removed Post removed May 2016 #56

Bullshit. This is lame, all this faux oppression because folks talk about stuff you don't want them bravenak May 2016 #57

These articles always crack me up Scootaloo May 2016 #58

K&R ismnotwasm May 2016 #60

Responding to the OP by calling it "racialist" or "race baiting" only reinforces the OP. Garrett78 May 2016 #61

The only people I've ever heard use the term "racialist" were white supremacists. yardwork May 2016 #65

It's disappointing to see the term used in this thread. Garrett78 May 2016 #68

But not surprising lately. yardwork May 2016 #70

Who used the term "racialist" here? DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #74

AgingAmerican in post #16. Garrett78 May 2016 #75

I guess KOS didn't see that shark beloow him whistler162 May 2016 #63

Bullshit. 99Forever May 2016 #66

So far, Bernie's campaign has been mostly white mail and privileged (college students). Sancho May 2016 #67

this is something that Sanders folks never seemed to get bigtree May 2016 #69

Remember that time you admitted you were trolling? bobbobbins01 May 2016 #71

What if John Edwards had won the primaries in 2008? democrattotheend May 2016 #73

In your fantasy scenario Bernie likely wouldn't be the nominee. That's what's hilarious and short- Metric System May 2016 #77

For over a year Hillary detractors have said she wanted a coronation. But not a peep about Bernie Metric System May 2016 #76

It represents the tone-deafness Bernie has when it comes to anything but economics. CrowCityDem May 2016 #78

This is so weird to me gollygee May 2016 #79

Kos, shill that he is, doesn't appear to understand the SD reason for being. aikoaiko May 2016 #81

I sure am glad all PoC are rich. I never knew that before this primary. mmonk May 2016 #83

Yeap, more privilege from the establishment uponit7771 May 2016 #84

The establishment exists to further and preserve white privlege AgingAmerican May 2016 #85