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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: MoveOn has a perfect response to Netroots controversy: [View all]GitRDun
(1,846 posts)32. You are absolutely right!
Let's say a protester shouts "Women should be allowed to control their own bodies!!!"
Would it be appropriate for a candidate to respond by saying , "Everyone should be able to control their own bodies"?
That would be a pretty hollow response, even though it may be true some class of men somewhere did not have control.
These candidates need to get a grasp on the fact that the message received is, in fact, the message.
The message they intended to or did send means nothing.
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Here are just SOME of the WHITE people who have died in police custody recently....
RiverLover
Jul 2015
#10
I disagree. Saying Black Lives Matter, All Lives Matter is TRUTH while still highlighting BLM.
RiverLover
Jul 2015
#18
From what I've read Bernie did not say "all lives matter" or "white lives matter."
Skwmom
Jul 2015
#4
Some people don't watch the video and the one on Sanders was only a partial video.
Skwmom
Jul 2015
#53
O'Malley said black lives matter, white lives matter, all lives matter. He said it twice.
madfloridian
Jul 2015
#58
It's a great response if we want to nominate politically correct weaklings
BeyondGeography
Jul 2015
#11
I didn't know that Hillary was booed there in 2007, someone posted about it this morning.
Autumn
Jul 2015
#68
Well I've sent them an email telling them they suck, and that they can absolutely COUNT
PatrickforO
Jul 2015
#77
"implication that solutions to economic inequality will take care of racism"...
winter is coming
Jul 2015
#23
In the past, Bernie Sanders has implied this very thing. It's why he didn't think
pnwmom
Jul 2015
#25
It proves that he has argued that his message cuts across racial and gender lines
pnwmom
Jul 2015
#39
Bullshit. "so he didn't have to address concerns of specific demographic groups"
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#44
I'm not unaware of those comments. That's why I said he is beginning to open the door
pnwmom
Jul 2015
#56
Bernie: I want an America where young black men are not harassed, killed and shot in the streets
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#55
So doing nothing to help blacks get paid more & have access to good education is the way to go
RiverLover
Jul 2015
#27
Perhaps a better way to get their message across would be to give examples of how Obama has
jalan48
Jul 2015
#29
It is a two way street. That is what a dialog is all about. This was a Town Hall, and they made it
still_one
Jul 2015
#30
Hartman been doing Brunch with Bernie ? I know I have quite a lot from Sanders on some radio show
Person 2713
Jul 2015
#59