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leveymg

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7. Sure, but don't attack the guy closest to you in the trenches.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 10:56 AM
Jul 2015

You just might need him.

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I wonder if posters know how patronizing it is to black posters to be lecture on Dr. King bravenak Jul 2015 #1
There is a history here that shouldn't be ignored. leveymg Jul 2015 #2
Dr King would be saying Black Lives Matter. bravenak Jul 2015 #3
I agree with the meaning of that slogan and support the causes, but condemn the tactics leveymg Jul 2015 #4
I think we should go after everybody. The entire nation is complicit. bravenak Jul 2015 #5
Sure, but don't attack the guy closest to you in the trenches. leveymg Jul 2015 #7
Sighhhh ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #6
Ok. I'm not the issue nor are you. But, what exactly do you think I'm not getting? leveymg Jul 2015 #8
The solution to BlackLivesMatter ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #12
Are you saying BLM is the problem? Who are "those"? leveymg Jul 2015 #13
No! That is nothing near what I am saying ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #21
If not economic justice, then, what is the solution to PoC's problems in America? leveymg Jul 2015 #24
You know what I think ... I have been clear ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #26
You have been anything but clear. leveymg Jul 2015 #27
Yeah ... Okay. ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #28
I'll say it whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #9
I do not like Hillary. bravenak Jul 2015 #10
This isn't the first time we've seen people talk about how issues need to be dealt with seperately Hydra Jul 2015 #11
You also have to ask who benefits from the ongoing perception that these are perpetually separate villager Jul 2015 #14
The establishment of course benefits Hydra Jul 2015 #16
The problem is I've seen this "divide and conquer" playbook before. It worked in the 60's. villager Jul 2015 #18
but IS there a real split between "white progressives" and the overall Black community? MisterP Jul 2015 #15
Doubt it Hydra Jul 2015 #17
that's how one "massages" discourse: ask "do progressives have a race problem?" over and over MisterP Jul 2015 #19
The irony here is that very recently there was an article published Hydra Jul 2015 #20
every few decades the parties have a big turnover (like Lake Nyos) MisterP Jul 2015 #22
Elegantly stated Hydra Jul 2015 #23
and that's why appealing to the nonvoters is the crux of Sanders's difference MisterP Jul 2015 #25
So long as Sanders doesn't triangulate, he will only get stronger. The negatives will determine leveymg Jul 2015 #29
I have thought of a whole new party system coming out of this election also mostly due to jwirr Jul 2015 #30
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