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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley Failed Their #BlackLivesMatter Test [View all]
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-berniesoblack-trends-20150719-htmlstory.html
<snip> After watching video of the conference, Morrow says, he wrote a few tweets expressing disappointment with Bernie Sanders. Soon, he was getting angry tweets from white Sanders supporters (whom he jokingly calls Standers a play on Sanders name and Stan, a term for a maniacal fan).
The Standers were angry that we were criticizing him for shutting down those women, Morrow said in an interview. They were telling me things like, He was protesting for civil rights before you were born! They were saying I should just be thankful that he is here for us. It was almost like they were scolding me, saying that Bernie Sanders is blacker than me. So, I just took that to the extreme, and made a joke.
The result was #BernieSoBlack.
<snip> After watching video of the conference, Morrow says, he wrote a few tweets expressing disappointment with Bernie Sanders. Soon, he was getting angry tweets from white Sanders supporters (whom he jokingly calls Standers a play on Sanders name and Stan, a term for a maniacal fan).
The Standers were angry that we were criticizing him for shutting down those women, Morrow said in an interview. They were telling me things like, He was protesting for civil rights before you were born! They were saying I should just be thankful that he is here for us. It was almost like they were scolding me, saying that Bernie Sanders is blacker than me. So, I just took that to the extreme, and made a joke.
The result was #BernieSoBlack.
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Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley Failed Their #BlackLivesMatter Test [View all]
BooScout
Jul 2015
OP
Big time. The clueless supporters are making it worse by being so paternalistic and bitter.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#1
"To tell mother's whose children are dying in the streets to sit down and be quiet"
NealK
Jul 2015
#23
he watched them disrespect their own leader, by refusing to let O'Malley answer the question they
magical thyme
Jul 2015
#37
We all know it. I got repeated so much this weekend I don't think there anybody who pays attention
bravenak
Jul 2015
#55
Your lectures suck to black people. Even if you are black and lecturing, other black people will
bravenak
Jul 2015
#58
If they want answers and dialogue, maybe shouting down candidates at an event...
Triana
Jul 2015
#47
Sanders and O'Malley have every right to be confronted, it was the mode of attack.
Vinca
Jul 2015
#19
We can disagree as to the appropriateness of Bernie's response to the ambush,
MannyGoldstein
Jul 2015
#21
But that doesn't fit the narrative. The narrative MUST be preserved, facts or no facts.
arcane1
Jul 2015
#74
I have yet to read the article or the subsequent comments; but, will tell you ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#33
Or maybe the Hillary people could stop treating civil rights as a test case
Betty Karlson
Jul 2015
#34
Those who control the economy control the government and by extension the so9ciety itself
daybranch
Jul 2015
#40