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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley Failed Their #BlackLivesMatter Test [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)58. Your lectures suck to black people. Even if you are black and lecturing, other black people will
hate you for it. Nobody likes paternalistic lectures on how lucky you be to have this guy (HE MARCHED WITH KING DAMMIT) for your president.
Black people do not give a damn about marching with King back in the day when it comes to picking our next president. I marched with King is the new black friend. We want to be listened to not nattered at. We want to be spoken with face to face not just be a line in a speech about prisons and unemplyoment. We don't want to ever hear again in a condescending tone that HE MARCHED WITH KING! HE'S DONE SO MUCH FOR YOU PEOPLE!!! YOU'D BE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM!!! IT'S BEST FOR YOU!!! Just sayin'.
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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