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Bless you . orpupilofnature57 Aug 2015 #1
unfortunately gobears10 Aug 2015 #273
"They are identity politics reductionists" Number23 Aug 2015 #2
"You'll fit in beautifully on DU, I'll definitely give you that." NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #11
You got that right Number23 Aug 2015 #18
VERY well put, thank you. George II Aug 2015 #52
Thank you for saying this. Raine1967 Aug 2015 #64
Bernie is just as good on fighting racism as HRC Ken Burch Aug 2015 #73
ok… don;t know what this has to do with Raine1967 Aug 2015 #83
clogged minds, plugged ears and sadly, heaven05 Aug 2015 #265
I wish I could rec this and make it required reading mcar Aug 2015 #117
Please explain to me what "your" issues are, that are not "issues" for POC also passiveporcupine Aug 2015 #221
Read that post again. Very, very slowly. Number23 Aug 2015 #222
Yeah sorry...I may have taken your post wrong passiveporcupine Aug 2015 #223
Righteous rant. ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #231
Yep gollygee Aug 2015 #241
Right on the mark heaven05 Aug 2015 #266
Their efforts to sow dissension are laughable. Black folks are 85% for Hillary right now and if Number23 Aug 2015 #270
Yes on the OWS failure heaven05 Aug 2015 #271
A beauty contest? jalan48 Aug 2015 #20
Uh, yeah ... NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #25
YW -I should have known with the pic under your name. Very nice! jalan48 Aug 2015 #31
Ask her what she had to say about Hillary back in '08 if you want the conversation A Simple Game Aug 2015 #174
Wha? Not a Hillary supporter? jalan48 Aug 2015 #195
I knew there would be diatribes against BLM murielm99 Aug 2015 #26
Do you remember the name of the BLM representative who was sufrommich Aug 2015 #29
Where's the diatribe? beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #30
You know the answer to that question! nt 7962 Aug 2015 #51
Yep. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #150
Don't we all. romanic Aug 2015 #160
A non black poc talking shit about us black ones. bravenak Aug 2015 #129
It's kinda unreal, brave.. but this is DU now.. so it's more like business as usual. All I can Cha Aug 2015 #141
It is unreal. The zealotry. bravenak Aug 2015 #142
This OP won the support of the poc that have said "Fuck Black Twitter," denigrated #BLM Number23 Aug 2015 #218
Exactly. They saw PoC and got all wild.nt bravenak Aug 2015 #226
Which Candidate do YOU think will Best Support Policy Positions of BLM- (of those currently running) KoKo Aug 2015 #220
Dunno. I prefer Bernie. bravenak Aug 2015 #227
He does seem to be better at addressing issues that many of us care about. n/t KoKo Aug 2015 #247
Ah, now I remember. Wasn't it a college essay? freshwest Aug 2015 #250
Yes. Precisely like that essay. bravenak Aug 2015 #251
Well, according to some here ... NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #44
See, Nance.... JackInGreen Aug 2015 #55
Nance, here's a more worthy meme than we often hear online: freshwest Aug 2015 #249
Bernie is running for the Democratic nomination. Ken Burch Aug 2015 #75
Of course it matters. By running, he will undermine the party for decades to come Sheepshank Aug 2015 #200
Quick! Get yourself to the fainting couch! Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #206
what's that the Bernie camp keeps saying:"If you dont have something to saud, insult" Sheepshank Aug 2015 #209
I'm sorry, your post deserved little more. It's pure bubbling inanity. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #234
Between 1993 and 2001, we were in disarray for lack of unity and party building Ken Burch Aug 2015 #216
He's not an Independent in this race ffs. You keep saying that, it's obvious you are using it cui bono Aug 2015 #156
+1 beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #163
He is an independent, murielm99 Aug 2015 #166
But he's running for the Democratic nomination. nt 7962 Aug 2015 #194
He's not a Dem and doest believe in being a Dem Sheepshank Aug 2015 #208
Oh for fucks sake. I already posted all the links for you about this. cui bono Aug 2015 #255
No, but I can read your posts and that's all I need. cui bono Aug 2015 #254
I like your use of scare quotes around "person of color" Scootaloo Aug 2015 #39
I see two possibilities. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #176
its really frustrating to see those who claim to support him do this JI7 Aug 2015 #59
And yet Clinton is hiding some where not making any statements re. her support of fracking, rhett o rick Aug 2015 #136
wow ellennelle Aug 2015 #62
Respect from this crowd is as rare as rain in the desert. Number23 Aug 2015 #80
calls black activists "identity politics reductionists" AlbertCat Aug 2015 #203
"Conclusive" proof would be every single poll that has Hillary winning in every single demographic Number23 Aug 2015 #217
Why would you even bother typing that? AlbertCat Aug 2015 #225
I have absolutely no idea why you are responding to me, particularly as its obvious that you are Number23 Aug 2015 #248
I've said that he is losing every single demographic in the polls. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #258
Even from your stupid little links HE IS LOSING. Number23 Aug 2015 #261
Who said he was winning? AlbertCat Aug 2015 #267
"keep those right wing memes coming" Number23 Aug 2015 #269
I had to reread this OP to find where s/he said chervilant Aug 2015 #264
Thank you so much for setting the record straight on this 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #3
She wasn't a No-Show. Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2015 #21
Please don't deal in facts. NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #28
I've noticed. nt Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2015 #35
They just can't get over that reality, can they? She was previously (PREVIOUSLY!) scheduled to be.. George II Aug 2015 #66
A "no show"? No she wasn't,in fact she made it clear that sufrommich Aug 2015 #27
Hillary was invited, and she said "No, I won't attend" 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #47
Oops, did you say elephant? nt artislife Aug 2015 #60
"She was the keynote speaker at an annual DEMOCRATIC Dinner, in a red state teetering on turning Cha Aug 2015 #147
and all way too convenient Needa Moment Aug 2015 #210
Don't care what your interpretation is. It's important to many people that Hillary was there. Cha Aug 2015 #232
So, that means she didn't show up. cui bono Aug 2015 #157
That's not what "no show" means. sufrommich Aug 2015 #193
I don't think that is the definition. I think a no show is someone who doesn't show up cui bono Aug 2015 #256
I would not say you can generalize about the folks in this movement Report1212 Aug 2015 #4
it's definitely as broad as OWS was, so there's gonna be a LOT of different factions MisterP Aug 2015 #54
Dismiss the black vote at your peril, Bernie supporters. nt Cali_Democrat Aug 2015 #5
My Black vote was not dismissed in any way by that OP KeepItReal Aug 2015 #42
exactly! gobears10 Aug 2015 #46
Yes, +1 on that second paragraph. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #187
Only focused on "identity politics"... Beartracks Aug 2015 #228
Very true. Especially your second paragraph. Nt Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #48
Bernie's certainly not dismissing the black voters. lark Aug 2015 #204
Still credible in my view. zappaman Aug 2015 #6
The movement? Absolutely credible. winter is coming Aug 2015 #17
It's obvious, transparent bullshit n/t arcane1 Aug 2015 #24
exactly! Vattel Aug 2015 #56
WoW DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #7
BLM's leadership does appear to have a candidate. SolutionisSolidarity Aug 2015 #8
If BS isn't connecting with PoCs ... NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #14
Fortunately, he is connecting with them. BLM is one group that prefers Clinton. arcane1 Aug 2015 #16
According to the polls ... NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #23
Nobody is stupid enough to say he has unanimous support, nor stupid enough to say he has none. arcane1 Aug 2015 #87
I never said he has "none" ... NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #89
I'm glad we're in agreement n/t arcane1 Aug 2015 #90
We will see about that. SolutionisSolidarity Aug 2015 #32
Bernie obviously connected with the op who is a poc. Why are you dismissing them? beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #33
The poll numbers have been pretty clear. NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #65
I'm not talking about polls, I'm talking about respecting the op's right to an opinion. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #155
Not to mention the numbers of PoC here on DU ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #184
We hope to change those poll numbers. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #188
Statistically speaking mythology Aug 2015 #72
He set that trap by spending his entire life doing the right thing virtualobserver Aug 2015 #40
There is "nothing wrong" with those people. NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #67
long way to go ibegurpard Aug 2015 #78
Have you looked at the polls? NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #85
Yeah I've looked at the polls ibegurpard Aug 2015 #86
Yeah, looks like HRC is tanking ... NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #135
Aren't political polls, particularly in the US, deliberately commissioned with a view to Joe Chi Minh Aug 2015 #173
Saying a post is "childish" ... NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #201
We live and learn... Joe Chi Minh Aug 2015 #219
not yet.....and certainly not because of "a trap he's set for himself." virtualobserver Aug 2015 #81
But he is. There just happens to be some of them who prefer another candidate cui bono Aug 2015 #158
K-Street ploys and it is more than a chess game . orpupilofnature57 Aug 2015 #15
it might be a trap for someone ibegurpard Aug 2015 #79
Yes, Sanders is handling the heat very well. Maedhros Aug 2015 #143
There is that. nt nc4bo Aug 2015 #191
most definitely. It's also the candidate who went racist during the 2008 primary Doctor_J Aug 2015 #123
Great Post catnhatnh Aug 2015 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler Aug 2015 #10
Good op, gobears10. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #12
Exactly! It's sad to see people exploiting the cause behind BLM, just for cheap political points. arcane1 Aug 2015 #100
We've been hearing this for months, the only poc who matter are the ones who support Hillary. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #151
I haven't seen anyone here say that. lovemydog Aug 2015 #159
Her supporters are doing it in this thread. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #161
Dammit. That sucks if that's what they're doing. lovemydog Aug 2015 #165
Check out the poc in this thread who are agreeing with the op but being completely ignored. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #167
Okay. Gotcha. Also note that lovemydog Aug 2015 #168
I know. I try to read all the posts and listen to everyone's pov. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #170
That's cool. Same here. It would be really funny lovemydog Aug 2015 #171
That would be hysterical! beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #172
That happened over on Daily Kos a time or two. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #177
Thank you. Thank you so much. n/t delrem Aug 2015 #13
Because of your DU name, "gobears", I was prepared to dismiss your post guillaumeb Aug 2015 #19
Cool story! n/t Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2015 #22
Absolutely. Wonderful post! Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #34
Because it directly challenges the meme that poc don't support Bernie. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #38
Some of the replies are pretty crude. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #45
They want to shame and shout down everyone who doesn't support Hillary. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #153
Brick walls. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #213
YES! The HC supporters who keep screaming at us to listen should take their own advice. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #246
Oh well ibegurpard Aug 2015 #36
Thank you for a well thought out and eloquent post. wilsonbooks Aug 2015 #37
Thank you JackInGreen Aug 2015 #41
I'm an O'Malley supporter JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #43
AMEN! Raine1967 Aug 2015 #58
Witness here. And, it will really get interesting if Biden throws his hat into the ring. Hiraeth Aug 2015 #196
The more I see of O'M the better I like him. But his polling numbers are dismal. The Democratic... freshwest Aug 2015 #252
It's okay that they are dismal JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #262
Yes, he has a track track record. I feel like he's being denied coverage. freshwest Aug 2015 #263
I would like to create a law...call it Zeemikes law if you will. zeemike Aug 2015 #49
I like your way of thinking JackInGreen Aug 2015 #57
Good to keep in mind dougolat Aug 2015 #76
You're right, of course. Now prepared to be BLASTED for it! 7962 Aug 2015 #50
They have thrown their support behind Hillary, no problem. Smearing Bernie, big problem. GoneFishin Aug 2015 #53
one of the best posts I have ever read on DU Skittles Aug 2015 #61
That is exactly my thinking as well. n/t cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #95
+ another, excellent OP dreamnightwind Aug 2015 #149
One undivided movement -- many contours Rilgin Aug 2015 #63
Who is the "representative of BLM was on MSNBC" ? Cheese Sandwich Aug 2015 #68
Not all "people of color" have the same experience. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #69
Being a white person, aren't you even the slightest bit embarrassed whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #77
I have said, ad infinitum and ad nauseum, I am white DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #94
You mean the group Bernie Sanders is from whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #101
I never peered into the senator's heart and found him wanting. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #103
Yet you, unembarassedly, do it ... day in and day out. Do you NOT have a mirror? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #99
Ha bull! whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #102
This thread is Example #1 DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #104
I attempt to speak for whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #111
I call your bull ... and raise you 2 kittens and a pony ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #108
Not presuming to speak for people of color whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #114
That is why I wrote ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #121
Everyone in here lectures whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #122
Okay; but, have you considered that to the group you are seeking to influence ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #128
I didn't imply that at all whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #134
I appreciate what you are saying ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #179
Does anybody see the irony that our interlocutor has nothing unkind ... DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #107
That doesn't matter ... BLM has failed to pay proper homage ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #112
This is the post I made that our interlocutor took exception to. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #116
From my experience ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #124
This not-so-clever sub thread whisper game some people love to do whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #126
It is amazing you have targeted me for opprobrium and censure. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #133
This silly game will end soon whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #120
That didn't take you long. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #125
What whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #127
Kicked for later reading. Interesting at the outset... n/t bvf Aug 2015 #70
LINK? A representative of BLM was on MSNBC, in which he praised Hillary Clinton's recent statements uhnope Aug 2015 #71
If you are a woman, you are all too used to being scolded about "tone" eridani Aug 2015 #74
That horse left the barn a long time ago. And the folks a'kicking and a'recing this Number23 Aug 2015 #84
but by that rule wouldn't the Sanders campaign count as a group fighting for social justice? MisterP Aug 2015 #110
Exactly, and women would be just as angry if someone told them that they should be stevenleser Aug 2015 #132
Oh this whole issue got tone-argumented from the first minute. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #146
Psst - you do realize much of the outrage over Sanders is about his "tone". Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #180
No ... It's NOT his "tone", it's his message. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #186
Tone is message too. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #189
Nope, tone is the way it is delivered. Trust me- been hearing about the "tone" even here as it bettyellen Aug 2015 #272
My, unsolicited and no doubt undesired advice, would be for Bernie's campaign to step back ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #82
Good advice I'm sure he will continue to heed ibegurpard Aug 2015 #88
If only ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #105
he will ibegurpard Aug 2015 #113
Agreed. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #118
I don't think the vast majority of Bernie supporters are in any way against Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #182
Good point, though I didn't mean to suggest ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #183
Possible, although I think Bernie's been enough of a rock on economic justice Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #185
That comes off as a pretty slimy insinuation of racism among Sanders supporters. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #238
I think you are ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #243
I too would like to see a link of the MSNBC Segment..... n8dogg83 Aug 2015 #91
All kinds of this JackInGreen Aug 2015 #92
yup ibegurpard Aug 2015 #93
I don't understand it either, gobears, they're both incredibly important issues; Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #96
Excellent post. LuvNewcastle Aug 2015 #97
Excellent post. You're going to need Space Shuttle style heat-resistant tiles to keep from getting cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #98
It seems to me that... kenn3d Aug 2015 #106
AAs are tightly welded to the Dem party and Clinton is said party's "officialist" candidate MisterP Aug 2015 #115
Have they forgotten Clinton's "welfare reform" laws that were put in to effect then? cascadiance Aug 2015 #215
the party's establishment is set up on getting voters to forget MisterP Aug 2015 #244
Look on the bright side. BKH70041 Aug 2015 #109
Let me hip you to a cold fact. The people who make up that movement are committed and Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #119
A long winded OP that attempts to deny the reality that Bernie isn't connecting with minorities stevenleser Aug 2015 #130
Oh please. tblue Aug 2015 #139
He could start supporting more wars in the middle east. raouldukelives Aug 2015 #181
Really.. I'm sure the Protesters at #BlackLivesMatters will do just fine without the Op. they Cha Aug 2015 #140
+1, keyword ... MINORITIE(S) ... no just black folk .. I wish this wasn't looked at so much as a... uponit7771 Aug 2015 #148
Bookmarking this as proof of why Bernie lost the election.ng bravenak Aug 2015 #131
Damn fine post! TM99 Aug 2015 #137
I am black and passionate about Bernie tblue Aug 2015 #138
Thank you. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #154
I, too, am not black awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #144
Ta-Nehisi Coates writes at length about the impact of economic injustice here: Maedhros Aug 2015 #145
Thom Hartmann is good in relaying Robert Reich's comments on this situation... cascadiance Aug 2015 #152
i'm a non black minority and i don't worry about cops stopping me for no reason JI7 Aug 2015 #162
YES! romanic Aug 2015 #164
Eloquent and comprehensive. Betty Karlson Aug 2015 #169
I suppose any black American can claim to be a BLM leader, and our bought-and-paid-for ... Scuba Aug 2015 #175
Oh, it's a Bernie post. Darb Aug 2015 #178
Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #190
Expect some straw man disparagement of your OP Babel_17 Aug 2015 #192
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #197
Who was the representative from Black Lives Matter? Senator Tankerbell Aug 2015 #198
Third time in this thread posters have asked OP for a link Person 2713 Aug 2015 #199
This.If you're going to bash the leadership and representatives sufrommich Aug 2015 #202
"It almost sounds like Hillary, her campaign, and BLM's "representatives"" . . . Triana Aug 2015 #205
Some people do not have the luxury of hoping for change down the road. McCamy Taylor Aug 2015 #207
Hillary, more than any other candidate, represents the status quo whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #211
LINK? LINK? LINK? to BLM on MSNBC saying those things???? uhnope Aug 2015 #212
I nominate this post for the DUlitzer Prize for Truth in Posting. Zorra Aug 2015 #214
It is unmitigated BULLSHIT heaven05 Aug 2015 #230
When you can't divide by race then divide by class. RichVRichV Aug 2015 #268
I think there's a simpler thing occurring. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2015 #224
I have one response heaven05 Aug 2015 #229
Oh stop. romanic Aug 2015 #233
this is not a black DUer heaven05 Aug 2015 #236
Believe me the feeling is mutual. romanic Aug 2015 #260
Don't bother with that one. He/she/it is drowning in self-righteous wrath. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #239
Mahalo for this, heaven.. I know this is true.. and this is coming from someone of European Cha Aug 2015 #235
Sure doesn't. These "pretenders" amuse me to no end heaven05 Aug 2015 #237
And, look how many people are buying into it.. it says everything about them Cha Aug 2015 #240
Some of the "liberals" and "progressives" heaven05 Aug 2015 #245
I can barely speak on this subject. Thanks for your strong opinion and posts. n/t freshwest Aug 2015 #253
Brevity is the soul of wit. Bobbie Jo Aug 2015 #242
Exactly. It's both a Race and Class Analysis i.e. Socio-economic inequality and injustice. 2banon Aug 2015 #257
Still do not understand what you mean! akbacchus_BC Aug 2015 #259
Bernie's whole career has been about Civil Rights. Which is why sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #274
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