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In reply to the discussion: Seattle NAACP President feels "torn" about the BLM protest -- and the response to it. [View all]bigtree
(85,971 posts)14. and you're just tossing flowers and confetti?
...please.
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pnwmom
Aug 2015
OP
I think that would be a mistake. We should be listening harder and criticizing less. n/t
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#6
I'm not going to listen to someone who calls Sanders a white supremacist.
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#18
That was a ridiculous claim. But Bernie could have ordered his people to get the women
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#22
Yeah, that would have been AWESOME. "could have ordered his people to get the women off the stage"
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2015
#39
Code Pink people are routinely removed. There will be a little flurry of attention, but nothing like
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#46
Keeping them off the stage would have the same result. "Bernie assaulted BLM!" Don't be coy.
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2015
#56
Not true. He was able to keep protesters off the stage in his next event, because of how it was set up.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#57
No, HE needs to tell it to the organizers, or decline invites to events that he can't control.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#84
Yes, I agree forced removal of the protestors would have been the appropriate response.
DCBob
Aug 2015
#64
I would loved to have seen Bernie respond, too, but he wasn't given the chance. n/t
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#2
Bernie CHOSE to leave instead of to speak. The police had offered to remove the protesters
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#10
Bernie had other commitments. If the protesters had wanted Bernie to speak,
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#15
The best alternative would have been for him to have the organizers keep them off the stage in the
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#33
Yep. He did it exactly right. You are right about hyperbolic bullshit accusations of brutality if
GoneFishin
Aug 2015
#80
The problem is that with this event and netroots, his people weren't the "organizers"...
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#126
Right. If he goes into the general, he won't be able to accept invites where security
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#130
Preventing them from getting on the stage and taking over the mic would have been the right choice.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#28
I've noticed that. Someone else shows their butt, but Bernie should have done better.
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#34
Not true - the two women and the organizers came to agreement to give them a few...
George II
Aug 2015
#90
No, that's because the protestors demanded not only that they be allowed to speak,
stranger81
Aug 2015
#98
He was surprised an audience didn't like being called "white supremacist liberals"...
WorseBeforeBetter
Aug 2015
#40
Nancy LeTourneau, the "former" conservative fundie, is a colossal joke...
WorseBeforeBetter
Aug 2015
#120
Why question the "motives", why not just take it on face value and address what was said?
George II
Aug 2015
#69
In today's political climate, a better question would be "how many have been ALLOWED to register...
George II
Aug 2015
#71
You know, you have not always supported disruptive political activism....Here is 2006, peace
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2015
#23
They agreed (them AND the organizers) that if they were allowed to speak the disruption would end...
George II
Aug 2015
#85
Mahalo for this statement from Gerald Hankerson, pnwmom.. He sounds like a good hearted man.
Cha
Aug 2015
#62
Great statement - I think that answers the questions about why him and not the republicans...
George II
Aug 2015
#65
Yes, it's an eloquent statement on why this person supports #BlackLivesMatter and she makes
Cha
Aug 2015
#72
One can factor in who has the power in these things and it wasn't BLM. EOM. n/t
freshwest
Aug 2015
#70
You are 100% correct - he could have stayed there for 15 or even 30 minutes until things died down..
George II
Aug 2015
#74
They had the right to push the issue. The anger came because they were attacking a guy
Ken Burch
Aug 2015
#103
They were there to inspire DIVISION amongst all of us. Whether that was good they were successful..
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#127
Their message? "You're all a bunch of racists we're going to shut your rally down."
Armstead
Aug 2015
#108