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DCBob

(24,689 posts)
68. I think Sanders missed another great opportunity on this issue.
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 08:12 PM
Aug 2015

All he had to do have the protesters removed by security then spend several minutes addressing their concerns.

Are you hoping for it or afraid of it? artislife Aug 2015 #1
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
This was not his event. Tell it to the organizers. Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #81
No, HE needs to tell it to the organizers, or decline invites to events that he can't control. pnwmom Aug 2015 #84
I was a member of code pink Mojorabbit Aug 2015 #100
Yes, I agree forced removal of the protestors would have been the appropriate response. DCBob Aug 2015 #64
No one called Sanders a white spuremacist. Where did you see or hear that? George II Aug 2015 #63
The activists called everyone in attendance that. Fawke Em Aug 2015 #75
That was stupid of them. DCBob Aug 2015 #77
No, she accused those in the crowd who were booing them.... George II Aug 2015 #83
He was called a white supremacist and a Zionist, it's on YouTube. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #124
Thats what I keep telling my wife shaayecanaan Aug 2015 #91
Nobody's saying that. Ken Burch Aug 2015 #105
I would loved to have seen Bernie respond, too, but he wasn't given the chance. n/t winter is coming Aug 2015 #2
+100 HooptieWagon Aug 2015 #4
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
They wanted the mic. And they are saying that they will keep disrupting till pnwmom Aug 2015 #17
And if he would have had them removed? tularetom Aug 2015 #31
The best alternative would have been for him to have the organizers keep them off the stage in the pnwmom Aug 2015 #33
I think he somewhat naively believes in the first amendment tularetom Aug 2015 #41
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
+++10000 artislife Aug 2015 #47
They didn't want him to speak Facility Inspector Aug 2015 #128
read the article linked for fuck's sake cali Aug 2015 #24
Because arresting them would have been the right choice? nt artislife Aug 2015 #26
Preventing them from getting on the stage and taking over the mic would have been the right choice. pnwmom Aug 2015 #28
See post 29. nt artislife Aug 2015 #30
So it's all on Bernie, fine. appalachiablue Aug 2015 #32
I've noticed that. Someone else shows their butt, but Bernie should have done better. winter is coming Aug 2015 #34
Uh, removing them with police to "respond"? jberryhill Aug 2015 #79
Not really it was a public venue.... Historic NY Aug 2015 #102
LOL I am sure Bernie having them arrested instead so he could speak Live and Learn Aug 2015 #129
... appalachiablue Aug 2015 #42
Not true - the two women and the organizers came to agreement to give them a few... George II Aug 2015 #90
A few minutes? stranger81 Aug 2015 #92
That's because the crowd insisted on booing and heckling them. George II Aug 2015 #93
No, that's because the protestors demanded not only that they be allowed to speak, stranger81 Aug 2015 #98
You mean the rude hecklers leftynyc Aug 2015 #131
audiences are always hostile towards hecklers. m-lekktor Aug 2015 #3
Hijackers, not hecklers. HooptieWagon Aug 2015 #8
Don't you think that this NAACP head has faced audiences before? pnwmom Aug 2015 #9
He was surprised an audience didn't like being called "white supremacist liberals"... WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #40
I am very sure that sheshe2 Aug 2015 #106
False equivalency, and I'm not playing your bullshit game. WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #107
No. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #112
Meet Symone Sanders, Bernie's new National Press Secretary. WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #114
Cool. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #115
Ha ha, I knew you would be dismissive. WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #116
you are not close to ProSense's league, sheshe2 Aug 2015 #117
Ooh, you really got me, Lloyd Bentsen! WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #118
Nope... sheshe2 Aug 2015 #119
Nancy LeTourneau, the "former" conservative fundie, is a colossal joke... WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #120
Links please. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #121
Uh-oh, did you fall out of love with your senator, Ms. Warren? WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #122
no bigtree Aug 2015 #5
Why question the "motives", why not just take it on face value and address what was said? George II Aug 2015 #69
sarcasm, George bigtree Aug 2015 #82
The NAACP guy said he was "torn" by the protests. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #7
Bomb-throwers don't do nuanced thinking. HooptieWagon Aug 2015 #11
and you're just tossing flowers and confetti? bigtree Aug 2015 #14
But he also said he was surprised at the hostile reaction of some in the crowd. pnwmom Aug 2015 #12
Gee, why would anybody be hostile toward hijackers and disruptors? Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #27
he appears not only sympathetic to the protesters bigtree Aug 2015 #16
How many of the BLM "protestors" are registered to vote? Larkspur Aug 2015 #13
"Are you registered to vote?" "Get out and vote!" WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #48
BLM: Bureau of Land Management, given how they take over space? Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #49
In today's political climate, a better question would be "how many have been ALLOWED to register... George II Aug 2015 #71
hostility engenders hostility and the and contempt demonstrated cali Aug 2015 #19
Bow Down Bernie. What's the tag for the GOP, Bush and others I wonder. appalachiablue Aug 2015 #35
Why Not? Horizens Aug 2015 #20
Same NAACP who honored Donald Sterling with lifetime achievement awards LittleBlue Aug 2015 #21
Ah, much-needed humor... WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #54
You know, you have not always supported disruptive political activism....Here is 2006, peace Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #23
pnwmom, there simply is no excuse Android3.14 Aug 2015 #25
They agreed (them AND the organizers) that if they were allowed to speak the disruption would end... George II Aug 2015 #85
Being allowed to speak -- which they were, stranger81 Aug 2015 #94
No they weren't - you didn't read the article. George II Aug 2015 #96
Don't tell me what I did or didn't do. stranger81 Aug 2015 #99
Sorry....okay, you didn't comprehend what was said in the article. George II Aug 2015 #101
Dude. Give it a rest. stranger81 Aug 2015 #104
How many of you think this OP artislife Aug 2015 #29
The entire disruption yesterday was about poking the bear. n/t winter is coming Aug 2015 #36
no, you're not going to be able to hide behind that ridiculous claim bigtree Aug 2015 #37
It isn't ridiculous, IMO artislife Aug 2015 #45
and this post of yours bigtree Aug 2015 #50
Yes artislife Aug 2015 #52
well I think your claim is not only full of shit bigtree Aug 2015 #53
shrug artislife Aug 2015 #55
Never heard that, def something to remember. appalachiablue Aug 2015 #38
I think I am going to artislife Aug 2015 #43
Absolutely. appalachiablue Aug 2015 #44
Count me in. stranger81 Aug 2015 #97
Wanted Bernie's response? So did thousands of others who came to listen. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #51
You are wasting your time with many Sanders people here GitRDun Aug 2015 #58
Yes, indeed a nice flame bait, sadoldgirl Aug 2015 #59
BLM apologized... MellowDem Aug 2015 #60
BLM did not apologize Hydra Aug 2015 #86
was it a liberal event? elana i am Aug 2015 #61
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
God bless Gerald Hankerson. Number23 Aug 2015 #66
Exactly, 23.. such a sweetheart. Cha Aug 2015 #73
One can factor in who has the power in these things and it wasn't BLM. EOM. n/t freshwest Aug 2015 #70
Thank you for that, freshwest.. so true. Cha Aug 2015 #76
Was the 'Not Hillary' Party there? onehandle Aug 2015 #67
And we all know how that went shenmue Aug 2015 #123
I think Sanders missed another great opportunity on this issue. DCBob Aug 2015 #68
You are 100% correct - he could have stayed there for 15 or even 30 minutes until things died down.. George II Aug 2015 #74
Yep, that comment "if you want me to leave, I'll leave" was a mistake. DCBob Aug 2015 #78
They were never going to let him speak, no matter what. Ken Burch Aug 2015 #113
Yes, he did miss another opportunity, DCBob.. from a post I just saw on FB.. Cha Aug 2015 #89
Yeah, having them removed by security would have been a sure-fire winner shaayecanaan Aug 2015 #95
"So now are we going to start telling the NAACP that they're wrong, too?" NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #87
Of course not Hydra Aug 2015 #88
They had the right to push the issue. The anger came because they were attacking a guy Ken Burch Aug 2015 #103
A black WA State Senator in attendance said that the crowd got ugly. pnwmom Aug 2015 #109
the disrupters caused the whole thing by baiting the crowd. Ken Burch Aug 2015 #110
The time sequence isn't clear on that. What it said in the Seattle Times pnwmom Aug 2015 #111
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
Bernie does not response to anything unless it's about him. William769 Aug 2015 #125
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