2016 Postmortem

giftedgirl77

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37. Nonsense, since BS announced his campaign

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 07:16 PM

Aug 2015

had failed to address social justice issues. It wasn't until people started calling him out that his campaign offered more than just a sound bite & the tired meme about him marching 40+ years ago.

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"Are harsh, intolerant, self-indulgent radicals trying to hijack Seattle?" [View all] NaturalHigh Aug 2015 OP

I wish folks would just let Bernie handle it. stone space Aug 2015 #1

I think it's too late. sibelian Aug 2015 #2

yep, tone deaf! BLM wants to discuss policy in 2015- the robotic response is " Marched w MLK" bettyellen Aug 2015 #3

They don't want to discuss policy AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #4

he had zip nana zilch on his website until a few days ago. while I am sure you have no idea how that bettyellen Aug 2015 #6

He has been talking about it for months in speech after speech AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #10

I guess you missed all the NEW statements and NEW content Bernie added in the last couple of weeks? bettyellen Aug 2015 #30

Because he had them on his senatorial website before. Fawke Em Aug 2015 #42

Careful now. You might disrupt their narrative. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #44

It is as if you are trying to undo any goodwill Sanders has earned in the last weeks. Interesting. bettyellen Aug 2015 #76

Huh? How so? NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #79

Insulting people who vote. I thought that was a no-brainer. bettyellen Aug 2015 #80

So people who vote are immune from criticism? NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #83

Insults. Try and stay with me here. Also, bizarre accusations and CTs- all alienating. bettyellen Aug 2015 #84

What kind of bizarre accusations? NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #85

Says someone pushing memes and AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #102

Well why the hell would anyone look there when he had a "for president" web site? Seriously. bettyellen Aug 2015 #67

Good for him AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #106

You are imagining lots of strange things that are not true. Agony? Lol. bettyellen Aug 2015 #117

It's a NEW Campaign Armstead Aug 2015 #63

Wow. To me it was a glaring omission, but whatever. Go tell voters they should have been following bettyellen Aug 2015 #68

Not a matter of ego...A matter of not liking to see total distortions Armstead Aug 2015 #74

The info WAS missing from his campaign site. And answers like "but college and youth employment" bettyellen Aug 2015 #75

It is history....Hopefully everyone will move beyond it Armstead Aug 2015 #77

maybe give people a full week or so, LOL. bettyellen Aug 2015 #78

They're not really "new" ms liberty Aug 2015 #105

Not true. tblue Aug 2015 #81

on his website, not "on his sight". Listening matters. Just as when people ask about racial justice today bettyellen Aug 2015 #82

"They just want to throw stink bombs instead." NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #9

Nonsense, since BS announced his campaign giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #37

Absolute nonsense AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #39

This poster showed up here in May TM99 Aug 2015 #57

Yup. Agschmid Aug 2015 #64

That poster should be banned. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #65

1-6 to leave this post. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #95

That got an alert? Seriously? NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #99

The whole point is he has been fighting for peoples rights Alittleliberal Aug 2015 #58

That is flat out untrue, and if your ageist self had a clue, you'd know it. BillZBubb Aug 2015 #86

You don't discuss policy by demanding someone bow down before you.. frylock Aug 2015 #7

They had their chance to discuss AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #40

that is largely not response. but many of you hill devotees like to push false memes cali Aug 2015 #23

I am not a Hil devotee by any means. LOL, those sort of assumptions are just foolish. bettyellen Aug 2015 #26

Yep, that's me, a radical entirely intolerant of racism BainsBane Aug 2015 #5

How dare white "liberals" take exception to being called "liberal white supremacists" frylock Aug 2015 #8

Especially hearing it from a white liberal herself! artislife Aug 2015 #98

I don't think anybody had you in mind. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #11

True, no one was thinking of Bain. eom artislife Aug 2015 #13

I stand with them 100 percent BainsBane Aug 2015 #21

Okay, cool. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #22

So these guys are no good then? BainsBane Aug 2015 #92

They're cool with me. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #93

What's the difference? BainsBane Aug 2015 #94

I don't remember reading about George Washington... NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #96

The Boston Tea Party wasn't polite BainsBane Aug 2015 #103

And you are comparing literally apples and hazelnuts here nadinbrzezinski Aug 2015 #108

Apples and oranges. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #109

That isn't the point BainsBane Aug 2015 #113

Like you, I'm a Hillary Clinton supporter. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #114

You can't save them... haikugal Aug 2015 #110

of course you do, but then you defend farrakhan cali Aug 2015 #25

by the defitions you are using, you have no right to have an opinion, let alone speak for them nadinbrzezinski Aug 2015 #33

^^^this. artislife Aug 2015 #100

you're a white liberal ibegurpard Aug 2015 #12

Yup nt artislife Aug 2015 #15

You noticed that too, eh? NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #24

Normally the White Savior Narrative is saved for movies Capt. Obvious Aug 2015 #32

Zing! romanic Aug 2015 #47

Yep. I've called her out on it. She feels she has the right to speak for black people. nt Romulox Aug 2015 #71

I always chuckle at your self perception Capt. Obvious Aug 2015 #31

Why would you possibly imagine that is of any interest to me? BainsBane Aug 2015 #89

Except you're a fan of Louis Farrakhan, a virulent homophobe, racist and anti-Semitic. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #45

How interesting. I hadn't seen that before. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #46

Honestly, I wouldn't take that too seriously. I think she is just trying to burnish her "radical" Romulox Aug 2015 #70

Trust me I don't. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #116

You're no radical; you are for Hillary, the candidate of the Status Quo. nt Romulox Aug 2015 #69

I understand it's unforgivable BainsBane Aug 2015 #88

A "radical" is someone who challenges entrenched power, not one who defends it. nt Romulox Aug 2015 #90

^^^THIS^^^THIS^^^THIS^^^ beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #115

I am intolerant of sexual predators LeftOfWest Aug 2015 #119

Not really surprising that you're here attacking the "radical" BLM protestors. DanTex Aug 2015 #14

My second favorite group is Pets. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #16

GASP! sibelian Aug 2015 #49

Worthy of the fainting couch to be sure. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #50

I just about made it over to the chaise longue sibelian Aug 2015 #52

Beer...the cause of and solution to all problems. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #54

Oh yeah, I forgot. The NRA and Liberty U are good, and "black radicals" are bad. DanTex Aug 2015 #51

Huh? NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #53

Gosh, that's ME rumbled. sibelian Aug 2015 #55

No one is buying what you're selling. Alittleliberal Aug 2015 #59

Ah, complexity. Truly bizarre that a Bernie supporter would want to bring up that topic. DanTex Aug 2015 #60

And here we go again with criticizing Alittleliberal Aug 2015 #61

However shall we muddy-faced fools navigate this *infernal labyrinth*? sibelian Aug 2015 #62

Bernie supporters are incapable of complexity? NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #66

As if you yourself aren't simply a Hillary partisan making hay of this matter. nt Romulox Aug 2015 #73

While the cause is critically important, the tactics are backfiring whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #17

at some point, people will inevitably ask 'if they're this beligerent to a long time civil rights' HFRN Aug 2015 #28

I guess some would ask that, but I wouldn't whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #29

it is taboo here to say anything about BLM that carries even a hint of criticism cali Aug 2015 #18

Yes, I've gotten that impression. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #19

I am gay and am highly critical of how Human Rights Campaign m-lekktor Aug 2015 #20

Thanks for that. Great post. TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #27

well-said Vattel Aug 2015 #35

People conveniently forget the tension between LGBTers and our "official" movement Prism Aug 2015 #36

Thank you. QC Aug 2015 #41

Well spoken. sibelian Aug 2015 #56

That's by and large been my biggest JackInGreen Aug 2015 #107

"Are harsh, intolerant, self-indulgent radicals trying to hijack Seattle?" OilemFirchen Aug 2015 #34

Other than the WTO debacle, what specifically are you referring to? NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #48

I think Black Bloc is enough, OilemFirchen Aug 2015 #118

Keep it up. nt Bobbie Jo Aug 2015 #38

Keep what up? NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #43

We need to follow example JackInGreen Aug 2015 #72

Look d_r Aug 2015 #87

"you even have some that think it was nothing more than rude self-absorbed behavior" NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #91

The event disruptors shut down in Seattle was a protect Social Security and Medicare type event, Zorra Aug 2015 #97

except, young economically privileged disruptors don't understand that the rest of us nashville_brook Aug 2015 #111

� This answers the question ... FraDon Aug 2015 #101

This is petty JackInGreen Aug 2015 #104

Bwahaha! An "intern at The Stranger"??? TheSarcastinator Aug 2015 #112