2016 Postmortem

Sheepshank

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86. I can't tell which candidate you are talking about

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:04 AM

Oct 2015

everything you've mentioned has been hurled at both candidates.

now do you see how ridiculous the whole this is getting when we eat our own?

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Bottom line: Since "Bernie is a racist" didn't stick, now they are going for "Bernie is sexist". [View all] redgreenandblue Oct 2015 OP

I didn't see those OP's where are they? upaloopa Oct 2015 #1

No one flat out says it of course. redgreenandblue Oct 2015 #2

odd, none of those links are to Bernie quotes, or even insinuate that they are Bernie quotes. Amimnoch Oct 2015 #12

That looks like a well documented post to me, upaloopa Oct 2015 #103

Yeah. LoveIsNow Oct 2015 #122

Mineral Man is linking to some really bad right wing hate sites. madfloridian Oct 2015 #185

Oh, they've hit 'em all! in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #3

Yep. The products of unscrupulous high paid campaign strategist weenie. On policy they got nada. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #6

LOL; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #21

+1000000000000000000 betsuni Oct 2015 #22

Spot on, great post, truth. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #53

Stop this, using common sense simply wont work, this is POLITICS randys1 Oct 2015 #126

LOL! Cali_Democrat Oct 2015 #175

As someone else pointed out this offhand sarcastic remark has snagglepuss Oct 2015 #4

I'm actually surprised they haven't tried harder on the email thing a2liberal Oct 2015 #9

Actually, I said that, in the Bernie group. Chivalry is not dead, but Hillary will kill it for good Demeter Oct 2015 #45

i would say appalling as well as underwhelming. nt restorefreedom Oct 2015 #67

yep, it is VILE, because it profoundly trivializes REAL misogyny and its deadly consequences zazen Oct 2015 #11

Tsk tsk. I think saying that automatically makes you a Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #5

Yep. They've hitched their wagons to a candidate with crappy policies. So they clutch at nonsense. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #7

I can't tell which candidate you are talking about Sheepshank Oct 2015 #86

How interesting that you can't tell. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #116

None so blind. frylock Oct 2015 #142

yup...there are angry persons willing to postulate, in both camps Sheepshank Oct 2015 #155

as a radical anti-pornography feminist, the "bro-gressive" meme is hilarious to me zazen Oct 2015 #17

My favorite part is the support for the only candidate jeff47 Oct 2015 #75

I have never taken part in anything you mentioned. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #8

thank you for not taking part in this and reminding us that supporters do not equal their candidates zazen Oct 2015 #14

You would have to show that... NCTraveler Oct 2015 #19

+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #23

A poster below.... NCTraveler Oct 2015 #30

You've told me that black people supporting Sanders are REALLY all white people Scootaloo Oct 2015 #156

Neither of the links say what you claim they do ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #159

It does, I'm afraid Scootaloo Oct 2015 #161

Only in your head. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #162

And your posts Scootaloo Oct 2015 #163

Nope ... your interpretation of my post exist as valid, only in your head. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #164

Except, for the 1,000,000,000th time ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #10

or ... JoePhilly Oct 2015 #13

See ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #28

+ 1 JoePhilly Oct 2015 #35

This was hilarious. beerandjesus Oct 2015 #40

and like the BS campaign may not be ready for prime time treestar Oct 2015 #70

Stop treading on their victimhood status. Amimnoch Oct 2015 #15

of course not retrowire Oct 2015 #20

You think that you even insinuated 1strong is a racist with that comment. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #25

1+ ... Yep. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #36

It appears implications of words matter. Sometimes. aikoaiko Nov 2015 #208

... retrowire Oct 2015 #48

Ok. Yeah. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #59

racism retrowire Oct 2015 #73

Black racist in the US. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #74

haha riight retrowire Oct 2015 #78

Rerowire ... Why do we do this dance every 6 weeks? ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #82

I honestly don't know what posts you're referring to. retrowire Oct 2015 #95

Really? ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #99

ummm retrowire Oct 2015 #108

Okay. They are easily accessible in the AA group and throughout DU. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #111

umm wtf retrowire Oct 2015 #113

DU:search the terms ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #121

I could come across hundreds of opinion pieces retrowire Oct 2015 #125

Okay. Let's skip the middleman and go directly to a peer treviewed work ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #133

... retrowire Oct 2015 #139

You reject the peer-reviewed conclusions of social scientist? ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #145

Oh it was reviewed by peers? retrowire Oct 2015 #151

It appears in ERIC, which is a part of the Institute of Education Sciences ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #153

So retrowire Oct 2015 #167

You answered your own question ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #169

So... retrowire Oct 2015 #173

Okay. Then, we need not discuss this again ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #180

I just don't want to be divided. n/t retrowire Oct 2015 #181

News flash ... Racism divides us; recoiling from the definition academic defiinition does nothing .. 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #182

Relying solely on the textbook academic definition does nothing whathehell Oct 2015 #187

Who is shrugging off responsibility? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #188

Some in the AA community whose only response to bigoted, anti- white aggression whathehell Oct 2015 #189

What bigoted, anti-white aggression are you fantasizing about? ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #190

What anti-white aggression am I "fantasizing" about?? whathehell Oct 2015 #194

You act as if there is some mass anti-white aggression plaguing ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #195

Um, no. but it might help if you wouldn't characterizie, out of hand, my experience as "fantasy" whathehell Oct 2015 #197

Ignored or missed? ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #198

It was contained in my response to your post, so I doubt you could miss it. whathehell Oct 2015 #199

So tell me .. 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #200

Not since whathehell Nov 2015 #205

Okay ... Tell me ... What can I buy and where can I move? 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #206

Whaaaat? whathehell Nov 2015 #207

Who wrote the definition you use? A white man? From his perspective? bravenak Oct 2015 #131

It is not so much that a "white man" wrote the definition ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #134

It was both to me. bravenak Oct 2015 #138

This shakes me. retrowire Oct 2015 #177

but.. retrowire Oct 2015 #135

We live under white supremacy not black supremacy. bravenak Oct 2015 #144

Okay retrowire Oct 2015 #150

It is not cherry picking. bravenak Oct 2015 #157

so racism is exclusive to blacks? retrowire Oct 2015 #171

Do whatever you want. Guess how frustrating this is for blacks who have this same conversation bravenak Oct 2015 #172

Except that retrowire Oct 2015 #174

No, it's not and not it's not. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #79

your "nuh uh!" argument is strong. retrowire Oct 2015 #81

See Post #82. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #83

Waste of time. Some white people need to be able to call some Black people racist. randys1 Oct 2015 #128

I believe the accepted term here is "bigot" whathehell Oct 2015 #60

That is a true statement ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #85

IN the macro sociological view, perhaps.. whathehell Oct 2015 #93

You know what? You are quite correct ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #96

Well, I'm glad we can agree on that. whathehell Oct 2015 #98

Uh, no leftofcool Oct 2015 #27

1+ ... Yep! n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #37

not I retrowire Oct 2015 #51

Nothing implied. Nothing at all. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #55

And the loser in all of this is ALL OF US because there is NO DOUBT in my mind that randys1 Oct 2015 #129

I seem to recall the words 'white supremacist' being tossed at him and people listeing to him also. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #31

No ... those words were tossed at Bernie's SUPPORTERS ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #39

That was not a Bernie rally......it was a Social Security event. virtualobserver Oct 2015 #63

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #92

they aren't really Bernie supporters, that's my point virtualobserver Oct 2015 #104

Bullshit; but, okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #109

Posting on DU is just as anonymous as that crowd in Seattle virtualobserver Oct 2015 #115

Okay ... So those self-identifying, on DU, as Bernie supporters ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #123

In Seattle, no one even got a chance to cheer " his every word" virtualobserver Oct 2015 #132

Okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #137

Alright. So we judge all supporters, and candidates by some anonymous voices Scootaloo Oct 2015 #201

You're trying so hard to have me say what ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #202

There you go with that stuff Scootaloo Oct 2015 #203

Perhaps you can start a GoFundMe account ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #204

"Racist" or "Racial bigot", not a dimes worth of difference whathehell Oct 2015 #166

Some of my bestest friends are white people ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #33

you know i wasn't retrowire Oct 2015 #52

I know. That's why I responded as I did ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #76

But... Orrex Oct 2015 #26

You think, she was joking? N/t azmom Oct 2015 #32

I think that she doesn't like to be told that she's shouting. Orrex Oct 2015 #152

So, she was not joking. You think that azmom Oct 2015 #154

Tell you what... Orrex Oct 2015 #165

It's true that no one said, "Bernie is a racist," but the implications were clear. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #46

Uh, no. See post #27 leftofcool Oct 2015 #50

Saw it. It strikes me as odd that so many are denying their words have implications. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #57

Nothing odd about it. stranger81 Oct 2015 #112

This forum, GD:P, is utterly toxic. longship Oct 2015 #16

The country is collapsing and the world is on fire deutsey Oct 2015 #18

To add a little more. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #24

1+ ... Yep! n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #41

Conversations on equality really need to have more depth than this. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #49

I'll tell you ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #120

Words have meaning. jeff47 Oct 2015 #80

There definitely is a wedge being driven here, just not the one they're aiming for. stranger81 Oct 2015 #114

So you are threatening NOT to vote for the Dem if it is Hillary because you are angry randys1 Oct 2015 #136

Not taking the bait. stranger81 Oct 2015 #147

Loyalty Oath? I am getting kind of sick of that phrase, because I am NOT loyal to randys1 Oct 2015 #149

I could have sworn I've seen SheilaT Oct 2015 #29

Well, most of the sexists on DU do support Bernie. They were sexist before Bernie announced seaglass Oct 2015 #54

Bernie does not seem like a man who would embrace strawman victimhood, but some of his Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #34

+1000! eom BlueCaliDem Oct 2015 #105

"strawman victimhood" Exactly! Gwad I just want to give a little orchestra of Cha Oct 2015 #192

Hillary supporters: If you're going to call Bernie sexist, why don't you have the guts to OWN it? beerandjesus Oct 2015 #38

Some folks like to pretend that if you don't use the exact specific word, it means you're not saying Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #42

Unless, of course, you're attacking someone, in this case Bernie... beerandjesus Oct 2015 #43

To falsely accuse Hillary supporters by flipper fibbers in rewriting a post needs to have the guts Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #65

I have no idea what you're saying here. beerandjesus Oct 2015 #66

A member post a comment, immediately the post is rewritten by other members saying what they want Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #90

keep whacking away at those strawmen, Sanders supporters. KittyWampus Oct 2015 #44

Those poor straw-men never fight back and if they do are just pummelled some more. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #47

I'm not in either camp you are right. underpants Oct 2015 #56

Lame and swiftboating at is finest. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #61

Next up: Bernie hates cats! Fuddnik Oct 2015 #62

Untrue and Irrelevant MB84 Oct 2015 #64

What do you consider a "neofeminist" to be? ismnotwasm Oct 2015 #130

What I mean MB84 Oct 2015 #196

Bernie Sanders is neither a racist or a sexist. MineralMan Oct 2015 #68

So...you didn't make this OP yesterday? jeff47 Oct 2015 #84

That OP had nothing to do with Bernie Sanders. MineralMan Oct 2015 #94

And I'm the Pope!!! jeff47 Oct 2015 #97

Why did you assume it was targeted at Bernie or his supporters? It is about the ASSHOLES randys1 Oct 2015 #140

Because it was posted after a giant slew of threads about how sexist Sanders jeff47 Oct 2015 #141

It's stuff you have to deal with running for a nomination for POTUS treestar Oct 2015 #69

Another addition. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #71

Funny thing is boston bean Oct 2015 #72

Because you literally have to use that phrase in order to confer the same meaning. jeff47 Oct 2015 #88

The author of the OP put it in direct quotes. boston bean Oct 2015 #100

Sanders supporters make me DESPISE the man. eom MohRokTah Oct 2015 #77

You may want to seek help for that displacement problem. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #124

You may want to stop giving medical advice over the internet. eom MohRokTah Oct 2015 #160

Even as a Hillary supporter, I'm willing to give him more credit. NurseJackie Oct 2015 #87

So, he's not racist or sexist, he just needs to apologize for his racism and sexism. jeff47 Oct 2015 #89

I'm willing to give you credit too, Jeff47. NurseJackie Oct 2015 #101

agreed with and recommended n/t Sheepshank Oct 2015 #91

Except, for the most part, the "stumbling" attributed to his campaign Maedhros Oct 2015 #107

Hmmm� interesting take, but I don't think it was "manufactured". NurseJackie Oct 2015 #118

What mistake? [n/t] Maedhros Oct 2015 #119

Meh, so Bernie is a typical white American male. We all have the same flaws but randys1 Oct 2015 #143

Bernie is no more a "typical white male" than Barack Obama whathehell Oct 2015 #168

The Problem is that it is totally made up. Rilgin Oct 2015 #191

I don't think he's either of those things... giftedgirl77 Oct 2015 #102

Ahh..."tone deaf" is the new meme. Maedhros Oct 2015 #110

Tone deaf. You know, like Clinton saying the VA wait issue wasn't a widespread problem. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #117

It is NOT a game. BOTH of them are imperfect. Boy, I sure know that because I spend randys1 Oct 2015 #146

Thank you... giftedgirl77 Oct 2015 #148

"tone deaf" is an explanation?! noiretextatique Oct 2015 #183

Get the idea out there, make him deny it, make journalists ask him about it. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #106

And don't forget bringing up every single skewed poll and trying to gaslight us with the PatrickforO Oct 2015 #127

You left out Communist. Major Hogwash Oct 2015 #158

I guess someone figured out that running against his supporters 24-7 was getting old? Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #170

If Black People can't be "racists", bvar22 Oct 2015 #176

It is, for all practical purposes, whathehell Oct 2015 #186

a non stop disgusting hate campaign run by the clinton supporters Warren Stupidity Oct 2015 #178

Winning the primary is more important than winning the general. They think that their rhett o rick Oct 2015 #179

How about this: a media-fueled "horse-race" manufactured-melodrama for ratings emulatorloo Oct 2015 #184

They used the same claims of sexism against Obama supporters jfern Oct 2015 #193