2016 Postmortem

KittyWampus

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89. It'd be so easy to go through your past posts and point out your own hypocrisy...

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 10:14 AM

Dec 2015

But that's not my "thing", really. The sanctimonious crowd on DU are funny in a sad kind of way.

I am not a Hillary supporter but her logo honoring Rosa Parks to bring awareness to her was EXACTLY like Google doing the same with their logo.

Was it tasteless? Meh. Kind of, maybe, whatever.

However, there's a thing called CONTEXT.

If so many Bernie supporters hadn't spent the last several months:

brayed repeatedly about how he marched w/MLK decades ago,
ignored his campaigns glaring inability to reach out to A.A.'s,
lauded the DU'er who said A.A. voters have Stockholm Syndrome,
asserted A.A. are just choosing candidates on name recognition,
stalking A.A. DU'ers they don't agree with in the A.A. Forum,
trashing BLM….
And finally- MISREPRESENTING MLK's mission to make him into a Democratic Socialist working for economic justice.

Maybe that poster wouldn't have gone over like a lead balloon.

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You can't have it both ways. MLK VS Rosa Parks. [View all] Bonobo Dec 2015 OP

The timing was spectacular. AtomicKitten Dec 2015 #1

Yes. It was. Bonobo Dec 2015 #2

+1 Segami Dec 2015 #111

You've misspelled demwing Dec 2015 #126

I have lost count TM99 Dec 2015 #3

You must mean the Bernie Crowd. 85% of DU'ers yet they complain they're being victimized KittyWampus Dec 2015 #88

It is the 15% TM99 Dec 2015 #96

Several AA DUers have expressed misgivings in the Rosa Parks logo fiasco. joshcryer Dec 2015 #4

Not boxing anyone in at all. Bonobo Dec 2015 #6

Yes you are. joshcryer Dec 2015 #7

I wasn't even thinking of the AA posters when I wrote this OP. Bonobo Dec 2015 #18

And that's your problem. joshcryer Dec 2015 #63

Josh, don't let them upset you. yardwork Dec 2015 #100

Jury results skepticscott Dec 2015 #107

Of course you weren't thinking of African Americans CreekDog Dec 2015 #115

The OP did not even mention DU's African American members, why did you? merrily Dec 2015 #9

Huge +1! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #10

Thanks. I look forward to the day when we can talk about people, Democrats, etc. without merrily Dec 2015 #11

Right on, Merrily! Divernan Dec 2015 #12

Thank you. merrily Dec 2015 #23

Thanks. Just read this after I replied to JoshCryer. nt Bonobo Dec 2015 #20

You're welcome, but I did not post that as a favor to you. It's just true. merrily Dec 2015 #21

I understand. You're right. Bonobo Dec 2015 #24

Yep, a bizarre reading of your OP. merrily Dec 2015 #25

Nor does the OP mention a candidate for the Democratic nomination ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #29

Hillary Clinton's official campaign used an image of Rosa Parks. morningfog Dec 2015 #72

No... MrWendel Dec 2015 #93

Not by Bernie Sanders. Why can't you understand that important differnce? morningfog Dec 2015 #95

Bernie was compared to the next MLK? I call bs. Link? merrily Dec 2015 #105

It's a gross distortion Mnpaul Dec 2015 #135

Some sure do seem to specialize in, and excel at, gross distortions. merrily Dec 2015 #136

I replied to you on this point elsewhere and I am neither the OP nor a host of this group. merrily Dec 2015 #101

Why ask me? I am not the OP, not a host of GD:P and not an admin. merrily Dec 2015 #102

For the same reason this OP resides in DU:GD-P? Autumn Dec 2015 #104

it shouldn't be here, either ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #106

Well the hosts decided it fit GDP and allowed it. I know that for a fact because I sent an SOP Autumn Dec 2015 #108

Maybe because the post is about two iconic African American civil rights heroes. yardwork Dec 2015 #98

The Parks campaign button just came out and Parks is one of my heroes. So is MLK. merrily Dec 2015 #99

Once the mind realizes that implicit references and "mentioning" a thing LanternWaste Dec 2015 #116

Hypocrisy is a core value for neo-libs. Scuba Dec 2015 #5

No joke. They are going as far as to pull out the daily caller and Lewinsky. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #118

It's not the same though. merrily Dec 2015 #8

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! JaneyVee Dec 2015 #14

Yes, he did risk his life while an activist in Chicago. "Fled" to Vermont. LOL, he moved there. merrily Dec 2015 #16

Hillary was 15 during Civil Rights.... JaneyVee Dec 2015 #17

You don't care to educate yourself & the civil rights era lasted a hell of a lot longer than 1 year. merrily Dec 2015 #19

Actually she was desegregating churches in the south as a teen. JaneyVee Dec 2015 #34

Do we really have anyone's word on that, other than Hillary's? merrily Dec 2015 #37

Did you read the part about... JaneyVee Dec 2015 #46

Her friend Don Jones? merrily Dec 2015 #47

It says Karen Williamson. JaneyVee Dec 2015 #53

Remind me: What did Karen Williamson say about Hillary's integrating churches? merrily Dec 2015 #56

"All Black students felt they had a friendship with Hillary..." JaneyVee Dec 2015 #61

So, nothing at all do with "integrating churches" at 15 by taking a friend with her? Thanks merrily Dec 2015 #64

Karen Williamson was one of the friends she took to church. JaneyVee Dec 2015 #66

Again, Williamson said nothing at all about that. merrily Dec 2015 #68

Driving people around at 15? I guess if she was 15 1/2 with a licensed rider. When was Goldwater? libdem4life Dec 2015 #91

In NJ, I had to be 16 to get a learner's permit and 17 to get a driver's license. merrily Dec 2015 #94

I'm two years younger than Hillary, and was brought uo extremely Right Wing. I was a Nixon girl. libdem4life Dec 2015 #110

By high school, I would never have supported anyone like Goldwater. merrily Dec 2015 #112

So she saw MLK in 1962 and was desegregating churches in 1965? That means she... George II Dec 2015 #114

And Hillary registered Latin voters in Texas as a young woman. I don't think she was very safe lunamagica Dec 2015 #130

Park Ridge/elitist/white Chicago suburb!Not"the south" Divernan Dec 2015 #97

She did risk her life and the life of her only child artislife Dec 2015 #79

Not to mention Sinbad's life. He still can't remember a thing about it. That's trauma! merrily Dec 2015 #80

Lolz... artislife Dec 2015 #82

Andrew Goodman. Michael Schwerner. True heroes and martyrs of the Civil Righs movement lunamagica Dec 2015 #129

Sorry, but you have to follow the link I gave and read the material. It's clear he risked his life. merrily Dec 2015 #132

I read it, and please, it's not even close! lunamagica Dec 2015 #137

Boy, are you off on the wrong tangent. This is what I was referring to. merrily Dec 2015 #138

OK, sorry about that. My point still stands. Chicago and Mississip are worlds apart lunamagica Dec 2015 #140

Look at what I posted again. That minister had actually worked in Mississippi and in Chicago and merrily Dec 2015 #141

Yeah, I pulled Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner out of my ear lunamagica Dec 2015 #142

More bs. What you pulled out of your ear is that Chicago was nowhere near as dangerous merrily Dec 2015 #143

No, shameful is to try to put what Sanders did at the same level lunamagica Dec 2015 #145

More bs. I did not do that. I quoted a minister activist about how dangerous Chicago was merrily Dec 2015 #146

Honestly, youd think they were talking about Andrew Goodman or Michael Schwerner lunamagica Dec 2015 #127

He "risked his life"? That is hysterical! He was one of many who took part in a sit-in.... George II Dec 2015 #36

OMG. His work in Chicago far exceeded a college sit in. merrily Dec 2015 #67

Thanks, I couldn't figure out what the OP was about until this comment. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #38

You're welcome. LOL, you must have just about all of them on ignore. merrily Dec 2015 #40

My blood pressure is already too high as it is. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #48

Got it. Take care of yourself. You are a very valuable person. merrily Dec 2015 #59

I would add that Bernie has been under attack by Hillary for his Democratic Socialism and Dustlawyer Dec 2015 #65

"Under attack"? Quotes please. George II Dec 2015 #113

There is a reason the HRC crowd refuses to engage in real debate Android3.14 Dec 2015 #13

Don't forget double standards! merrily Dec 2015 #26

And when there's none of the above to fall back on... demwing Dec 2015 #128

Sure. That's the most creative of all and we all appreciate artistry. merrily Dec 2015 #133

What does this OP mean? JaneyVee Dec 2015 #15

I'm sorry you find it so impenetrable. Bonobo Dec 2015 #22

On target response. merrily Dec 2015 #27

Some of us have careers, kids, and social life... JaneyVee Dec 2015 #28

Janey, Janey, Janey... Bonobo Dec 2015 #30

What does having it both ways mean? JaneyVee Dec 2015 #33

It means that some people that spent a lot of effort talking about how Bonobo Dec 2015 #35

I still don't get it. But since you explained it... JaneyVee Dec 2015 #43

Better question ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #31

Where should Hillary's making Parks part of the Hillary primary campaign be posted, in your opinion? merrily Dec 2015 #42

Because those OPs are, at a minimum ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #44

This OP is about two candidates. If you are saying it's meta than that, maybe I can merrily Dec 2015 #71

Bernie exploitation of iconic figures: GOOD! HRC opportunism: BAD! Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #32

Well at least there is photographic evidence msrizzo Dec 2015 #39

Homage to an old friend. I really have no problem with that. However, ... Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #49

I don't see it on her website. msrizzo Dec 2015 #58

Exactly. In that context, I think it's fantastic. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #69

Yes true. msrizzo Dec 2015 #74

Hillary supporters attacking Bernie and his supporters over MLK went on for many months merrily Dec 2015 #41

Hypocrisy is hypocrisy. Sorry, but the first hypocrite is merely the first, not the only one. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #45

............. polly7 Dec 2015 #50

Post removed Post removed Dec 2015 #52

Merrily does just fine, I was just laughing at the absurdity and childishness of your post. polly7 Dec 2015 #55

You need another shovel? Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #70

I'd paste that on your desktop and read it a few times a day. polly7 Dec 2015 #73

.. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #75

Awesome. Put that beside the other one. Maybe enlarge them so you don't miss them every time you polly7 Dec 2015 #78

Your snark needs some serious work. It lacks teeth. However, I will grant you this: Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #81

It's not snark, it's truth. There's no way to work on it or give it teeth. polly7 Dec 2015 #83

Any evidence Bernie "marched with MLK"? JaneyVee Dec 2015 #57

What does that have to do with what I posted to Buzz? merrily Dec 2015 #60

Sanders words, in a crowd of 250k, he was way in the back of the crowd. Nt. seabeyond Dec 2015 #62

How close was Hillary to Parks on the bus? merrily Dec 2015 #117

She was honoring Parks on her day. Unlike Sanders being represented as the 2016 MLK seabeyond Dec 2015 #119

Sorry, that was not the question. merrily Dec 2015 #120

No, of course it wasn't, lmao. And still it is my answer. seabeyond Dec 2015 #123

Non-sequiturs R Us! merrily Dec 2015 #124

Ya ya ya. seabeyond Dec 2015 #125

That's rather coherent Capt. Obvious Dec 2015 #139

Hell I'd do the rec thing if it was an OP Autumn Dec 2015 #144

When did Bernie Sanders use an image of MLK? morningfog Dec 2015 #76

"What really else is there to say?" Clinton has never declared herself a Rosa Parks, seabeyond Dec 2015 #51

Ouch. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #54

When did Sanders do more than honor MLK? morningfog Dec 2015 #77

Let's talk about Bernie for a second: Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #84

Never. As for DU fan clubs, the venom flows both ways morningfog Dec 2015 #86

Many of your fellow travelers cannot distance themselves from the horrid behavior. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #87

His supporters have been repeatedly braying he marched w/MLK decades ago. KittyWampus Dec 2015 #90

"If Sanders had merely honored MLK, we would not be having this conversation." polly7 Dec 2015 #85

It'd be so easy to go through your past posts and point out your own hypocrisy... KittyWampus Dec 2015 #89

Personally I like the New Deal, The Fair Deal and the Real Deal. (as opposed to The Raw Deal). libdem4life Dec 2015 #92

As long I can think both were stupid but meaningless mythology Dec 2015 #103

Sorry, not having it. demwing Dec 2015 #131

It's easy for a biased and dogmatic mind to confuse nuance with hypocrisy. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #109

a bunch of Hillary supporters went to black sites and lectured thdm on how rosa JI7 Dec 2015 #121

yes there is a hypocrite like when one attacked mia arrow in a horrible way JI7 Dec 2015 #122

Wanna... MrWendel Dec 2015 #134