Bernie Sanders

bernbabe

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50. Way to be appreciative

Reply to Spacedog1973 (Reply #25)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 11:57 PM

Mar 2016

Do you know how few white people did this at that time?

There are records of Bernie fighting for civil rights for all sorts of people for his entire life, and you just blow it off.

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Newly discovered image by the Chicago Reader of Bernie Sanders chained to protesters [View all] LiberalArkie Mar 2016 OP

Show me a white guy who would chain himself to people sitting in dirt. nt thereismore Mar 2016 #1

The police had a tendency back then to go hard on the "n$^%# lovers" back then. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #3

I also heard they called Bernie "an external agitator" I gues that's what it means! nt thereismore Mar 2016 #7

and a group of white liberal clergy tried to tell me after seeing this... grasswire Mar 2016 #2

That means he hasn't flown any of them around in his personal jet and done other LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #4

you nailed it! nt Plucketeer Mar 2016 #35

It will always be "not good enough Bernie" no matter what. pa28 Mar 2016 #6

Sorry But They're Right corbettkroehler Mar 2016 #43

Retail politics = pay to play machine "you scratch my back if I fork over some scratch" crap mhatrw Mar 2016 #47

Bernie's entire appeal is that he is not one of the "players" in the "great game." Hydra Mar 2016 #52

He has always walked the walk. nt tblue37 Mar 2016 #5

I seem to remember that the cop with the fag in his mouth was also in the video (with the fag). nt thereismore Mar 2016 #8

I believe it was a different cop... ConsiderThis_2016 Mar 2016 #44

Link to full story Freethinker65 Mar 2016 #9

This makes it not only true but very real to the times. Thank jwirr Mar 2016 #27

And he is so humble - he never really boasts about his civil rights work Merryland Mar 2016 #10

Send it to Lewis Donkees Mar 2016 #11

we're not allowed to do that. Something about icon or roguevalley Mar 2016 #12

Many thanks for posting it here Donkees Mar 2016 #13

He didn't see him. bernbabe Mar 2016 #49

This is truly important. Major Hogwash Mar 2016 #14

Whole lotta cognitive dissonance going on in that group. Divernan Mar 2016 #17

Bernie is not acceptable to the AA establishement apparently because he doesn't whole-heartedly SciDude Mar 2016 #41

Don't forget that AA families have been decimated by Clinton policies... grasswire Mar 2016 #54

Doesn't matter Depaysement Mar 2016 #15

You're right. It's very sad. Every time I read on DU that AAs don't know Nay Mar 2016 #18

AAs didn't know their history Spacedog1973 Mar 2016 #25

I have a serious question to ask you. When you talk about jwirr Mar 2016 #31

Thank you for saying this. It is much more polite than a post I was Nay Mar 2016 #33

It needs to be asked politely because we are older and these jwirr Mar 2016 #36

Agreed -- that's why I deleted the post I was writing and deferred to you! Nay Mar 2016 #37

hmmmm.... Plucketeer Mar 2016 #38

Really? So EVERY black person got jailed for protesting civil rights abuses in the 1960s? mhatrw Mar 2016 #48

Way to be appreciative bernbabe Mar 2016 #50

Black soldiers were often in the front lines liberating the concentration camps Donkees Mar 2016 #45

Many of the "icons" seem to care more about glamour than substance. Nyan Mar 2016 #32

It's all about keeping the oligarchs in power. n/t SciDude Mar 2016 #42

This just shows Bernie's lifelong lack of judgement FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #16

Those were "khakis", i.e., khaki colored pants - all the guys wore them back then. Divernan Mar 2016 #19

HILLARY NEVER WOULD! freepotter Mar 2016 #26

But if Hillary HAD protested something, she would have dressed more appropriately FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #30

Whenever I see a pic xloadiex Mar 2016 #20

I'm sure there are pictures of Hillary chained as well tomm2thumbs Mar 2016 #21

LOL! Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #40

Well she does Goldman Handcuffs. n/t TDale313 Mar 2016 #51

...wait a minute...I don't see John Lewis... Raster Mar 2016 #22

Here's a few more pics from that day Zorra Mar 2016 #23

That's so Bernie... just doing the right thing on the daily. I'm voting for HIM. AzDar Mar 2016 #24

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #28

It's too bad this didn't come out sooner - TBF Mar 2016 #29

He has always strived to do the right thing Scalded Nun Mar 2016 #34

wow, just wow Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #39

Has Jonathan Capehart seen this? :-) ConsiderThis_2016 Mar 2016 #46

You have been preemptively blocked from his twitter. :-) JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #53