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Bernie Sanders

LiberalArkie

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3. I think it is best for Bernie supporters to think of themselves as a poor black person in the 50's

Reply to Betty Karlson (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 11:47 AM

Mar 2016

south and the system here is the system there. Sure the rules apply to everyone the same. If a black person punches a white man, the black man will rot in jail. If a white man punches a black man then no one sees anything.

The same rules apply to everyone equally don't they.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Betty Karlson Mar 2016 OP

K&R fleur-de-lisa Mar 2016 #1

Update: thread remains locked. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #2

I think it is best for Bernie supporters to think of themselves as a poor black person in the 50's LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #3

Or a gay person in the 1980s and 1990s Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #4

Yes, We are visitors here in a HRC paradise. We have to play by the rules LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #6

Or the Irish or Italians of the early 20th Century. n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #9

Amazing how many analogies can be found. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #11

There is a difference between "time out" and banning by admin. Hiraeth Mar 2016 #5

Until the thread was locked, we were discussing the possibility that maybe the ban Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #7

well, unless you were talking with admin and they are actually considering it. Sorry Hiraeth Mar 2016 #10

I was on a jury that got TruMad timed out. He was back the next week. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #8

I replied to one of his OPs this morining and then put him on ignore. Suggest you do the same. Hiraeth Mar 2016 #13

Yep, I generally can't get into arguments anyway as the arthur in hands make it LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #22

Ole Arthur sure gets around. Hiraeth Mar 2016 #23

I thought "disruptive meta" was a reason to lock a thread, not a reason to hide. merrily Mar 2016 #12

How do I do that? Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #14

There should be a spot to alert at the bottom of the notice of hide. merrily Mar 2016 #16

Found it. And trying to use it too. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #18

Go for it. Use the links you posted, too. merrily Mar 2016 #19

depends on the jury. yes, alert on the verdict. good luck Hiraeth Mar 2016 #15

Sometimes I wonder Rebkeh Mar 2016 #17

Disruptive meta in an OP here is a reason to lock a thread, not to hide. merrily Mar 2016 #20

I didn't see any reason to hide it either nt Rebkeh Mar 2016 #21

locking this for now. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #24