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Bernie Sanders

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1. Identity politics is not good at self reflection

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 12:40 AM

Sep 2015

Critical inquiry is the medicine, but it's difficult tonic to swallow. Hard to admit the monster within exists, much less engage it in discourse.

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When certain posters scream about your racism [View all] nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 OP

Identity politics is not good at self reflection Fairgo Sep 2015 #1

Some of it is believing a negative campaign is the OOO-nly way to fly. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #3

I am not anti Semitic and I don't know what you are referring to. rusty quoin Sep 2015 #4

Have you been reading DU? malokvale77 Sep 2015 #5

I don't catch everything, but the infighting stuff I mostly ignore. rusty quoin Sep 2015 #6

Huh? nt malokvale77 Sep 2015 #7

I guess that is a good enough response from you. rusty quoin Sep 2015 #8

An old axiom, you don't need to realize it to be a racist. L. Coyote Sep 2015 #9

or they might just be f***ing stupid Skittles Sep 2015 #10

what about when you scream about others' racism? Kali Sep 2015 #11

Nadin, this is the Sanders Group marym625 Sep 2015 #12