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George II

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29. It's not pathetic, it's reality. Note that no one here, not a single one, can say specifically....

Sun Aug 18, 2019, 01:19 PM

Aug 2019

...what he's done for "racial justice" beyond his college days in the early 1960s.

Even BS himself, at "She The People", couldn't come up with much since he was at the March on Washington.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Shaun King speaks out on Bernie Sanders [View all] yerop Aug 2019 OP

Four or five years later he was living in Vermont which, at the time, was about 96% white. George II Aug 2019 #1

So by your comment, it sounds like if we live a white neighborhood, we don't vsrazdem Aug 2019 #3

Been scratching my head about that comment also nt yerop Aug 2019 #4

That's your conclusion, not mine. The point is that it's virtually impossible to fight... George II Aug 2019 #5

Lol @ "virtually impossible" Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2019 #11

So how does one fight for racial justice from Burlington Vermont in the '60s and 70s? George II Aug 2019 #12

LOL. You aren't really serious are you? vsrazdem Aug 2019 #14

it's bizarre yerop Aug 2019 #19

It's not bizarre. It's pathetic. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2019 #24

It's not pathetic, it's reality. Note that no one here, not a single one, can say specifically.... George II Aug 2019 #29

So how did he do it from Burlington in the 1960s and 1970s? Anything? George II Aug 2019 #23

There was this more recently... lapucelle Aug 2019 #33

This is simple, list the legislation WRITTEN BY and enacted into law by Bernie as to Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #42

Generally speaking, if any politician with a large following in a small state doesn't even show up lapucelle Aug 2019 #43

Glad you said it. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #44

Well, there have been writers who bolstered social justice movements from afar through their essays. lapucelle Aug 2019 #46

They can't miss an opportunity FoxNewsSucks Aug 2019 #10

Yeah I really don't get it. nt UniteFightBack Aug 2019 #16

... Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author lapucelle Aug 2019 #45

So what? nt UniteFightBack Aug 2019 #6

See posts #1 and #12. George II Aug 2019 #13

I still have the same answer. nt UniteFightBack Aug 2019 #17

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #2

Bernie Sanders is a good man. nt UniteFightBack Aug 2019 #7

So what has he done since 1963? comradebillyboy Aug 2019 #8

In a Breakfast Club interview: betsuni Aug 2019 #30

Events that occurred 53 years ago comprise the entrety of BS's racial justice lapucelle Aug 2019 #9

I'm surprised at some of these replies. Then again maybe I'm not. I guess any chance to be cynical UniteFightBack Aug 2019 #15

Oh jeez, 1963 again... SidDithers Aug 2019 #18

March on Washington, MLK... Yes THAT 1963. nt yerop Aug 2019 #20

And since then?... SidDithers Aug 2019 #21

+1. dalton99a Aug 2019 #22

Both of whom are proud of their votes for Jill Stein. George II Aug 2019 #27

You forgot this month's BS hire: DrDooleyMD! lapucelle Aug 2019 #32

Well that's disgusting. Agschmid Aug 2019 #47

I wonder why BS didn't campaign at length in Vermont for Christine Hallquist lapucelle Aug 2019 #31

Why? Four numbers: 102, 214, 130 vs. 16. George II Aug 2019 #35

... lapucelle Aug 2019 #37

... lapucelle Aug 2019 #39

Lol, Shaun King. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #25

Many whites took part in sit-ins. That doesn't mean as near 80yr old they should be prez bobbieinok Aug 2019 #28

My nerdy college in NYC was about 99% white, yet in the late '60s there were sit ins.... George II Aug 2019 #36

Shaun King Vegas Roller Aug 2019 #34

Ah yes...at Jacobin, socialist media mogul Bhaskar Sunkara's little enterprise lapucelle Aug 2019 #38

what is with these people always lecturing others on not being pure enough JI7 Aug 2019 #40

I can't stand the guy.. and I wouldn't be shocked on the Russian angle nini Aug 2019 #41

check out what black twitter JI7 Aug 2019 #48

Oh yea.. that's where I learned the most about him nini Aug 2019 #49

Acts of support for human rights should be respected BlueWI Aug 2019 #50