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lunasun

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169. This would be great in many areas of Chicago . If anything it has increased

Thu Feb 27, 2020, 07:51 PM

Feb 2020

Maybe you can not relate 2020 because you don’t live in an area that needs help

But thanks for thinking that it doesn’t exist and no areas in the USA need this kind of help for their youth

https://mobile.twitter.com/mbmhmc/status/969269778631266306/photo/1

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

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I'm at a loss for words. Did this really happen? [View all] mcar Feb 2020 OP

Aww, come on. He's just having fun with the folks he's talking to, they BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #1

They're being uncomfortably polite. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #3

Maybe. But in the pantheon of offensive gestures, I don't think BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #7

Isn't that an 80s thing? mcar Feb 2020 #89

I would think. Hoisting your boom box on your shoulder-- BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #93

It's called an iphone and the earpods JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #177

Bernie is not the old - almost - but not yet Generic Brad Feb 2020 #106

I've lost track mcar Feb 2020 #107

Yeah! True Blue American Feb 2020 #183

That sounded like genuine laughter to me. (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2020 #8

Nervous laughter. Eye rolling laughter. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author BlueTillIDie Feb 2020 #16

I know what I saw. It was racist. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author BlueTillIDie Feb 2020 #20

Not at all. It was offensive. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author BlueTillIDie Feb 2020 #25

Is that racist? Looks racist to me. Is it? NurseJackie Feb 2020 #2

Only as racist as TheFarseer Feb 2020 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author BlueTillIDie Feb 2020 #26

At least 20 years ago TheFarseer Feb 2020 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author BlueTillIDie Feb 2020 #34

Totally TheFarseer Feb 2020 #38

Or hires an all white all male reggae band for his candidacy announcement... ehrnst Feb 2020 #141

I actually encountered this less than a year ago. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #117

Isn't that an 80s movie? mcar Feb 2020 #90

1989 - just made the cut to be 80's TheFarseer Feb 2020 #120

There was also this classic Star Trek scene... thesquanderer Feb 2020 #110

Loved that scene mcar Feb 2020 #114

I was in high school then JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #179

Seriously? I don't recall John Cusack swaggering around, imitating a "bro in the hood" in that scene catbyte Feb 2020 #180

No. It's not sammythecat Feb 2020 #125

i can't imagine it. Biden doesn't live that Kurt V. Feb 2020 #4

that is one cool boombox! nt yaesu Feb 2020 #5

It depends on the audience. And considering the AA guy laughing at the end and... thesquanderer Feb 2020 #6

You're kidding, right? It happens ALL the time! Outrage for people who dont express it. oldsoftie Feb 2020 #12

Really?? So it depends on the audience? Ferrets are Cool Feb 2020 #28

I'm fine with agreeing to disagree here. (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2020 #30

And the women in my office "laughed" when our boss would make sexist jokes... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #133

re: "And the women in my office 'laughed' when our boss would make sexist jokes..." thesquanderer Feb 2020 #135

Sigh. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #136

Sigh indeed. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #145

It was a real question. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #147

two things thesquanderer Feb 2020 #152

Of course I was. Take it at face value or not. It's no skin off my nose... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #153

My best friend True Blue American Feb 2020 #184

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+ 1 There is a maniac narcissistic criminal in the WH . I will save my outrage for that happening lunasun Feb 2020 #92

It is old white privileged man goin back to the 70's thinking he is cool. LizBeth Feb 2020 #10

Offensive. Stereotype ridicule. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #13

"What is wrong with him?" He is an old white privileged man. LizBeth Feb 2020 #14

It's so embarrassing. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #15

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Sanders was born in Brooklyn NY LizBeth Feb 2020 #49

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White educated man in the 50's and 60's is about as privileged as it gets. The only thing LizBeth Feb 2020 #57

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Facts are not good faith, lol? LizBeth Feb 2020 #59

You mean like someone presenting themselves as "undecided" ehrnst Feb 2020 #137

Yeah it's almost like someone presenting themselves as a supporter of one candidate melman Feb 2020 #154

Well, it's apparently enough to make them self-delete all their posts. ehrnst Feb 2020 #155

They disrupted poorly. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #189

This message was self-deleted by its author BlueTillIDie Feb 2020 #139

You have time to rack up 250+ posts in 24 hours... ehrnst Feb 2020 #143

And his son and the mother of his child were on Medicaid and food stamps ehrnst Feb 2020 #146

And he was not providing child support. That is going to bother a lot of people. LizBeth Feb 2020 #148

Yep. And this was after his much vaunted arrest in college, and March with MLK. ehrnst Feb 2020 #149

Lol, true that. But a man's character is wrapped around how he takes care of his child. LizBeth Feb 2020 #150

According to a piece on him in an independent Vermont newspaper, once he got to Vermont, ehrnst Feb 2020 #156

This is what I have read over the years and why I was surprised it was being stated Sanders LizBeth Feb 2020 #157

That was in Chicago during college. (nt) ehrnst Feb 2020 #158

That is what I read. I think I read S Chicago, but the would not being going to the south to fight LizBeth Feb 2020 #159

And he once said that it was immoral for millionaires to serve in the Senate. ehrnst Feb 2020 #138

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He's making fun of a 1980s stereotype Sympthsical Feb 2020 #31

Racist optics. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #35

I'm the whitest person in my social group Sympthsical Feb 2020 #39

LOL NurseJackie Feb 2020 #42

Who's the racist Sympthsical Feb 2020 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author BlueTillIDie Feb 2020 #50

Oh. Good for you! NurseJackie Feb 2020 #52

Huh? mcar Feb 2020 #96

Unfortunately racism doesn't care or spare, say, white mothers of children of color ismnotwasm Feb 2020 #121

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Of course. Naturally. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #46

Here it is mcar Feb 2020 #97

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And light "poll?" cwydro Feb 2020 #123

Making fun. Right. mcar Feb 2020 #95

Indeed. Imagine if this was ANY other candidate. ehrnst Feb 2020 #185

Oh. My. God. NYMinute Feb 2020 #21

Awful. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #23

And the radio was playing Cuban songs. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #27

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Everything is connected. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #41

You mean like "the wealthy" rigging the SC debate audience with "anti-Bernie" people? ehrnst Feb 2020 #140

I'm just going to say the optics aren't great. LisaM Feb 2020 #29

Cool! David__77 Feb 2020 #32

that is COOL... myohmy2 Feb 2020 #40

Don't see Barack Obama acting as such. ALBliberal Feb 2020 #51

Don't compare Sanders to the man he wanted to primary. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #190

Bernie is not my guy, but this is a non-story. IluvPitties Feb 2020 #44

If Biden did it, viral complaints that this is ultimate proof he's out of touch, step, his mind, and emmaverybo Feb 2020 #45

This mcar Feb 2020 #98

You REALLY wanna go there? Bonobo Feb 2020 #48

Oh god. WTF with the leg hair. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #54

Is that not the most unhinged, bizarre thing you ever saw. Extremely creepy. Bonobo Feb 2020 #55

Hmm. Well, it's an anecdote. David__77 Feb 2020 #60

Pretty much same here and I would let such a bizarre statement lie normally, but Bonobo Feb 2020 #61

I get it. "Mutually assured destruction" is sort of applicable here. David__77 Feb 2020 #62

There are literally about 4 DU'ers who are doing most of it. Bonobo Feb 2020 #63

Yep, we do. redqueen Feb 2020 #160

WTF! DanTex Feb 2020 #76

Imagine if that had been Bernie. Bonobo Feb 2020 #78

Oh, yeah. It would be on every news show. DanTex Feb 2020 #79

What does this have to do with my OP? mcar Feb 2020 #99

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #105

Ooh, you got me! mcar Feb 2020 #108

Well, you were irked enough to whine about "whataboutism" so yeah, I think so. Bonobo Feb 2020 #115

I'm wounded mcar Feb 2020 #116

Your responses tell me all I need to know. Bonobo Feb 2020 #119

Ah, that reminds me of this classic Monty Python scene: George II Feb 2020 #161

Just a scratch mcar Feb 2020 #165

"I've had worse!" George II Feb 2020 #167

That was weird. Luciferous Feb 2020 #134

Double standard treestar Feb 2020 #187

Imagine if Bernie called a woman OliverQ Feb 2020 #56

Isn't praising the Cuban revolution bad enough? NurseJackie Feb 2020 #64

I don't know, ask Obama since he said the same thing. OliverQ Feb 2020 #65

Debunked. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #67

Nope, not debunked. Proven on video. OliverQ Feb 2020 #68

Debunked. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #72

No Pres Obama did NOT.. Cha Feb 2020 #131

Snap! Cha Feb 2020 #130

Dog-faced. You reversed the words. nt tblue37 Feb 2020 #80

Whataboutism! mcar Feb 2020 #101

But exactly treestar Feb 2020 #188

You know Bendinel Feb 2020 #66

Oh brother. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #69

Your response is my case in point, thanks lol Bendinel Feb 2020 #70

LOL NurseJackie Feb 2020 #73

Yes, you took the time to pen a long post, laying out your true feelings and you get... Bonobo Feb 2020 #83

Exactly! Bendinel Feb 2020 #87

... betsuni Feb 2020 #126

Welcome to DU. GP6971 Feb 2020 #71

Thanks for the welcome. Bendinel Feb 2020 #77

+ I have been here a while and ask the same thing . Why not post more positives ? lunasun Feb 2020 #84

If it's so terrible, why are you here? Squinch Feb 2020 #88

DU has other good board worthy of reading Bendinel Feb 2020 #94

Good for you with all that real world stuff! We all just live in fake worlds. Squinch Feb 2020 #74

Deny it all you want. Bendinel Feb 2020 #82

TLDR Squinch Feb 2020 #86

Anti-Bernie Brigade strikes again with maximum rudeness to a good faithed post. Lucky Luciano Feb 2020 #127

I look forward to all this education mcar Feb 2020 #103

You speak the truth, but don't worry. This place influences no one. Bonobo Feb 2020 #81

Ha Now I spilled something ...darn you😹 lunasun Feb 2020 #85

Who decides what the "real world" is? You? LakeArenal Feb 2020 #91

No, not me. Bendinel Feb 2020 #102

The fact is that Bernie is ahead in some places not in others LakeArenal Feb 2020 #104

Facts are facts, sorry. Bendinel Feb 2020 #112

If you are so sure LakeArenal Feb 2020 #124

Exactly, that seems like an experienced poster. nt R B Garr Feb 2020 #129

Why is your candidate preference GP6971 Feb 2020 #111

Bernie or warren, that's why. Bendinel Feb 2020 #113

Thanks! n/t GP6971 Feb 2020 #118

Welp. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #122

Here's a thread about Shroff that will really blow your mind if you read all the twittercomments lunasun Feb 2020 #75

Good thing Sanders didn't have hot sauce in his purse. mcar Feb 2020 #109

OMG! That is really offensive. R B Garr Feb 2020 #128

"point out the hypocrisy and double standards" -- I know, right? NurseJackie Feb 2020 #132

I think Bernie's deafness on race issues has been fairly well attended to. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2020 #142

But WAIT! There's more....He's seems to be stuck in a 60s time warp too. Kahuna7 Feb 2020 #144

This would be great in many areas of Chicago . If anything it has increased lunasun Feb 2020 #169

Get over yourself. I'm from Newark, NJ. Bros stopped hanging on street Kahuna7 Feb 2020 #170

Yeah right you are clueless lunasun Feb 2020 #171

Keep believing that. Only YOU and bernie envision bros.. Kahuna7 Feb 2020 #172

He's from Brooklyn. 'Hood means neighborhood. redqueen Feb 2020 #151

It didn't mean that when he was living there. He and I were born less than five miles apart.... George II Feb 2020 #163

Looks like the only "reach" is that explanation. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #164

What does the boom box on the shoulder mean? mcar Feb 2020 #166

This too Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #162

+1 betsuni Feb 2020 #168

I guess Bernie doesn't know how to play the sax. n/t Laelth Feb 2020 #173

As much as I dislike Bernie, let's not over react. Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #174

I'm old enough to remember when HRC was dragged for... PunkinPi Feb 2020 #175

Yes. mcar Feb 2020 #178

Bernie 2: Electric Boogaloo PubliusEnigma Feb 2020 #176

WTAF JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #181

Thank goodness he doesn't carry hot sauce mcar Feb 2020 #182

Arggh Gothmog Feb 2020 #186