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In reply to the discussion: Bernie fishing for Pete voters, blaaaaaaa [View all]Celerity
(43,064 posts)42. elements with his core supporters and his campaign have been viciously attacking, lying, smearing
Buttigieg for damn near a year straight, homophobia included.
Sanders Supporter: Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg is "a bloodless asexual."
https://www.democraticunderground.org/1287608116
The people in the crowd were angry, and Chapo Trap House wanted them to stay that way. The five hosts of the popular socialist podcast wanted everyone to know they had all been lied to. About everything.
The media they consumed was fake news aimed to distract them from the only war worth fighting: the class war. Politesse, civility, even pleasure those were tools of the neoliberal oppressor. The right answer is rage.
That joy, the Chapo co-host Will Menaker said to the crowd gathered in Iowa City on the eve of the Iowa caucus. Thats good but its not as good a motivator when youre really going to war as spite.
Let the hate feed you, the co-host Amber ALee Frost added as the audience roared.
And it does. Especially toward other Democrats.
Supporters of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. are gelatinous 100-year-olds.
Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg is a bloodless asexual.
The gayest thing about him is he descends from an ethnic group thats like a little toy dog, Ms. ALee Frost said.
The media they consumed was fake news aimed to distract them from the only war worth fighting: the class war. Politesse, civility, even pleasure those were tools of the neoliberal oppressor. The right answer is rage.
That joy, the Chapo co-host Will Menaker said to the crowd gathered in Iowa City on the eve of the Iowa caucus. Thats good but its not as good a motivator when youre really going to war as spite.
Let the hate feed you, the co-host Amber ALee Frost added as the audience roared.
And it does. Especially toward other Democrats.
Supporters of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. are gelatinous 100-year-olds.
Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg is a bloodless asexual.
The gayest thing about him is he descends from an ethnic group thats like a little toy dog, Ms. ALee Frost said.
'Racist' TYT reporter continues smear campaign against Buttigieg
(A must read, this backs up what I have been saying since spring 2019. The whole Sirota/JD/TYT/DSA/BoBer crowd has been camping down in South Bend for 8 months or so, trying to dig up dirt and smear Pete.)
October 25, 2019
https://orderofthecoif.wordpress.com/2019/10/25/racist-tyt-reporter-continues-smear-campaign-against-buttigieg/
The Young Turks today published the latest in a series of articles about Pete Buttigieg that theyve characterised as investigative reporting. As will be shown in this article, these articles by Jonathan Larsen constitute nothing less than a sustained smear campaign that breaks all the basic rules of good, objective journalism. Mr Larsen consistently relies upon anonymous sources with suspect motivations, and often misleads his readers about the nature of documents on which he purports to rely.
The articles have also consistently pressed the most slanted and unfavourable interpretation against Mr Buttigieg, and relied substantially on innuendo and conspiracy theory dressed up as searching questions. The articles have sought to create an impression that Mr Buttigieg is engaging in racist policies or corrupt conduct, while failing to establish corroborated facts that actually support such an interpretation. This article will also set out Mr Larsen has questions to answer about his own conduct, which has been alleged in open court to include racist bullying, harassment and racial discrimination. Cenk Uygur should explain why a reporter credibly accused of racist conduct is allowed to continue on his staff while the issue remains unresolved.
Secret Tapes
The matter begins in January 2012 when Mr Buttigieg commenced his first term as Mayor of South Bend. Upon taking up a mayoralty, an Indiana mayor will determine who their chief of police shall be. The incumbent is not guaranteed to be appointed to continue under the new mayor. The incumbent chief in South Bend was Chief Darryl Boykins, an African-American police officer who enjoyed the confidence and respect of the community. Mr Buttigieg interviewed three candidates from the South Bend Police Department; Chief Boykins and division chiefs Steve Richmond and Tim Corbett. Mayor Buttigieg decided, based on his performance as chief and his good relations with the community, to reappoint Chief Boykins.
It has been alleged that six days after Mayor Buttigieg took office, on 6th January, 2012, Chief Boykins called division chief Richmond into his office and, berated him for having been disloyal to him by seeking his job and for being a backstabber'. Chief Boykins also told Richmond that he had been wiretapping his and other senior officers phone lines, and that he would fire anyone he determined to be disloyal. It is also said that on 17th January, Richmond spoke to Karen DePaepe, SBPD Director of Communications, and asked her whether it was true that his line had been tapped. DePaepe responded that the chief requested a line tap the day he promoted you to division chief.
Richmond and other officers whose phone lines it transpired had been tapped by DePaepe at the request of the chief since 2010, went to the US Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, a Democrat Mr David Capp (who was incidentally later fired by Donald Trump), to complain about the taps which they interpreted to be illegal breaches of their constitutional 4th amendment rights. The FBI commenced an investigation of Chief Boykins, and Mayor Buttigieg was informed. Prior to this the mayor was unaware of the existence of the tapes. The US Attorney informed the mayor that if Chief Boykins was quietly dispensed with as head of the SBPD, they would agree not to press charges.
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a lot more at the link, all documented
I can list a SHEDLOAD more of the bollocks and slander and hate from a myriad number of the Sanderite social media sphere, far left, radical sites (that rathole hate site JPR for a great example), blogs, mags, and shows like TYT, etc
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If Bernie had been in Selma today, he could have discussed it with Pete in person...nt
SidDithers
Mar 2020
#1
21% of Buttigieg supporters rank Sanders as their second choice. Higher than any other candidate.
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2020
#4
It's higher than any other candidate. So should everyone else be embarrassed too?
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2020
#12
Still tied with Biden. Which is significant. It might not impact the race as much as thought.
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2020
#10
Go look on twitter and see the homophobic and insulting tweets about Mayor Pete
NCProgressive
Mar 2020
#34
LOL. Bernie puts out a kind and complimentary statement, and people are outraged!
DanTex
Mar 2020
#20
"Kind and complimentary"? Of all the best wishes from other candidates, his was the ONLY one....
George II
Mar 2020
#26
What "Bros"? You mean the term the media fabricated to pretend that Bernie's supporters
DanTex
Mar 2020
#44
Interesting take. I disagree. I don't think recovering addicts should be shamed about their past.
DanTex
Mar 2020
#61
I don't think that recovering addicts should be shamed about their past either,
TexasTowelie
Mar 2020
#68
What about people being shamed with racist and misogynistic names for supporting Warren?
ehrnst
Mar 2020
#86
that twitter troll in your link's a perfect example of the Sanderite social hit job patrol on parade
Celerity
Mar 2020
#74
elements with his core supporters and his campaign have been viciously attacking, lying, smearing
Celerity
Mar 2020
#42
Well done, Celerity. Thank you for shutting that hogwash down. ❤ nt
littlemissmartypants
Mar 2020
#65