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TomCADem

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18. Sounds like a Bernie Version of "What is Aleppo?"

Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:23 AM

Feb 2019

Seriously, Glenn Greenwald's site the Intercept is once again bending over backwards to apologize for Bernie Sanders. How is this different from Gary Johnson asking, "What is Aleppo?"

Yet, the Intercept treats a similar response from Bernie as a sign of courage when it is either ignorance or political cowardice.

This is a tough question. I personally would be fine with an answer that i support aggressively pushing for equal opportunity now and fighting voter suppression, rather than focusing on reparations in the form of cash payments based on race.

See? Some folks may like this. Others may hate it, but to just dodge the question?

Finally, to play dumb on the subject of reparations is tough when Bernie has been against it in the past. Why suddenly play coy now?

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

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Bernie Sanders Asks the Right Question on Reparations: What Does It Mean? [View all] Uncle Joe Feb 2019 OP

"When pressed, Sanders refuses to say that he supports reparations" LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #1

That's a sensible position given the vagueness of the notion. Mr. Smith Feb 2019 #2

Of course Bernie is right on this issue... shows why he's a smart, genuine & serious candidate!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #30

The word "reparations" can generate a push button response. David__77 Feb 2019 #3

Reparations talk from any candidate is a non-starter for me metroins Feb 2019 #4

Asking questions is good forklift Feb 2019 #5

Very unusual for BS to suddenly turn "practical." CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #6

Great observation, so we can afford college and healthcare but not reparations? Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #8

Bernie didn't say we can't afford reparations. Autumn Feb 2019 #9

pesky facts Go Vols Feb 2019 #10

It's so inconvenient when Bernie doesn't say what people want him to say. Autumn Feb 2019 #11

This came up in 2016 and he said there wasn't enough support for them to make them a priority Empowerer Feb 2019 #22

Of course. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #23

I wonder what the difference is, or what motivates such practicality. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #19

I'm glad he asked that question,he's too smart to fall for gotcha crap. I'm very much against Autumn Feb 2019 #7

In a perfect world Native Americans would get reparations too. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #12

Agreed n/t ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #14

We screwed the African Americans and the Native Americans. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #15

Not to mention the Trail of Tears ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #16

Actually, the Native Americans of the "five civilized tribes" had African slaves LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #24

A lot of escaped slaves lived among the American Indians as free men and women. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #25

Very true. My point was that Native American issues are extraordinarily complex, and LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #27

History is a complicated thing. LisaM Feb 2019 #26

And conquest. Quite true. LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #28

Reparations isn't a winning issue ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #13

what, is he asking the fucking air? bigtree Feb 2019 #17

Sounds like a Bernie Version of "What is Aleppo?" TomCADem Feb 2019 #18

He is a career politician who should have deeper thoughts than this. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #20

K&R.. disillusioned73 Feb 2019 #21

It would have been thought provoking if.... spicysista Feb 2019 #29

One has MyNameGoesHere Feb 2019 #31

I've been meaning to read up on her more.. disillusioned73 Feb 2019 #32