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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Third Way Progressives, Screwing the Plebs [View all]Skidmore
(37,364 posts)17. K&R Absolutely.
Economic equality and social justice are both sides of the same coin.
Well said.
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TheKentuckian
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No. I flipped the term and bastardized it just like some from the 'far left' have done
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He has not discussed the harassment. I have no idea why you think he has. He declined.
bravenak
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I damn sure can!! Why ever not? They are doing it in his name and pretending nothing happened!
bravenak
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So you are outraged about a vote that happened well before you were posting as a Bernie
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Explained above, although since I rarely get hides and can afford one I tried to search...
cui bono
Oct 2015
#147
It's by a racist calling Bernie a racist. I didn't say your post in and of itself was racist.
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Oct 2015
#303
Why have you not harassed the stockholm sybdrome guy or the race nagging guy?
bravenak
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#305
Yeah. I can see why a PoC might interpret that differently than a white person
cui bono
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#319
But again, you can't throw away a lifetime of fighting for civil rights and racial equality
cui bono
Oct 2015
#321
Again, that's ridiculous. So you're going to vote for someone who's worse on racial issues
cui bono
Oct 2015
#334
Look at the quote where he says that people shouldn't vote based on their own race. That is wrong.
bravenak
Oct 2015
#110
Explain how will Hillary help us as black people, when she shills for Wall Street?
JRLeft
Oct 2015
#301
Why would you think I think ANYBODY is gonna do a damn thing unless we force them?
bravenak
Oct 2015
#306
Of course they shouldn't! Why the hell should rational and decent people vote based on race?
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#213
You'll be voting for Ben Carson, then, should he win the Republican nomination? (n/t)
SMC22307
Oct 2015
#232
Where does he say that? I listened twice and didn't hear it. Can you give me the time in the video?
cui bono
Oct 2015
#235
You made the assertion. I told you I watched it twice and read the transcript underneath.
cui bono
Oct 2015
#272
You said he said people shouldn't vote based on their race or something similar.
cui bono
Oct 2015
#315
The 60s was a long time ago. He voted for mass incarceration after he marched and sat in.
bravenak
Oct 2015
#256
He's been fighting racial injustice since then. He has a strong platform on racial justice.
cui bono
Oct 2015
#269
Yeah, but he got arrested protesting for civil rights. You can't take that away from him
cui bono
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#292
I think people are getting too emotionally involved in the candidate and seeing themselves in him.
bravenak
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#72
You didn't have to "start" any of this considering that I didn't engage you in the first place
Number23
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#212
I love how folks some folks act like they are the only ones who read things around here!
Number23
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I briefly worked as a store detective during my college years and did witness this sort of racism...
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#55
Third way progressives tend to minimize things and not notice their own failures.
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Wow. Some people work hard as hell to pretend that someone called them racist, don't they??
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THIS> "I'm not seeing an accusation of racism per say but an education on the use of "uppity" and..
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By your definition you didn't use "uppity" correctly. Yesterday I did, and in the correct way.
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#200
Me and apparently everyone here but you understands what the word "uppity" means
Number23
Oct 2015
#227
Racial inequality in educational and economic opportunity is way more important an issue than
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#44
Why do you get to decide what is more important for blacks? Vattel... You know how that sounds...
bravenak
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#45
Hey, it's not my fault that so many more people die from racial inequality in opportunity than
Vattel
Oct 2015
#54
Tell that to all the victims of racial inequality in educational and ecomnomic opportunity,
Vattel
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#61
Unfortunately, there are plenty of racial injustices in our society and many are victims.
Vattel
Oct 2015
#64
What about the vast majority that aren't killed, fuck em? The blue gang does a drive by
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#230
Economic equality cannot succeed without addressing social justice as well. nt
Skidmore
Oct 2015
#344
True but what about the majority of black and brown kids that live in the meanwhile? Fuck em, right?
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#369
Seems pretty obvious when your response to a question about education is
TheKentuckian
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#375
His racial justice platform has the best rating from Campaign Zero of any canddiate
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Oct 2015
#257
That's nice. I am still not impressed with the manner in which he refused to discuss
bravenak
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#260
I think the context of the harassment is important to figure out exactly what's going on
jfern
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#296
I did. I feel he lacks the executive skillas as I addressed in my peter principle article.
bravenak
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#304
Yes. She and I discussed that. You should have seen the asian privilege thread.
bravenak
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#347
Well, there are probably more young passionate Bernie supporters on the Internet
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#351
That Hillary site accepted me when I was feeling low. They treat me with kindness at all times.
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#352
Yeah. But I like to focus on domestic slavery since it affects our society still.
bravenak
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#188
Yeah, like they came and took us in chains just to be mean to black people.
TheKentuckian
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#371
Strawman temper tantrum because the fiscal conservative/social liberal shit won't fly anymore, huh?
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#83
There is only one justice. The response is earned by anyone trying to parse it to make it acceptable
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#99
There is no justice without equality. The slave class mentality for blacks where they
bravenak
Oct 2015
#102
I already said just that. I also said that there is no justice in desperation and want.
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#115
Hillary touches poor black children. But not in a weird way. Lolololol! This is funny.
bravenak
Oct 2015
#133
You don't know anything about either candidate if you think they are not very far apart
cui bono
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#328
Same reason I don't like paternalistic anti social justice only money matters democrats.
bravenak
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#137
The crime bill pushed and supported friends of the black community, the Clintons?
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#365
So, no standing on principle? I guess that's fighting for us for fifty years!!! Except on prison..
bravenak
Oct 2015
#398
No, I guess you don't stand on principle. You show that all over this thread.
cui bono
Oct 2015
#400
If Prism's OP response to this thread is locked then this one should be too.
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#191
My concern is politicians using social issues as a feel-good talking point to continue to ignore
Bonobo
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#195
Then do not ever trust anybody running for prez. That is power seeking behaivior.
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What actions has HRC taken that lead you to describe her as left of Bernie on Racial Justice?
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Then do not bother looking. No me importa. I do not care. It is not important to me.
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#266
For us, hiring is social justice. Our applications often get tossed cause of RACISM.
bravenak
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This is directed at those who are left on economics and right on social justice as in ignoring it.
bravenak
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#241
I find it strange that one side is allowed to bastardize the term third way, but they will
bravenak
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#393
I am making it about social justice. My voice will be heard. My complaints as well.
bravenak
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Nor do i. I also do not believe thateconomic justice will ever come to blacks in this
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So is this how you've convinced yourself to support a center-right more of the same establishment
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