What happened to my country? Re: Bernie the white supremist?

means (and denying you are one is "white fragility" allowed by and therefore implicating you a supremacist system); Black Sandersonians are exceptions in some way (ways they define)

it elevates academese over any real-world considerations and tries to smother other possible interpretations

this all happened with the UVa and Duke cases: the rhetoric's still going strong regardless of the facts

First, there is the KKK that we are all familiar with, the cross burning, sheet wearing, lynchers of black men in the south. These are the guys most people are familiar with.

But there is the northern version founded in Hayden Idaho by a Reverend Richard Butler, now deceased and hopefully burning in Hell. The Rev. Butler founded the Church of the Aryan nation. Supposedly, they are Christian, but won't acknowledge that Jesus was a Jew. You see they hate Jews, hispanics, African American and anyone who isn't European white. Their hero is Hitler. They tattoo themselves with swastikas. They don't believe the United States government has sovereignty over them so don't feel our laws pertain to them. Many of them beat their wives because supposedly the men are supreme. They hoard guns because they believe they will go to war with the USA one day. They congregate at that awful website known as Storm Front. They make the Freepers look like harmless morons.

I have known some of these clowns personally because I had to work alongside a few of them when I lived in Idaho. I actually had to call the sheriff on one of them who was yelling at and slapping his wife, my co-worker. She got mad at me because he got arrested and told me I should mind my own business. I had to listen to all the name calling of Jews, Blacks, Hispanics and other PoC. I couldn't do anything about it except tell them to shut up which I did often.

Well, now that you know what a real White Supremacist is, I hope you can see why comparing Bernie, who is Jewish and lost family to Hitler, is so over the top and egregiously cruel that I have no words. This would be insulting to any white American who wasn't one of that club, but to accuse a Jewish person of association with Swastika wearing, Hitler adulators is beyond awful. I like Bravenak and hope to see her posting soon because I know if she really realized what she was saying she wouldn't have.

But never ever accuse anyone of being a White Supremacist, especially a Jew, unless you are very sure they are.

what sticks.

This approach is supposed to force Bernie to be reactive to the attacks instead of proactive toward the issues. To weaken him and his campaign by weakening his credibility.

This is why Bernie's grass roots campaign is so needed. Because we know the truth and don't have to listen to drooling propaganda spewing lies vomited forth by the mainstream corporate owned media organs. We can listen directly to Bernie on U-Tube, twitter, Facebook and other social media.

If I recall correctly, Rove's strategy was to attack the opponent on his/her strengths. Swiftboat Kerry on his military experience, attack Tammy Duckworth on hers, and challenge Max Cleland's patriotism. Rove is a nasty, evil little worm.

I sometimes wonder if God didn't create Rove out of Dick Cheney's poop.

Good one!

Meet Shaun Winkler...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/klu-klux-klan-white-supremacist-running-sheriff-idaho-article-1.1047498

member of the Aryan Nations and their "Church of Jesus Christ Christian," current wizard of the North Idaho KKK, and former candidate for sheriff of Bonner County, Idaho. He said he wasn't going to run the county as a "white supremacist," but also said he wouldn't stop the weekly "cross lighting" ceremonies he holds on his compound.

Here's the sick part: almost 190 people voted for this man.

There was a time they were being marginalized by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Now they are getting into office? This is a crisis situation. Many of them are criminals. One of the newspapers did a study and found that most of the robberies and hold ups in the area were being done by them.

The real worrisome thing in Bonner County is all the sovereign citizens they have there.

large family across 13 states with people of every heritage and background- black, white, Hispanic, Native American, LGBT and close friends all over who are Christian, Asian, Jewish, Atheist, Sikh, Muslim, Catholic et al.

"Stop In The Name Of Love" fits.

It is quite long, but well worth the time. Plus, there are many links in it that lead to interesting information.

It is specific to the BLM movement in NYC. However, the issues raised had parallels to some that I had previously read about in the Phoenix and Seattle incidents.

I'll let folks draw their own conclusions, but the article helped put many seemingly nonsensical pieces of this puzzle together for me. Especially after I followed various links to additional information.

Sorry if this sounds cryptic. I just want to work things out a little more before I put too many wrong or foolish theories into words... Well that, and it's almost 9:00 pm eastern. Nearly my bedtime!

will attack using tools out of the RW toolbox.

Think the trouble may have started with an interview with David Greene on NPR's Morning Edition. Greene had covered the Clinton campaign in 2008 focusing on racial attitudes & their effect on voters. Greene's interview with Sanders was aired on June 24 of this year.

The interview is somewhat contentious as Greene's topic is Sanders' history of gun votes. The topic shifts to Ferguson and things start to get interesting around the 3:25 mark. Around 4:20 Greene presses Sanders on use of the phrase "Black Lives Matter" and it gets heated as, in Sanders' view, it's more important to correct injustices and improve the lives of African Americans than it is to rely on "phraseology" that glosses over the root issues underlying the problems (hope I'm interpreting this correctly).

http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/06/24/417180805/bernie-sanders-walks-a-fine-line-on-gun-control

Made me feel better, you know, because the trolls...the trolls want us to get all bent out of shape and ONLY discuss Bernie's 'problem' with BLM. That way, we'll all get off message and ignore the REAL issues of global warming, income inequality, healthcare, huge college costs and so on.

Stay on message!

Good advice for ALL of us, including me.

This has been so confusing and frustrating for those of us who love Bernie and support BLM.

big oil, MIC, PIC, Pharma, privatization and profitization of everything under corporate elite rule.

Stay on Message, Bernie 2016! Sanderstorm is Here!

The 1% will do everything and anything to take this breath of fresh air, honest candidate out. He needs more security.

were Palinites. It isn't a huge surprise that there would be some intersection between BLM and the Palin Fan Cub and the HRC fan club.