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radical noodle

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85. If you aren't on twitter

Reply to melman (Reply #47)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 11:39 PM

Dec 2017

why do you try to defend something that's going on there? Just wondering is all.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates Deletes Twitter Account Amid Cornel West Feud: 'Peace, Y'all. I'm Out' [View all] DonViejo Dec 2017 OP

What a nightmare this has been. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #1

Godamnit. ismnotwasm Dec 2017 #2

I stand with Ta-Nehisi Coates DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2017 #3

+1 PunkinPi Dec 2017 #4

Same here. Garrett78 Dec 2017 #9

I stand with everything except his lumping feminists with white supremacists. MrsCoffee Dec 2017 #18

Same nt Quayblue Dec 2017 #52

Me too! FM123 Dec 2017 #66

I stand with Coates, too. I've actively defended West in the past, but not this time. ancianita Dec 2017 #90

I don't know exactly when it happened sharp_stick Dec 2017 #5

Him and Tavis Smiley went nuts over percieved slights by Barack Obama brush Dec 2017 #17

Trust me we have been looking for his mind for years now, but it is definitely lost. grantcart Dec 2017 #26

Yes. Seems likely he was forced into a degree Hortensis Dec 2017 #27

I always felt Cornel West was nutty, never liked him marylandblue Dec 2017 #28

Same here. He's been spewing the same gibberish for 40 years. nt Kahuna7 Dec 2017 #64

This is why we can't have nice things... Blue_Tires Dec 2017 #6

New Republic Article from Michael Eric Dyson irisblue Dec 2017 #7

We also need to fucking kill the word "Neoliberal" Blue_Tires Dec 2017 #11

"neoliberal".. they're just full of Cha Dec 2017 #24

People tell me 'neo-liberal' has an actual meaning. comradebillyboy Dec 2017 #38

Yes, it has actual meaning. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #44

In what ways are "most Democrats holding office" neoliberals? lapucelle Dec 2017 #71

I'll give you ten dollars and some peanut brittle if you give examples of how Dems are neoliberal. betsuni Dec 2017 #87

They never EVER have a cogent answer. JHan Dec 2017 #96

The ACA. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #99

Joe Lieberman killed the public option. Everybody knows this. betsuni Dec 2017 #118

I've noticed that quite often, it's those pretending to have the answer who never allow us objective LanternWaste Dec 2017 #110

Neoliberalism favors deregulation, privatization, austerity, lapucelle Dec 2017 #72

Mahalo lapucelle.. Cha Dec 2017 #79

Reagan was the prototypical neoliberal. lapucelle Dec 2017 #82

Good... glad they got that Cha Dec 2017 #83

Seriously, when is it time to finally have the discussion about Blue_Tires Dec 2017 #8

Don't forget.. Cha Dec 2017 #16

"Red Rose Twitter" melman Dec 2017 #20

So defensive emulatorloo Dec 2017 #29

Defensive? melman Dec 2017 #47

Dunno, criticism of Bernie or Buster stuff doesn't freak me out. Bernie primary supporter here. emulatorloo Dec 2017 #65

If you aren't on twitter radical noodle Dec 2017 #85

I'm not defending anything melman Dec 2017 #94

What's your Twitter handle? Arazi Dec 2017 #53

Not a twitter member. No interest in being a member. emulatorloo Dec 2017 #62

Uh huh. So you're dinging someone for making an obvious observation Arazi Dec 2017 #67

What an odd thing to write. emulatorloo Dec 2017 #69

Btw my comment wasn't about twitter nor was it addressed to you emulatorloo Dec 2017 #76

+1000000000 betsuni Dec 2017 #23

+One! Cha Dec 2017 #59

It's more than time to have this discussion mcar Dec 2017 #57

No kidding! Cha Dec 2017 #58

Cha! mcar Dec 2017 #60

Where have you been? nt Blue_true Dec 2017 #73

Moving to Cha Dec 2017 #80

Enjoy your new home. The news blackout was a mixed bag. Blue_true Dec 2017 #84

Mahalo Blue_true.. Cha Dec 2017 #86

Here in NY, our local Democratic Women's Caucus helped flip our red county blue. lapucelle Dec 2017 #95

Mahalo, lapucelle! Cha Dec 2017 #116

I like your terminology "Kremlin Left". I am letting you that jrthin Dec 2017 #61

I love the term too. Blue_true Dec 2017 #74

an article that guves west his due, but shows why he is so f***ing wrong here DonCoquixote Dec 2017 #10

A good read. Thanks. I like The Root. ancianita Dec 2017 #91

I wish we had more AA voices here. VermontKevin Dec 2017 #12

I do too. nt irisblue Dec 2017 #14

Post removed Post removed Dec 2017 #15

That's not the fault of the site owners. It was obnoxious out of control members emulatorloo Dec 2017 #32

That's what I thought too. I don't see a lot of activity on the part of the owners/admins... Caliman73 Dec 2017 #37

Really? Can you name the obnoxious and out of control AA and/or female voices VermontKevin Dec 2017 #39

You either misunderstood or chose to misunderstand that statement Hekate Dec 2017 #46

Read my post again. I did not say anything like that! emulatorloo Dec 2017 #63

Those "three white guys" started this site in what was then our darkest hour... Hekate Dec 2017 #36

Yes. Thank you for pointing out that in 17 years, the control hasn't changed. VermontKevin Dec 2017 #41

Ahem. Thank you for arriving 6 months ago from Vermont to school us on diversity... Hekate Dec 2017 #45

'arriving 6 months ago' melman Dec 2017 #48

Yeah. He sure has a lot of opinions on our history, doesn't he? Hekate Dec 2017 #49

Not any more, nyuk nyuk. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #88

What does this post mean? Did some of the people here "target" this poster and Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #100

Huh? Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #111

You didnt understand my question? Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #112

Say what now? Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #117

Of course not JustAnotherGen Dec 2017 #119

Yeah, I guess so. I just want to talk to people who support Democrats, is all. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #121

Must be JustAnotherGen Dec 2017 #120

Like the way you have treated me of late? Cary Dec 2017 #98

We had an intense argument and both got under each other's skin... Hekate Dec 2017 #113

That should have been something considered Skidmore Dec 2017 #21

Post removed Post removed Dec 2017 #30

A lot happened during primary 2016 at DU you may be unaware of. emulatorloo Dec 2017 #35

Well, I follow lots of banned DUers on Twitter who are POC. Don't VermontKevin Dec 2017 #43

How many is "lots"? And have you ever bothered to visit the AA group here? Hekate Dec 2017 #51

Really? And how did you reach this understanding? Which site is your other home? Hekate Dec 2017 #50

Oh, come on, Skidmore. Gratitude and admiration for turnout Hortensis Dec 2017 #33

Except, Alabama. Virginia. 2016. Maybe the plain old massive white vote, as you say, VermontKevin Dec 2017 #42

we used to heaven05 Dec 2017 #54

Yup ismnotwasm Dec 2017 #68

yep heaven05 Dec 2017 #108

Truth! nt brer cat Dec 2017 #70

In short many POC who once posted on DU no longer do? Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #101

The reason why is glaringly obvious but I don't feel free comradebillyboy Dec 2017 #103

Ahh, I was afraid of that. Mums the word as they used to say. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #104

Indeed, one must be extremely careful about what one posts. comradebillyboy Dec 2017 #105

Can I say if people hadnt done what they did none of this nightmare Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #106

I'm not so sure we can relate the flaws of DU to the comradebillyboy Dec 2017 #114

This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #115

Ask any of heaven05 Dec 2017 #107

I have a liberal response to that about racism but I cant say it here. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #109

cornel west is a jealous has been. Cha Dec 2017 #13

He's toxic. I can't stand him. NurseJackie Dec 2017 #22

Richard Spencer Cha Dec 2017 #25

When I saw Spencers tweet backing West irisblue Dec 2017 #78

cornel should Cha Dec 2017 #81

The word "neoliberal" has become a crutch for the ignorant. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2017 #19

More drama in the Trumpian Reality TV Era. writerJT Dec 2017 #31

Cornell West used to be an accomplished and interesting, albeit derivative, academic philosopher... blitzen Dec 2017 #34

I have developed such a disdain for Dr. West these past 2 years - The Polack MSgt Dec 2017 #40

Same here. He lives in the LaLa land of big White, higher education and looks down his nose Yavin4 Dec 2017 #55

Cornell West is a nut. Look at his eyes when he talks. Blue_true Dec 2017 #77

Coates is a badass researcher and writer roscoeroscoe Dec 2017 #56

I hope Coates reconsiders. PragmaticDem Dec 2017 #75

Why is he leaving? Dawson Leery Dec 2017 #89

Probably to avoid saying something he'll regret. nt ecstatic Dec 2017 #93

CW is disgusting. I'm so sick of him. It's better that TNC ecstatic Dec 2017 #92

This thread by Jelani Cobb exposes West's hypocrisy. JHan Dec 2017 #97

I do not get these twitter feuds. It seems like middle school name-calling drama to me. Tipperary Dec 2017 #102