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In reply to the discussion: Can we at least learn basic math? Soledad O'Brien tweet about Sanders was deleted because of this [View all]Vinca
(50,233 posts)61. You're not worth responding to, but I'm sure you're a "last worder," so have at it.
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Can we at least learn basic math? Soledad O'Brien tweet about Sanders was deleted because of this [View all]
Exotica
Jun 2018
OP
yes to a point, but a huge blunder like that doesn't help make the case, and makes it ripe for
Exotica
Jun 2018
#5
She doesn't need to "make the case." Bernie Sanders said something really stupid that demonstrated
EffieBlack
Jun 2018
#38
No, it's NOT on her. She's a journalist who sent out a tweet. That has NOTHING to do with what
EffieBlack
Jun 2018
#42
Not really. Not when she's literally saying there are 10 X more Black people in jail in Vermont
pnwmom
Jun 2018
#11
Her point is Vermont is a very white state -- which it is -- with a high proportion of incarcerated
Hoyt
Jun 2018
#17
Her math was not "a bit wrong". It was off by more than 20 thousand percent.
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2018
#21
Then leave it at: "Black people are treated very differently than white people in Vermont."
Hoyt
Jun 2018
#23
That is a fair (and important) statement. Though it isn't only true for Vermont. n/t
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2018
#26
Her point was -- "Black people are treated very differently than white people in Vermont."
Hoyt
Jun 2018
#24
Well, to be fair, how many of the 1700-ish are actually walking down the street at any given moment?
mr_lebowski
Jun 2018
#4
So, try to DO SOMETHING BOUT IT THEN, Bernie ... now that you finally know and all
mr_lebowski
Jun 2018
#7
What's tragic is that you consider the underlying message trivial enough to be laughable.
Squinch
Jun 2018
#60
Because of all those civil rights bona fides he earned at that sit-in fifty years ago?
Squinch
Jun 2018
#27
No, because its painfully fucking obvious to anyone with an average or better IQ.
phleshdef
Jun 2018
#32
So basically this is saying there is a disparity in which 10x as many blacks as whites by
Squinch
Jun 2018
#31
I don't know much about the numbers, but I'm in Vermont on an almost daily basis.
Vinca
Jun 2018
#16
Apparently you want a long list of every person I know who is not white, plus a tally of all
Vinca
Jun 2018
#56
You're the one who needed to give the tally of those two black people you know slightly or know of.
Squinch
Jun 2018
#59
You're not worth responding to, but I'm sure you're a "last worder," so have at it.
Vinca
Jun 2018
#61
I appreciate your sense of fairness and the importance of reliable informaton
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2018
#19
Semantics, wrong about Vermont right about Sanders obtuseness regarding minority jailing ....
uponit7771
Jun 2018
#22
Yes, but pouncing on technical errors like that that don't actually change the argument is silly
kcr
Jun 2018
#29
Nice try at deflection. But it doesn't matter that Soledad misquoted a response to Bernie's quote.
EffieBlack
Jun 2018
#37
How is Soledad's tweet a "self-inflicted wound to people who are legitimately questioning Sanders?"
EffieBlack
Jun 2018
#47