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JCanete

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37. This argument is silly. Not every forum always has to include the same people. Nor would you hold

Thu Dec 6, 2018, 12:11 PM

Dec 2018

anybody else to this bar. I guess I could start looking for you at previous events thrown by other more "respectable" public figures here, but I think we know what that would show.

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Letter from the Rutland Area NAACP on Sanders Institute Multi-cultural forum [View all] ehrnst Dec 2018 OP

Thank you for posting this Gothmog Dec 2018 #1

There were a number of highly critical tweets over the weekend about this so-called "Gathering".... George II Dec 2018 #2

Did the Democratic candidate for governor, Christine Hallquist, attend The Gathering? TexasTowelie Dec 2018 #3

Bingo! You would think Vermont issues would be a priority R B Garr Dec 2018 #20

Nah, all about national celebrity and visibility. It's telling. brush Dec 2018 #26

K&R for the voices that should be centered. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2018 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2018 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2018 #6

According to this letter, she wasn't invited EffieBlack Dec 2018 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2018 #10

I'm late to this thread. "She's" not Stacey Abrams, Hortensis Dec 2018 #18

She was not invited. ehrnst Dec 2018 #8

They didn't...nt SidDithers Dec 2018 #9

Quelle Surprise! Tarheel_Dem Dec 2018 #11

This just breaks my heart. sheshe2 Dec 2018 #12

Wow Me. Dec 2018 #13

Good lord. He invited who he invited. Apparently Sanders people have had this activist speak JCanete Dec 2018 #14

Why don't you post that to the FB page where the statement is posted, and the authors can read your ehrnst Dec 2018 #16

... Cha Dec 2018 #17

you're the one posting it here. I'm responding to it here. nt JCanete Dec 2018 #19

I would think that the Rutland NAACP would welcome your explaining to them why they get it "wrong." ehrnst Dec 2018 #21

Whoosh! peggysue2 Dec 2018 #28

I think we both know that going the Rutland NAACP with that critique would look something like this: ehrnst Dec 2018 #33

of course...I'm perfectly willing to listen to this person's critiques...but first, not everybody is JCanete Dec 2018 #36

No one expected everyone to be in lockstep agreement... ehrnst Dec 2018 #38

The "author" isn't just some person in the United States, she is the President.... George II Dec 2018 #23

How do you determine what was much more inclusive. Based on what metric? JCanete Dec 2018 #24

Presumably Sanders had the "experts" on the subject, so by scheduling it at the same time.... George II Dec 2018 #25

Oh my! peggysue2 Dec 2018 #29

... George II Dec 2018 #30

This argument is silly. Not every forum always has to include the same people. Nor would you hold JCanete Dec 2018 #37

"Silly." That's almost as condescending as "absurd." ehrnst Dec 2018 #40

Again, why don't you ask those writing the letter that question? ehrnst Dec 2018 #35

It's not just one "individual" making this "absurd claim." ehrnst Dec 2018 #39

I'm sure they're great people. I disagree with great people all the time. Sometimes they even JCanete Dec 2018 #44

This is reminiscent of the Sanders campaign in SC Docreed2003 Dec 2018 #32

Indeed. ehrnst Dec 2018 #43

K&R mcar Dec 2018 #15

K&R betsuni Dec 2018 #22

He has been told a million times that he has an inclusion problem. Squinch Dec 2018 #27

K&R Croney Dec 2018 #31

Bernie is Not Just a Part of the Movement. He is His Own Movement TomCADem Dec 2018 #34

No he's not and he won't have the critical mass of minorty voters uponit7771 Dec 2018 #41

I think that one needs to understand the difference between a campaign and a movement. (nt) ehrnst Dec 2018 #42

Hear Hear! Cha Dec 2018 #46

Vermont leaders have issues with Sanders Cha Dec 2018 #45