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In reply to the discussion: Young white males advocating for the 99% are now suspect. [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)11. Every tactic the Third Way tries to use, slimes them more.
They really are in a hopeless situation. A Catch-22.
*They can embrace and run on their candidates' predatory, corporate, warmongering, antidemocratic policy agenda. But if they do that, they alienate the 99 percent, who are sick of looting, murderous, predatory corporate exploitation.
*Or they can LIE about and deny their candidates' true agenda, and pretend to be populists. But if they do that, they alienate the 99 percent, who are sick of obvious manipulative lies from corrupt, corporate politicians.
*Or they can focus on trying to slime the opposition, in which case they alienate the 99 percent, who are sick of dirty, diversionary, dishonest politics.
They can't win, because they are corrupt. And now that we have a genuinely honest candidate in the race, their corruption is glaring by contrast. It's good to see the Third Way finally exposed for what they really are.
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Crazy when young white men advocating for social justice is presented as a bad thing.
Luminous Animal
May 2015
#2
Occupy Atlanta offshoot of Wall Street protest denies Rep. John Lewis chance to speak
struggle4progress
May 2015
#4
They did not deny him a chance to speak.They asked him to wait his turn.
Cheese Sandwich
May 2015
#10
Yeah. He was the member of Congress for the district containing the park where Occupy Atlanta
struggle4progress
May 2015
#17
It's an all-purpose DU bugaboo. If someone does something unpleasant, it's because they're...
Hekate
May 2015
#55
Any identifiable group that endorses, contributes to, or supports Bernie will now be "suspect".
djean111
May 2015
#18
LOL. I just thank heaven for the laws that were in the works that did NOT get passed.
merrily
May 2015
#65
Obviously, this means I can no longer believe in populist reform or vote for Bernie Sanders.
merrily
May 2015
#26
Failed to get out the Democratic vote, too. Who knew that was Occupy's mission and not the Party's?
merrily
May 2015
#37
That OP is in fact an old, straight white affluent man in a Red State slamming young men to his left
Bluenorthwest
May 2015
#41
Occupy...Come Together...Peace...All of us can! Why so much infighting?
NoJusticeNoPeace
May 2015
#53
i can tell you why, or i have, and we will see the very people tell me to shush.
seabeyond
May 2015
#54
How does that post have anything to do with either Sanders or HRC? as some are claiming...
Hekate
May 2015
#57
Sadly, far too many white males on DU are hostile to feminists/people of color-
KittyWampus
May 2015
#62