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DirkGently

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56. Blerg. What frantic, grotesque, & amateur smear tactics.

Reply to Luminous Animal (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2015, 12:49 PM

May 2015

Seriously. Like Hillary? Great. Talk about why. Slimy racist smears on OWS are beneath DU, and humanity in general.

Gross.

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Young white males advocating for the 99% are now suspect. [View all] Luminous Animal May 2015 OP

Apparently. Too much empathy. bravenak May 2015 #1

Crazy when young white men advocating for social justice is presented as a bad thing. Luminous Animal May 2015 #2

Yep. It is. bravenak May 2015 #31

+100 nt JustAnotherGen May 2015 #40

Tell it to Scott Olsen. (n/t) SMC22307 May 2015 #5

If Democrats begin to shame TM99 May 2015 #3

yes! flobee1 May 2015 #38

Occupy Atlanta offshoot of Wall Street protest denies Rep. John Lewis chance to speak struggle4progress May 2015 #4

Are you saying that Occupy asked him not to speak because he was black? nt Zorra May 2015 #6

Not allowing John Lewis to speak is pretty stupid Cali_Democrat May 2015 #8

He wasn't turned away. Marr May 2015 #9

Did he speak? ucrdem May 2015 #16

Your response has little to do with the question I asked. Zorra May 2015 #60

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

Occupy took an egalitarian view regarding speakers Ken Burch May 2015 #21

This poster has an agenda. This is a smear. Katashi_itto May 2015 #19

Yes. A search of poster's work here on DU reveals a clear pro-oligarchy bias. nt Zorra May 2015 #58

Dialogue is needed Cali_Democrat May 2015 #7

Every tactic the Third Way tries to use, slimes them more. woo me with science May 2015 #11

Nailed it.. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #12

I'm curious. romanic May 2015 #13

Third Way is a Clinton-friendly centrist think tank in DC ucrdem May 2015 #15

Thanks for the reply. romanic May 2015 #23

It's an all-purpose DU bugaboo. If someone does something unpleasant, it's because they're... Hekate May 2015 #55

Blammo. hifiguy May 2015 #48

Some people just want to be bigots romanic May 2015 #14

Any identifiable group that endorses, contributes to, or supports Bernie will now be "suspect". djean111 May 2015 #18

You're with us or against us malaise May 2015 #20

They can't smear Bernie on civil rights, so they smokey nj May 2015 #22

Try being an OLD white man. NaturalHigh May 2015 #24

Go watch T-ball. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #28

Did they advocate voting? treestar May 2015 #25

It's Occupy's fault we didn't get a liberal Congress in 2012? Who knew? merrily May 2015 #29

Don't you have the script? It is ALWAYS the liberals morningfog May 2015 #32

We all have the script by now. All of us know it's bullshit, but merrily May 2015 #39

Did they have an effect? treestar May 2015 #33

They absolutely did. They changed the national conversation PROFOUNDLY. merrily May 2015 #34

who cares about conversation? treestar May 2015 #35

Did you even look at the post? What happened to all that shit after 2011? merrily May 2015 #36

What laws were passed? treestar May 2015 #52

LOL. I just thank heaven for the laws that were in the works that did NOT get passed. merrily May 2015 #65

+1 LordGlenconner May 2015 #63

Obviously, this means I can no longer believe in populist reform or vote for Bernie Sanders. merrily May 2015 #26

Hmmmm.... Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #27

lots of butt-hurt that the occupy movement wasn't a dem party / obama love-in KG May 2015 #30

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

People like that are suspect. Lancero May 2015 #42

I am wondering how low the PUMAS will go. That post is the new record. Doctor_J May 2015 #43

probably not as low as sander supporters pulling out the puma shit. seabeyond May 2015 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc May 2015 #44

Some people will never see beyond skin color AgingAmerican May 2015 #45

and aren't they the ones always complaining about us purists? MisterP May 2015 #46

Robert Rozier - had to look that one up. NaturalHigh May 2015 #50

Wow, that is just pathetic. hifiguy May 2015 #47

economic populist candidate. seabeyond May 2015 #49

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

Blerg. What frantic, grotesque, & amateur smear tactics. DirkGently May 2015 #56

How does that post have anything to do with either Sanders or HRC? as some are claiming... Hekate May 2015 #57

OWS endorsed Sanders, apparently? DirkGently May 2015 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles May 2015 #59

Sadly, far too many white males on DU are hostile to feminists/people of color- KittyWampus May 2015 #62

And visa versa AgingAmerican May 2015 #64