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In reply to the discussion: This I do know. [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,018 posts)144. What was nasty? Maybe the headline seems harsh but in context that is what is real.
Some complaints seem mostly an issue of failure to get the full benefit of class privilege, I'd love for such a thing to be my daughter's biggest cross to bear because she will have to deal with the same shit plausibly with an added side of shit from a few black folks too without the benefits that come from overlooking the golf course in a posh upscale neighborhood.
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There are about 3 or 4 people pushing this stupid and false narrative of "trickle down"
Bonobo
May 2015
#8
Well ... YOU once posted the following line (before seld deleting it) ...
1StrongBlackMan
May 2015
#67
+1. and since i do not see lesson learned, i will simply remember to hit bookmark, hence forth.
seabeyond
May 2015
#99
he also used the word minor. that social is a minor issue. but, he wont own that either.
seabeyond
May 2015
#71
you have a star. put your name, 'minor issue' key word in message text, GD, a month ago. the post
seabeyond
May 2015
#79
this is not a conversation. only a post of insults. really, .... the same names. repeatedly.
seabeyond
May 2015
#88
That's an odd comment for you to make, considering just one post above mine you're making
Marr
May 2015
#94
owning ones words is not an insult. i stand by what i say. i do not have a probably owning
seabeyond
May 2015
#96
because i cannot search and find does not mean it was not said. hence, depending on
seabeyond
May 2015
#105
That poster is not here for honest reasons and it is very well known. Just leave their comments.
NCTraveler
May 2015
#90
ya. i do not even play in his threads anymore. i have read him on DI. i mean. he tells us
seabeyond
May 2015
#92
i dont know who you are. i have never read or paid attention to you until late saturday night when
seabeyond
May 2015
#83
Once you open the door to wealth, there IS a tendency to want to close it. True.
Bonobo
May 2015
#51
It's an attempt to paint Hillary as the more socially progressive of the two candidates.
Maedhros
May 2015
#31
Don't ever give up. We need you, lots of nasties here sometimes but I consider the source.
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#12
I will not sit down and I will not shut up. and you need us, more than we need you.... cause when
seabeyond
May 2015
#14
Freshwest (another BOGger, oh noeeeeess!!1) is the one that I first saw use the phrase "trickle
Number23
May 2015
#64
And, now the President is on Twitter.. "Dad, husband, and the 44th President of the United States"..
Cha
May 2015
#123
I don't understand how it's so difficult to grasp that social justice and economic
cali
May 2015
#66
you can have economic without social. you have been given absolute easy to understand examples. why
seabeyond
May 2015
#73
Is that poor baby being screwed out of the full benefit of her class privilege because some of
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#131
What was nasty? Maybe the headline seems harsh but in context that is what is real.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#144
Birthday parties? Seriously? Now we're supposed to stress about birthday parties?
NaturalHigh
May 2015
#135
you people are unbelievable. this is like so fuckin' offensive on a fuckin progressive board.
seabeyond
May 2015
#137
check out the subthread. how dare a black man do well financially, and still have the audacity
seabeyond
May 2015
#138
and here you are again. yet next, you will be saying, why dont you see i am your friend.
seabeyond
May 2015
#86
and no one wants you silenced but you are advised that equality does not excuse economic injustice
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#134
I know they do but I appreciate the heads up. What a lackluster and sad effort.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#143
The pushback against the ideology that pretends it is fine to ignore or even oppose economic justice
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#130
The future for all children is all that matters. For the sake of them we cannot lose hope.
raouldukelives
May 2015
#145