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In reply to the discussion: WillyT has been banned. [View all]polly7
(20,582 posts)It was a re-posted article.
If it wasn't so sad for millions of minorities, I'd almost laugh at the transparency of the trolls on DU who've done their best from day one to paint Sanders and his mean, bad supporters as racist, sexist boogeymen. A man who's worked all his life for equality and to improve the lives of those millions hurting as the result of REAL racism and bigotry, against the profit-prison industry that disproportionally targets PoC and leaves families devastated, convicted persons lives ruined - often unable to ever vote again, get decent employment, etc. Clinton has made good money from lobbyists for this industry, and still is.
The 'tough on crime' bill her husband put into place and that she championed with her 'superpredators' - we've got to 'bring them to heel' bullshit.
The welfare reform act her husband worked out so that so many black mothers were forced to work in starvation wage paying jobs, unable to afford child-care, transportation and suffered greatly.
The 'war on drugs' that also disproportionately targets PoC, LE racial profiling and brutality - some here don't give one shit about Sanders positions to address these in a real way. Transparent as fuck.
As someone who was abused horribly for many years, I totally understand 'Stockholm Syndrome'. It doesn't just apply to abused women - it is a very REAL issue that affects many who CHOOSE to stay with someone who's actions have ruined or harmed their lives so much. If people can't take the fucking truth, they shouldn't be posting on a message board.
WillyT was just one of a long line of progressive voices that spoke too much truth. That the Admins used this to ban him was an excuse, and a bad one. Many PoC have since pointed out what a bad joke this has all become. They aren't a stupid, helpless group that needs to be protected from scary words - no matter how dishonestly they're used by those of a sad little group of posters on a message group that need gone the progressives here.