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2016 Postmortem

noiretextatique

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5. much ado about very little, imho

Reply to KoKo (Original post)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 10:21 PM

Aug 2015

i am glad he clarified his position, but all the hysteria about his original position was b.s. in the first place. he understands, as i do, that you cannot have social justice without economic justice...and vice versa.

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"Bernie Sanders Discovers His Inner #BlackLivesMatter"--Interesting Read [View all] KoKo Aug 2015 OP

Let em know you understand, you "get it" and will continue the work nc4bo Aug 2015 #1

this is political evolution heaven05 Aug 2015 #2

no it is not noiretextatique Aug 2015 #14

Understandable reasoning, yet flawed heaven05 Aug 2015 #18

^^^^this^^^^ southmost Aug 2015 #31

It's good to see this from him. druidity33 Aug 2015 #3

This is good and he'll get even better as the primaries go on uponit7771 Aug 2015 #4

much ado about very little, imho noiretextatique Aug 2015 #5

You guys just refuse to get it, don't you?! nc4bo Aug 2015 #6

I apologize for my fellow Bernie supporter. Aerows Aug 2015 #8

i am black, so no need to apologize for me noiretextatique Aug 2015 #11

whoa, really? heaven05 Aug 2015 #20

apparently you do noiretextatique Aug 2015 #24

Aerows, someone drops in and expresses an opinion nc4bo Aug 2015 #15

i am a black person noiretextatique Aug 2015 #10

That you are black makes you part of the problem. nc4bo Aug 2015 #16

and...why is that a problem? noiretextatique Aug 2015 #22

It's a problem romanic Aug 2015 #30

??????? heaven05 Aug 2015 #21

you are fighting something i am not a party to noiretextatique Aug 2015 #23

well, good for you heaven05 Aug 2015 #25

your choice eom noiretextatique Aug 2015 #27

our lives matter noiretextatique Aug 2015 #13

There already is a parallel NativeLivesMatter movement and twitter feed. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #29

As I have stated to other Bernie supporters on this board who dismiss #blacklivesmatter... Luminous Animal Aug 2015 #9

unless you agree that bernie sanders noiretextatique Aug 2015 #12

blah, blah, blah, blah heaven05 Aug 2015 #19

it was the right thing to do. ibegurpard Aug 2015 #7

I'm glad to read this. nt LWolf Aug 2015 #17

... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #26

Why is anyone acting like this is some big surprise tularetom Aug 2015 #28