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2016 Postmortem

tularetom

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28. Why is anyone acting like this is some big surprise

Reply to KoKo (Original post)

Tue Aug 4, 2015, 12:23 PM

Aug 2015

Sanders has been absolutely consistent in his support for racial justice, even if he has tried to avoid the embarrassing pandering that some of his opponents are prone to employ.

I'm glad his position is finally being clarified.

Sanders himself would never bring this up, but I think the disgraceful racist actions of the 2008 Clinton campaign against Obama need to be stressed. Because with all the pandering and fake Southern accents, it seems to have been forgotten.

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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