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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why did Talib Kwell attack Sanders on Bill Maher? [View all]Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)8. I saw it and I did not view it as an attack at all
If you listen to what Kweli said it was nothing personal against Sanders, at one point he even suggested he thought the protest was a bad idea at first but then changed his mind when he saw how it was getting people to talk about the issue.
I do not support the Seattle protest but I do support most other Black Lives Matter protests and I can understand where Kweli is coming from even if I don't entirely agree. I don't think he has anything against Bernie, in fact I would not be at all surprised if he ends up voting for Bernie.
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“It’s very possible to be progressive and still have no understanding of racial issues.”
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#3
how can you say blm is not effective. 3 months of sanders refusing to discuss anything but
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#12
Really. June 6th. 7 days in New Hampshire after his official announcement in Vermont.
Luminous Animal
Aug 2015
#22
Likes on the FB page are way up and they have national media attention.
Starry Messenger
Aug 2015
#44
OK, he did not attack. But he did not see anything wrong with individuals disrupting
question everything
Aug 2015
#17
Most Americans don't even vote, let alone pay attention to a politicians background.
Alittleliberal
Aug 2015
#50
No. Kwell did not compare Bernie to Sterling. He was taking the NAACP to task. Not Bernie.
Luminous Animal
Aug 2015
#33
The comparison was in response to Maher's citing to Bernie's 100 NAACP rating ...
1StrongBlackMan
Aug 2015
#48
Being angry, black and willing to bully your way onto a stage does not make one a civil rights
Larkspur
Aug 2015
#31
Yes. AM definitely is. One of the first to call bullshit on the "24 business hours" nonsense. nt
msanthrope
Aug 2015
#45
Being moved, hither, thither, and yon.....I'm hoping at some point, TTW accepts the help
msanthrope
Aug 2015
#55
FINALLY somebody on this board that doesn't just listen to Ingleburt Humperdink
Number23
Aug 2015
#63