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I say Willy T is typing what the propaganda says, and I am offended by this divisive title.
Todays_Illusion
Oct 2015
#185
I suspect that if we polled senior citizens the support level would be similar but no one has
Todays_Illusion
Oct 2015
#187
Queen Latifah? I don't think you have that right. Anyway...this reeks of condescension.
Metric System
Oct 2015
#3
What are you talking about? Perhaps, you might re-read the sub-thread. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Oct 2015
#70
If this pathetically hilarious subthread doesn't illustrate how DESPERATELY DU needs minorities
Number23
Oct 2015
#228
There would be no Dem party right now without the support of the groups that the OP is savaging
Number23
Oct 2015
#233
But, really, only those trying to make some down-low racial point. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Oct 2015
#161
Yeah ... a whole lot closer to what I was thinking; but, take care ...
1StrongBlackMan
Oct 2015
#162
Really. I like you a lot but there are a lot of human beings who tried
Luminous Animal
Oct 2015
#101
Clinton got a twofer: executing a cognitively disabled person proved he was 'tough on crime' AND
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2015
#556
Yes, that is part of the problem of her having so much baggage to carry with her while campaigning.
Major Hogwash
Dec 2015
#580
maybe they appreciate the actual legislative support Hillary has actually provided
bigtree
Oct 2015
#10
He voted for the crime bill because of the Violence Against Women Act and ban on assault weapons:
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#74
so you're prepared to tell me I shouldn't take my skin color into consideration when I vote?
bigtree
Oct 2015
#199
Sanders was white splaining, yes PoC should take the color of THEIR skin into consideration when
uponit7771
Oct 2015
#242
As I asked the other poster, would you vote for Ben Carson or Clarence Thomas?
cui bono
Oct 2015
#249
No, their policies and stances are removed from ... MY... skin. Sanders said ...
uponit7771
Oct 2015
#260
you can't support this baiting thread and then play dumb when defenses and responses are offered
bigtree
Oct 2015
#220
I'm not playing dumb. I'm sick of people trying to frame Bernie as weak on civil rights issues when
cui bono
Oct 2015
#250
Can you clue me into why you can't help yourself with these attacks on Hillary?
hrmjustin
Oct 2015
#13
Fine ... But why use Black folks and the LGBT community to spin your dislike. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Oct 2015
#26
Didn't you once claim that 50% of Stormfront members supported Bernie?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#79
Identity politics always struck me for code that the folks who are being identified...
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#182
It depends on who being identified and who is doing the identifying.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#512
Well i do and I proudly marched with her in the pride parade and I am thrilled
hrmjustin
Oct 2015
#27
Hey! You're on the second stage of grief! 'Denial' is 1, and you're on 'Anger.'
wyldwolf
Oct 2015
#17
Curious... Everybody Ignores The Original Question. - Try Giving It A Shot... If You Can...
WillyT
Oct 2015
#22
True... But Tha Was My Question... Evolution, Political Expediency, Weathervane...
WillyT
Oct 2015
#44
Stuff: Most people on welfare are not black, most black people are not on welfare.
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#28
That's because I remember his posts and I'm onto his game and it's not about Bernie at all
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#72
The end result of a lot of his threads is he believes some folks have more agency than others.
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#76
I wonder if the OP will even realize that the welfare reference is offensive.
Cali_Democrat
Oct 2015
#77
Was Not Doing That... I Think/Hope... But I Was Wonder How The Hillary Hive Thrives...
WillyT
Oct 2015
#75
I'd have to say her record beats his in that very important historical context.
ancianita
Oct 2015
#87
you keep bringing up welfare and ignore that black people improved Financially during the Clinton
JI7
Oct 2015
#99
I'm inserting this for other readers since you don't egange. Those of you straight folks who
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#286
I love Bernie. But remember. Bernie wasn't president in that historical context. AND there's so much
ancianita
Oct 2015
#84
I am a huge Bernie supporter, but I don't think that this post is fair...
WIProgressive88
Oct 2015
#85
you are one of the Popes Biggest Fans on this Site, even using him to attack Obama and other
JI7
Oct 2015
#94
You hit the trifecta - this is racist, sexist, and homophobic. Congratulations Willy!
George II
Oct 2015
#102
Precisely - and not a single word to either try to explain where that came from.
George II
Oct 2015
#356
A lot of people think that Democracy is the ability to own the latest iPhone.
truedelphi
Jan 2016
#652
Why would they? You don't seem to be interested in the answers already provided in this thread...nt
SidDithers
Oct 2015
#157
Bill Clinton's wife has taken black and gay people hostage, infected them with Stockholm Syndrome?
betsuni
Oct 2015
#158
Yeap and remember we're all on welfare so the OPs welfare reference was aimed at us
uponit7771
Oct 2015
#247
Since this is still stinking up DU, let us all look back at WillyT's former calls for kindness
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#163
I'm a gay Bernie supporter, this OP is bigoted trash about Bill Clinton's actions which the OP
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#183
I bit my tongue but i am ready to take a fifth hide because i think this is important.
hrmjustin
Oct 2015
#188
I don't know why anyone is suprised. The ENTIRE INTERNET has had a a front row seat to this
Number23
Oct 2015
#227
And remember for the next time someone says "I've never seen anything like that here."
betsuni
Oct 2015
#254
'cause if there's one thing that shows you're THE champion of LGBTs and people of African
MisterP
Oct 2015
#217
I like to pretend people who disagree with me have Stockholm Syndrome too..
LanternWaste
Oct 2015
#224
No faster way to become a DU "darling" with a certain clique. And I'm sure it's just a coincidence
Number23
Oct 2015
#231
WillyT, just because the propaganda seeking to divide the Democratic say that bs does not
Todays_Illusion
Oct 2015
#232
I disagree that this racially condescending question is good, it's tone deaf at best and has been
uponit7771
Oct 2015
#240
You got any sources to back up the claim that most AA's are conservative?! tia
uponit7771
Oct 2015
#262
Non - whites doses not mean black... Hispanics are a larger population than Black's in America
uponit7771
Oct 2015
#285
I don't see any proof of this in the article or poll that most blacks tend to lean conservative...
uponit7771
Oct 2015
#332
Damn. You Just Went on a Full on Ignorant Angry White Male Racist Homophobic Rant
lib87
Oct 2015
#263
Why would people support the 1% and hope for social justice? It's a great question. nm
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#274
Why would minority persons feel connection to majority members who oppress us just because those
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#301
I have been supporting Bernie for this election, not Liz Warren whom I do not trust nor care for.
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#320
I read it as the question asked. The establishment has been holding down advances in
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#306
I relaize that you weren't seriously suggesting that LGBTQ or AA voters suffer from
Vattel
Oct 2015
#283
For the third time I don't believe the seminal poster is a 'bad guy'.
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#287
and fucked the program formerly known as "Welfare". ...because that is how you see "those"
Person 2713
Oct 2015
#291
Plenty have jobs, their parents had jobs and they have never needed to be on welfare
Person 2713
Oct 2015
#294
if it was just a one time thing you may have a point, but this has been going on for a long time
JI7
Oct 2015
#315
why do poor whites vote republicon? maybe they have stockholm syndrome too
noiretextatique
Oct 2015
#307
I'm poor, white, 40+ and I dont even need one hand to count the number of times I have
cstanleytech
Oct 2015
#308
Time for another Trip Down Memory Lane W/ Willy: Feb 2015 "we're called Reagan Democrats..."
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#318
Thank you. The horrible gift that keeps on giving, that refuses to not keep on giving. nt
betsuni
Oct 2015
#319
When he started his crusade months ago, I tried to remind him that he'd advocated for Republicans
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#323
Mostly he was shouting at LGBT for daring to so much as ask about her past.
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#324
I'm Black, and couldn't care less about what Bill said about Sistah Souljah
firebrand80
Oct 2015
#354
and Bernie is the cure for SS, I guess...but you know what...well...Miss Ross said it best
Chitown Kev
Oct 2015
#378
Be sure to pick up your complimentary "I'm the right KIND of non-heterosexual" t-shirt...
randome
Oct 2015
#393
Yes, we count on you for broken record threads -- always the same thing over and over.
betsuni
Oct 2015
#414
I think there were and still are more important issues than a Sistah Soulja moment.
kelliekat44
Oct 2015
#402
It is possible to support your candidate without tearing down another democrat.
Marrah_G
Oct 2015
#405
When Obama was running his supporters were often very negative toward LGBT and we had no
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#433
Many of my neighbors apparently have Stockholm Syndrome and I had no clue!
greatauntoftriplets
Oct 2015
#446
I just noticed that after the many revisions it is still incorrect.
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#455
I keep looking in this thread in the hope that Wily T will engage the accusations against him.
PragmaticLiberal
Oct 2015
#457
Why hasn't the seminal poster corrected the spelling of these two women's names
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#499
If somebody spells my name wrong after I corrected him or her I start to believe it's intentional.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#506
I almost forgot to kick this. I think we can get it to a thousand!! And beyond!!!
bravenak
Nov 2015
#501
I'm neither AA nor gay, but if I were one or both, I would be offended by your condescension.
Beacool
Nov 2015
#517
The OP is still open and still incredibly offensive to multiple groups of people.
KittyWampus
Nov 2015
#545
Translation: "how can you people be so stupid as to not support MY candidate?"
brooklynite
Nov 2015
#561
Yes, you are right. It's deliberate. He knows what generates those sweet sweet clicks.
betsuni
Dec 2015
#584
Still up? I better go find another MLK article to disabuse folks of these notions.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#571
Moar "My best friend is (fill in the minority)!!!111!!! You ALWAYS haz their back!
betsuni
Nov 2015
#572
I won't be turned away from Sanders because of idiotic posts by his supporters.
randome
Dec 2015
#581
I can't imagine why anyone would if they had read it and understood the implications.
greatauntoftriplets
Dec 2015
#596
Well thank you much for those links! I wish that Lamda Legal in New Orleans, Lafayette,
Amimnoch
Dec 2015
#618
Yes, you are quoting the lie to me. There was no danger. If nothing else, read the wiki.
merrily
Dec 2015
#619
Thank you for having lived the history, & ty for not letting others rewrite that history
Hekate
Dec 2015
#616
That was an amazing 1st hand read of the trials the gay military people had to go through b4 DADT
Sheepshank
Dec 2015
#625
So the OP created yet another MLK thread....and linked to a far right fascist website....
Cali_Democrat
Dec 2015
#609
It is racist to assume that the most important issue to African Americans is welfare
Freddie Stubbs
Dec 2015
#620
I like to see it as enlightening. Read all the related OPs since in light of this one. nt
LexVegas
Jan 2016
#640
It's Weird SoapBox... For Those I ACTUALLY Hurt, I Am Sorry... And Tried to Explain Myself...
WillyT
Jan 2016
#642
The truth hurts sometimes. Amazing that they keep kicking the truth despite the pain it causes them
Live and Learn
Jan 2016
#643
Based on many threads posted today, I think this one deserves a refresher nt
Sheepshank
Jan 2016
#650
Bernie struggled with minorities in Iowa: Clinton won non-white caucus-goers 58% to 34%
Cali_Democrat
Feb 2016
#659