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2016 Postmortem
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Did you or author misspell moderate as progressive? MLK didn't mention progressives in your excerpt
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#1
Excellent read. I would like to say something about the general points made in the article.
NCTraveler
Nov 2015
#3
Very unfortunate PM, but it doesn't negate the fact that bravenak is keeping it real
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2015
#130
I was generally in the back also. It was the blacks protest. Us white people were
LiberalArkie
Nov 2015
#106
I think that if it wasn't for lot of the brave white preachers and college kids that
LiberalArkie
Nov 2015
#121
An honor to know you...You are displaying the brilliance and decency I know all of us white
randys1
Nov 2015
#116
You don't seem to respect very much the young activists at UChicago who fought for civil rights
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#11
Well if you don't show the allies any respect i don't know what to say. Sad.
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#22
They were protesting segregation of Blacks at Uchicago. He LED the efforts.
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#168
Actually, bravenak is really a Clinton supporter who only PRETENDED to like Sanders
wildeyed
Nov 2015
#183
I felt out of place in Seattle surrounded by African AMericans and other minorities
randys1
Nov 2015
#120
And yet the poster reflects the attitudes of MILLIONS of white americans, many of them
randys1
Nov 2015
#123
That constant appeal to order is something I've noticed among a lot of whites
forsaken mortal
Nov 2015
#12
Reminds me of yesterday, Rahm instantly coming out and saying "gotta be peaceful"
randys1
Nov 2015
#93
It is about black voting rights, civil rights and the history of blacks in politics.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#52
They were not the reason for the movement. It was not their movement. They did not start it.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#161
Only you here attempt to label and attempt to state anything other than purity
Sheepshank
Nov 2015
#207
You seem angry that you are not getting enough appreciation from Black people, why is that?
randys1
Nov 2015
#126
It is a problem when discussing MLK and his legacy is seen as race baiting. n/t
wildeyed
Nov 2015
#152
The passage you quoted criticizes the WHITE MODERATE...you're misrepresenting it. nt
Romulox
Nov 2015
#62
Nope. You can't be "to the left" and support the Rightwing candidate. Don't work. nt
Romulox
Nov 2015
#98
Would you like to do a "left" contest with me? You see I support Bernie but if he isnt the
randys1
Nov 2015
#127
The point is it is premature to support the candidate on the right since we don't yet have a nominee
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#133
Most land should be returned to tribes to manage, section by section and a portion given to the
bravenak
Nov 2015
#142
You have no more right to edit Dr. King's words today than you did in the 1960s.
Romulox
Nov 2015
#145
she didn't say they were her base . she didn't do well with african american voters because they
JI7
Nov 2015
#187
The hispanics went 2 to 1 for clinton but it was still a small portion of the 18,000,000 votes
Bread and Circus
Nov 2015
#198
Boy, people are going out of their way to misunderstand what she's saying.
Starry Messenger
Nov 2015
#125
I cant imagine doing what King did, the nerve and raw courage it took is overwhelming.
randys1
Nov 2015
#128
And it also ignores that King was a loud, proud and UNABASHED supporter of black rights
Number23
Nov 2015
#173
the people swinging ten degrees to the right of center when the weather turns foul are trying to use
MisterP
Nov 2015
#136
Or, maybe folks need to stop in infighting or stop getting upset when the fight doesn't go their way
bravenak
Nov 2015
#141
If one feels progressives (for whatever invalid reasons) are the problem, one should
Live and Learn
Nov 2015
#193
MLK felt that his allies were hard to deal with since they were in wait mode.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#201