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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Again... "In Front Of His Staff" - MLK, Bernie Sanders, And Democratic Socialism... [View all]Bread and Circus
(9,454 posts)154. I would rather hear that. Let's keep it 100.
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Again... "In Front Of His Staff" - MLK, Bernie Sanders, And Democratic Socialism... [View all]
WillyT
Dec 2015
OP
I meant it's your gratuitous smear on WillyT. And not an answer to my question, either.
merrily
Dec 2015
#240
apparently some can't tell the difference from capitalism and what we've had for fifty-sixty years
roguevalley
Dec 2015
#36
The important thing is to find a way to smear Sanders, even though her sig line used to be
merrily
Dec 2015
#201
Only in your imagination so far. He does quite well in head to head polls with Republicans.
merrily
Dec 2015
#202
It is just not our capitalism that benefits corporations at the expense of the public.
LiberalArkie
Dec 2015
#44
Indeed. Old Milton Friedman would be very proud of today's D establishment party.
PotatoChip
Dec 2015
#180
And even laissez faire capitalism doesn't include corporate welfare, which we also have in spades.
merrily
Dec 2015
#203
Sanders has made a yooge secret of things he thinks government should do. Are you serious?
merrily
Dec 2015
#200
Frankly, I don't find the racism and bigotry displayed in the Stockholm Syndrome thread at all funny
SidDithers
Dec 2015
#14
Some like to label that which they don't understand or don't agree with as "racist", "sexist",
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#217
If someone doesn't vote for a candiadte because a stranger on the internet made them sad,
Gore1FL
Dec 2015
#226
Couldn't be you and some others read that crap into it, and have been treating
merrily
Dec 2015
#205
Especially since he's driving traffic to a site that is virulently fascist.
Starry Messenger
Dec 2015
#137
If you can make a legitimate argument that Sid is an enemy of Dr. King I will donate $25.00 to DU...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2015
#189
The Stockholm Syndrome OP was offensive and so is yours to suggest we don't understand . . .
brush
Dec 2015
#78
Racism as a psychological problem vs. Racism as a system of social control
Cheese Sandwich
Dec 2015
#40
I think you are just as guilty as anyone. On edit, not anyone. I am sure there are more racist...
Bread and Circus
Dec 2015
#142
A little bit, but more of it is because of social structures and learned behavior.
Cheese Sandwich
Dec 2015
#63
Well all evidence points to the fact that humans are fundamentally built for racism...
Bread and Circus
Dec 2015
#70
I think it's both. When food was so very hard to come by, people must have been reluctant to feed
merrily
Dec 2015
#209
No... You Just Have An Overwhelming Desire To Elect Hillary Clinton President...
WillyT
Dec 2015
#20
I think so too. I heard that it's pretty much over. The losing party just has to break the news to
bravenak
Dec 2015
#29
If you call me entitled without knowing one damn thing about me, I get combative.
bravenak
Dec 2015
#73
To put this as mildly as I can, Martin's words won't rehabilitate your reputation on DU.
MeNMyVolt
Dec 2015
#33
I don't take it as an earnest suggestion. It is sanctimonious crap and you know it.
Bread and Circus
Dec 2015
#48
"listening" to the words of MLK that are in this op, might be a good place to start
virtualobserver
Dec 2015
#55
exactly. that's why I called it out as th disingenuous crap that it is.
Bread and Circus
Dec 2015
#58
That's right! A two-week-old poster TOTALLY understands how reputations on DU work. (nt)
jeff47
Dec 2015
#64
Has been reading here daily for years, just like every "newbie" who boldly insults longtime DUers.
merrily
Dec 2015
#208
"I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic
Cheese Sandwich
Dec 2015
#107
"The Uncompromising Anti-Capitalism of Martin Luther King Jr." by Obery M. Hendricks, Jr., Ph.D.
Cheese Sandwich
Dec 2015
#116
+1 Sincere, transparent is all I've ever seen from you, marym625--and that's a lot more than I can
merrily
Dec 2015
#214
This thread and all of his MLK threads are merely a continuation and a double down of his
bravenak
Dec 2015
#238
Found something really interesting, at least to me. IMHO, MLK's message evolved and more inclusive.
nc4bo
Dec 2015
#155
I was the alerter. 4 jurors support allowing a fascist site being linked here.
joshcryer
Dec 2015
#175
Oh, come on 1 (may I call you '1'?), can't you stop being so disagreeable long enough to learn...
randome
Dec 2015
#192
How are Martin Luther King's words misappropriated, are most blacks in the billionaire class?
Uncle Joe
Dec 2015
#212
Only African Americans can quote Dr. King? Is that where we are now? How about Ghandi?
merrily
Dec 2015
#213