2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDid anybody catch that racist bomb Chris Cuomo just dropped on CNN?
He was talking about Ron Brownstein (one of the 6 talking heads around him) being at the Bernie Sanders rally last night, saying he was in a hoodie and "I thought he was there to make a buy!" The whole panel was yucking it up.
CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts)Are they even dimes anymore, what with inflation?
I don't partake, but in the day they were nickle bags and dime bags.
Some good stinkweed would cost you a dime.
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)I miss the NYC of my memories. Can't tolerate being there now.
mattvermont
(646 posts)I loved the village in the 80's
blm
(113,091 posts)if you're looking for a joint or two and people put their hoods up so they won't be recognized. That's a New York joke, not a racist one.
northernsouthern
(1,511 posts)I could be stereotyping that people in hoodies all want to buy drugs, but the Ron I know is white. So he could just claim it is the dress code he was talking about unless you can say he was thinking all people in outfits like that are of a certain race. I think you are reaching on this one. It shows a jerk out of touch with reality, most likely the guy that crosses the street at the sight of young kids, but racist not based on his wording.
P.S. Doesn't the guy from "High Times" (the web-series) wear a jacket around NYC when he is out on his bike?
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)If so, that's at least the 3rd time I've seen if from the press when talking about Sanders rallies, across different networks. But to me when you bring up hoodies as a stereotype, you're talking about hip hop culture.
northernsouthern
(1,511 posts)But even if he likely thinks something more nefarious, I am sure he knows how to talk in code.
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)Hillary says she feels sorry for young people who believe what they're told without doing any research. The MSM drops in stoner references about Bernie's rallies (though I think referencing a hoodie is a clumsy way to do that) to trivialize young voters who are just looking for a party and a place to get high because they haven't grown up yet. I remember all the bullshit that was thrown around by the press about the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators.
mattvermont
(646 posts)While I was picking up dime bags in WSP in the 80's, they were allowing planes to land in Arkansas with tons of blow.
Onlooker
(5,636 posts)... which to some might appear racist itself. Everyone wears hoodies and white people buy drugs too, and I don't think there's any racial implication whatsoever.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)...one could get a contact high.
(Addressing the humorous posts above about the drug dealing in Washington Square.)
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)snowy owl
(2,145 posts)Bernie keeps just doing his thing . . . issues, contrasts, issues, comparisons, issues. His enemy is msm and I'm sick of it.