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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 04:26 PM Jul 2016

There is a group trying to prevent delegates from entering The Convention.

There is not one person of color in the crowd... Out of all the privileges I have ever had, the privilege of being white is the one privilege I would like to blow up straight to Hell.

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There is a group trying to prevent delegates from entering The Convention. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 OP
And the media will fixate on them, even though they're not even regular Democratic voters. Metric System Jul 2016 #1
They remind me of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tom and Daisy DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #4
Extremists are the people who'll burn whole nations Hortensis Jul 2016 #8
What? geek tragedy Jul 2016 #2
"Trying to prevent delegates from entering? " DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #5
Hopefully the police are there to arrest these thugs. nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #7
So the Trumpsters showed up to start trouble? annavictorious Jul 2016 #3
How do you know this? Renew Deal Jul 2016 #6
It was on CNN. The reporter said some protesters were laying down to block busses, which I assume Metric System Jul 2016 #9
Typically entire state delegations are bussed together Renew Deal Jul 2016 #10
I can see the crowd and can see colors within the crowd. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #13
So you're there on the ground? Renew Deal Jul 2016 #16
I can see the crowd on TV. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #18
How many Hillary voters are they really going to peel off Johnny2X2X Jul 2016 #11
This helps how exactly? Powdered Toast Man Jul 2016 #14
Look again. chascarrillo Jul 2016 #12
Look again at what??? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #15
It's the same group. They're not all white. chascarrillo Jul 2016 #17
I saw them and there were no people of color. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #20
I have a vision of them grabbing at ankles WhiteTara Jul 2016 #19
Was my description accurate? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #21

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
4. They remind me of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tom and Daisy
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 04:31 PM
Jul 2016

"“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. Extremists are the people who'll burn whole nations
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 04:33 PM
Jul 2016

down to get their way. Social scientists call behaviors they're prone to "extremist" for a reason.

Metric System

(6,048 posts)
9. It was on CNN. The reporter said some protesters were laying down to block busses, which I assume
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 04:34 PM
Jul 2016

are also transporting Sanders delegates.

Johnny2X2X

(19,074 posts)
11. How many Hillary voters are they really going to peel off
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 04:34 PM
Jul 2016

Seems a lot of Bernie Sanders supporters weren't going to vote for Hillary no matter what, they were going to stay home all together before Bernie got them excited.

Powdered Toast Man

(381 posts)
14. This helps how exactly?
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 04:37 PM
Jul 2016

You don't know who is out there, and Bernie endorsed Hillary. What more does he need to do?

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
15. Look again at what???
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 04:37 PM
Jul 2016

There were people lying on the ground preventing people from entering the arena.


I don't know what you posted has to do with anything...

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)
19. I have a vision of them grabbing at ankles
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 04:50 PM
Jul 2016

And screaming Stop Stop!

But why are they lying on the ground? Seems fairly absurd. Thanks.

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