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In reply to the discussion: An open letter to African-Americans who have left DU [View all]steve2470
(37,457 posts)20. Hopefully some will see it, I did a tweet, I'll go on a few AA sites too
My guess, and it's nothing more than a guess, is that most will not come back. Thanks for your support!
I can understand realistic, balanced, nuanced, "big picture", fair critiques of PBO. I think he also needs to be given credit for all the good he has done, which is a lot, imho. I think that's the main thing. DU seems to be OBAMA BAD so often. It's very tiresome and not accurate, whatsoever. Even FDR was flawed, give me a break.
I think some of the "Obama bad" stuff is under the radar racism. How much, I don't know. But definitely a percentage.
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It's opportunistic to tell African Americans to come back bec. the DP need them.
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#5
Lighten up.. This is steve's heartfelt open letter for any of the African Americans who left to
Cha
Dec 2014
#7
In my experience, people tell someone to 'lighten up' either bec. they disagree with the message or
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#10
Whether you meant it as a personal attack or not.. "it's seems your post only advantage is to make
Cha
Dec 2014
#16
I believe that newbie, ahem, didn't notice that this is the African American Group. Just saw it
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2014
#34
A few years ago I posted a Hearts post in the BOG for posters that don't post here anymore
Number23
Dec 2014
#49
The only post Skinner has ever made in this forum (as far as I know) was to chastise bravenak
Number23
Dec 2014
#51
It was a coordinated effort, and it clearly worked. So much for our "liberal" allies.
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2014
#53
Ding! Ding! Ding! Their main contribution here seems to be their opposition to anything Obama.
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2014
#72