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In reply to the discussion: You know, I really thought we had finally moved past this. [View all]progree
(10,909 posts)63. I hope you are right that they are blind to racism (rather than, well, frankly racist...
Last edited Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:44 PM - Edit history (2)
[font color = blue]>>What really bothers me is the number of long-time DU posters who are blind to the racism in WillyT's posts.<<[/font]
Very likely there's some in each category -- Category 1: blind to racism, Category 2: just plain racist ... but I wonder if the proportion of the latter category might be quite large.
I took a glance at the Bernie Group ... judging from the title of the several threads about WillyT's banning, and glancing at a few posts in one thread, it was quite upsetting (even though I'm a white Bernie supporter).
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"old white Berniebros" such as yourself are the only thing that can keep this crap away
Number23
Mar 2016
#17
Yeah, but steve we already love you to pieces here. You are well known in this forum
Number23
Mar 2016
#60
Yeah, lots of long termers refuse to see it. They will burn calories to NOT see it
Number23
Mar 2016
#62
I hope you are right that they are blind to racism (rather than, well, frankly racist...
progree
Mar 2016
#63
On the bottom of the email announcing jury results there is an "Alert Abuse" button
progree
Mar 2016
#43
So he actually got banned? If so it's about time. He keeps up the Stockholm Syndrome thing.
brush
Mar 2016
#53
Pathetic and more so for all the supports he gets for it. But, it so figures why BS isn't doing
Cha
Mar 2016
#11
Saw an article that painted Bernie as a tool of the democrats that herds the liberal sheeple.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2016
#13
There's no shortage of anti-Bernie articles to drop into DU. Why this one?
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2016
#42
Many white people, including some that allege to be liberals, feel they know better
Jackie Wilson Said
Mar 2016
#52
At least, not until later today ... when he registers under another screen-name ...
1StrongBlackMan
Mar 2016
#57
Well, here's one of the posts I worried about WillyT showing up on the Home Page
progree
Mar 2016
#49