2016 Postmortem

1StrongBlackMan

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66. You noticed that, Huh? ...

Wed Feb 3, 2016, 09:29 PM

Feb 2016

Last edited Wed Feb 3, 2016, 11:20 PM - Edit history (1)

It has long been a joke in the AA Group that it is far worse to call out a white liberal for the racist shit they may say or do; than, for being a white liberal and saying or doing racist shit.

The latter will garner sympathy and hand holding, the former will get you banned (timed-out).

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All this shit implying Sanders supporters are racists and sexists needs to stop. [View all] Odin2005 Feb 2016 OP

Thank God Sanders supporters are behaving so well. Metric System Feb 2016 #1

No one is behaving Armstead Feb 2016 #2

Yes Depaysement Feb 2016 #31

I think you meant the 840high Feb 2016 #42

IKR? workinclasszero Feb 2016 #69

You start the shit, and we finish it off. frylock Feb 2016 #75

Hillary has been attacked on DU since before Sanders even announced. Metric System Feb 2016 #96

Hillary has been called to task for her votes and policy positions. frylock Feb 2016 #97

Is that why women are told to stop voting with their vaginas dlwickham Feb 2016 #120

Take that up with the women who say that. frylock Feb 2016 #138

It's men and women saying it dlwickham Feb 2016 #197

I'm with frylock. Take up with the women who say that. I am a woman and I AM NOT VOTING Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #149

The assertion that women vote only with their vagina is sexist and shouldn't be tolerated at DU! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #200

NO women vote "with their vagina", LA PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #203

Which I don't get scscholar Feb 2016 #156

Well, we each have our own experiences which Glamrock Feb 2016 #173

Our best hope for what, exactly? Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #179

Hear those crickets? TexasMommaWithAHat Feb 2016 #207

She absolutely is not. She will lose the general. She's an awful campaigner and has too much baggage cui bono Feb 2016 #182

Are you kidding? She is doing nothing to attract the 63% eridani Feb 2016 #189

agree mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #128

Most of us on both sides are behaving fine. Its the loud few who like a dirty fight screwing it up. phleshdef Feb 2016 #81

HRC supporters need to look in a mirror. Projection is an ugly thing Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #103

Word. jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #175

yeah we are problem is like Faux PatrynXX Feb 2016 #118

Let's not create a circular firing squad. Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #121

great mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #134

From the FWIW Dept Stonepounder Feb 2016 #130

It won't. hifiguy Feb 2016 #3

They would rather discuss supporters than candidates and issues. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #9

Policy-wise there's an anvil on the Sanders side of the scale hifiguy Feb 2016 #15

Do they even realize they have a candidate? beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #19

Do they even realize they have a candidate? AlbertCat Feb 2016 #119

When they can't win on policy... Whatever It Takes!(tm) arcane1 Feb 2016 #4

It's been going on for months. HerbChestnut Feb 2016 #5

So how would you have Black people respond to ... well ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #6

Great post Gothmog Feb 2016 #8

this black person responds to individuals noiretextatique Feb 2016 #11

Good for you ... Do you call on (the few/many) Bernie supporters on DU, and elsewhere ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #29

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2016 #39

of course i call them out...i call out all racists noiretextatique Feb 2016 #40

I Must have missed you ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #46

Of course, Willy self deleted that after you posted the link to it. Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2016 #104

No doubt, WillyT did it at the insistence of those pretending the shit doesn't happen ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #107

Ah, a thread also addressing LGBT, in which I gave that poster no quarter, I am a Bernie supporter Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #114

Whatever are you talking about ... besides, once again,making yourself into a victim? 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #136

Can't follow your own plot? Twice you offered links to the Stockholm thread to characterize Sanders Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #154

That post had 56 recs and a couple hundred response ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #163

Who has been posting racist/sexist stuff? JDPriestly Feb 2016 #100

Come on, JD ... not you, too! "Who? What? ... I've never seen it! Can you post a link?" ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #111

I just addressed the link you posted. You should apologize to me and the other Bernie supporters in Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #117

I'm sorry that I do not make my every post about you! Feel better? eom. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #137

That is just evasive bullying behavior that does not impress me. Address the points I made to you. Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #158

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #166

Most of it has come from Hillary supporters AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #116

LOL ... I'll tell you what ... You post a thread with a HRC making a racist statement ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #142

Where's Waldo? AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #152

Commenting on the lack of diversity of Bernie's crowd is racist? Do tell. eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #187

The vote in Iowa among people of color was around jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #176

You are confusing genuine Bernie supporters with... Odin2005 Feb 2016 #12

Nope ...right here on du... There have been many AAs book marking post of this shit uponit7771 Feb 2016 #34

I am an AA, and I have seen all manner of racist shit here since I joined in 2002 noiretextatique Feb 2016 #44

Sorry ... seem to have fallen for the narrative ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #55

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2016 #133

So Sanders isn't racist. AlbertCat Feb 2016 #146

Strawman Alert ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #160

Most of the time being white is an absence of problems. AlbertCat Feb 2016 #164

I'm done with you ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #169

I'm done with you ... AlbertCat Feb 2016 #170

Yes they have implied it on occasion, but thankfully rarely. Kentonio Feb 2016 #192

I guess that somehow that "implies" that ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #194

Sure, I'd like to learn more. Kentonio Feb 2016 #195

Was the "white flight" a matter of racism? ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #196

I've never seen anyone in the AA forum calling Sanders a racist. Empowerer Feb 2016 #67

The first 50 times it's said it may be a mistake, but by now I think it's pretty clear it's Number23 Feb 2016 #95

"I'm done with folks that act like they can't see what's going on around here ..." NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #177

I guess the fish really don't notice the water they swim in ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #186

Or, lying. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #112

No, Empowerer, you have not seen anyone in the AA forum calling Sanders a racist... Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #204

How is one to distinguish "genuine Bernie supporters" from the non-genuine? ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #37

are you saying that all Sanders' supporter are racists and sexists? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #49

nd you know that ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #59

I'm talking about the corporate economic establishment. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #50

I know ... they are, largely, referred to as trump supporters. But ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #62

+1000 Bobbie Jo Feb 2016 #14

Like this Generic Other Feb 2016 #18

No, thank you ... I'd rather call them on their shit, than song a negro spiritual. But, thanks! eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #43

Are you implying that African Americans who support Sanders Generic Other Feb 2016 #87

Nope ... Not at all. And you know that. I have said it, repeatedly. ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #105

And you know that. AlbertCat Feb 2016 #150

Okay ... That has to be the absolute stupidest response I have seen in weeks ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #162

That has to be the absolute stupidest response I have seen in weeks AlbertCat Feb 2016 #165

I don't understand your point Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #143

Beautiful!!! Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #140

+1, They're going to ask for a link... Like they usually do uponit7771 Feb 2016 #30

Truth. nt LexVegas Feb 2016 #35

It's pretty fucked up that the demand is to stop calling out racism and sexism rather than PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #45

Nobody is demanding that people should not call out racists and sexists. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #54

You keep dancing around the truth. They are racists and sexists. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #70

They ARE being told to STFU. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #89

Oh, I missed the thread where you told them to STFU. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #91

I haven't run into such a post since I came back a couple weeks ago. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #101

Okay ... That explains why you posted the OP to DU ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #145

They are? With very few - and I mean VERY few - exceptions, the racist and sexist remarks not Empowerer Feb 2016 #144

A certain Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr., quote comes to mind, here. eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #147

+1! eom BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #94

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2016 #129

Then, say that ... along with condemning those idiots for their racist/sexist shit ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #78

Thanks for proving my point. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #84

LOL ... Twilight - fucking - Zone ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #148

I don't agree with this at all, call it out and get slammed here on DU... Go to the AA forum and uponit7771 Feb 2016 #127

No, please don't invite him/her to the AA Group. There are enough willingfully ignorant ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #153

You noticed that, Huh? ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #66

I see that happening, too. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #83

Another great post Gothmog Feb 2016 #151

Exactly workinclasszero Feb 2016 #72

NAILED it. Number23 Feb 2016 #99

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2016 #126

What racist shit TeddyR Feb 2016 #68

I linked to three articles in the thread with a TON of examples. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #73

Right on cue! eom. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #88

lol!! he said this is what the response would be uponit7771 Feb 2016 #135

Whatever it takes to "win". They've got nothing, so they make shit up. GoneFishin Feb 2016 #7

Good job. Eko Feb 2016 #92

Anything to win. plus5mace Feb 2016 #10

I'm old enough to have seen this kind of crap before. hifiguy Feb 2016 #13

I'm only 29, but she seems very much like Nixon, to me. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #17

You are right, and the similarities hifiguy Feb 2016 #22

You forgot the lengthy Enemies List that Hillary and Bill keep. kath Feb 2016 #180

I remember that, too. Ken Burch Feb 2016 #32

Some are. The campaign is trying to address it. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #16

Hillary supporters are like Hillary herself. They are authoritarians and they play dirty AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #20

Explain the ones who were over the top anti Hillary in 2008 and OTT pro Hillary in 2016? Fumesucker Feb 2016 #24

What matters is, the Beltway wants her...and that makes anything permissible and defensible. Ken Burch Feb 2016 #28

They joined a fanclub. They're Beliebers hifiguy Feb 2016 #33

Ah, the old two wrongs make a right red herring Cary Feb 2016 #77

Has nothing to do with wrong or right and everything to do with consistency Fumesucker Feb 2016 #132

God do I agree. I spent some time reviewing 2008 threads today and some of these people Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #171

They've already alienated many on the left beyond hope of recovery. Why stop now? pa28 Feb 2016 #21

They obviously have never heard of Molly Ivins' First Rule of Holes: hifiguy Feb 2016 #23

Drama addiction Fumesucker Feb 2016 #26

Some Sanders supporters made mistakes in tone...but the vast majority have learned. Ken Burch Feb 2016 #25

"indifference" would be a step up Bobbie Jo Feb 2016 #47

THIS is going to stop Trajan Feb 2016 #51

Sanders supporters don't dismiss the need to fight racism. Ken Burch Feb 2016 #53

Calling us "dismissive" is something bordering on slander. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #58

Sue me. Bobbie Jo Feb 2016 #76

That attitude right there. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #82

I was speaking to the "attitude." Bobbie Jo Feb 2016 #86

See for yourself: AlbertCat Feb 2016 #157

Case in point Bobbie Jo Feb 2016 #167

LOL ... Did you miss this ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #188

Naw... naw... pretty damn dismissive... pathologically so uponit7771 Feb 2016 #124

Amen an amen!!! Dismissive starting with BLM until the optics weren't favorable uponit7771 Feb 2016 #123

How many times do you need to be told that NO ONE has said that ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #155

Bernie doesn't put economic justice before social justice. He never has. Ken Burch Feb 2016 #161

Okay ... But know ... you not accepting the proof offered ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #168

You never offered any proof. Ken Burch Feb 2016 #172

I don't think Sanders or his supporters are racist or sexist mythology Feb 2016 #27

********DING DING DING******** uponit7771 Feb 2016 #125

They aren't unique to the Sanders campaign, but it's a real problem. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #36

I'm not saying there are not asshole Bernie supporters. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #48

Not just assholes. Racist, sexist assholes. A very vocal minority. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #52

But you'd have to admit that the words of such people don't justify opposing Bernie as a candidate Ken Burch Feb 2016 #56

People will support or oppose candidates for a lot of real or stupid reasons. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #60

The campaign is stopping it...we get it...so it's time to move on... Ken Burch Feb 2016 #63

They're trying. They can't stop it. It's the internet. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #64

... and some of the shit shows up right here on DU!!! uponit7771 Feb 2016 #122

Oh, don't pay them no never-mind, Odin... MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #38

They can't compete on issues, so all they have are smears, lies, and people like David Brock Dragonfli Feb 2016 #41

Meh, let em do whatever they want. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #57

Ill tides and dark clouds lurk about, nobody of either camp trusts each others. /nt JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #61

I like the human race olddots Feb 2016 #65

I usually go with "it takes one to know one" LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #71

This Berniebro disagrees, the name calling shows they have nothing else and it's self destructive Fumesucker Feb 2016 #74

Because obviously, Hillary cannot run on the issues. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #185

The Clintons called Obama a bag boy LittleBlue Feb 2016 #79

Ignore it HassleCat Feb 2016 #80

They are on the edge of the cliff right now and are simply losing it. Hope they have parachutes. litlbilly Feb 2016 #85

Am I the only one that doesn't care bigwillq Feb 2016 #90

Funny, 'cuz zentrum Feb 2016 #93

Arent you stereotyping them Eko Feb 2016 #98

remember that the *huge* surge in militia violence came after NAFTA, and reflected Perot's MisterP Feb 2016 #102

It's easier than actually arguing the issues. Republicans do it all the time. jalan48 Feb 2016 #106

BUT-- I'm a Social Justice Warrior AND a Working Class White Man! John Poet Feb 2016 #108

Bernie dared to challenge the throne, so it's time to lob as much shit at him Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #109

That is a great cabinet! Odin2005 Feb 2016 #110

But the problem is, I can't complete the cabinet Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #113

Well, you could always axe the DHS entirely. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #131

Agreed, along with the ONDCP. Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #174

YES! kath Feb 2016 #181

My 25 y.o. son has already told me he is leaving the party mmonk Feb 2016 #115

I Dont Know One Person Who Supports Hillary billhicks76 Feb 2016 #139

In this regard Hillary supporters are humbled_opinion Feb 2016 #141

Let me tell you about Sanders supporters here in Texas. Avalux Feb 2016 #159

Too late. Thinking Democrats of all races, genders, and sexual orientations will never Zorra Feb 2016 #178

Ms. "race nagging" herself speaks of integrity? seaglass Feb 2016 #191

Reality check: Lorien Feb 2016 #183

That article says what I have been wanting to say for a while, but... Odin2005 Feb 2016 #190

Good luck with that. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #184

Their toolkit has about three tools. FlatBaroque Feb 2016 #193

It's never going away. Our side of the political spectrum created this when we decided... MadDAsHell Feb 2016 #198

No. Clinton supporters aren't pushing anything. I AM independently asserting that Bernie Sanders Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #199

That and threats are all she has Lorien Feb 2016 #201

Bernie Sanders And Hillary Clinton Are Actually Fighting About Barack Obama Gothmog Feb 2016 #202

Check out this article: kath Feb 2016 #205

Or, y'all need to stop tripping. Skinner is under your bus with Planned Parenthood and bettyellen Feb 2016 #206