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In reply to the discussion: Who is going to apologize to Joe Biden first? Here's Corn Pop's obituary [View all]Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)72. For many of us, Corn Pop's existence is not at issue. It's JB's exaggeration and characterization
of a black boy in '62, who can't defend himself, as a switch blade-wielding thug that is not confirmed.
His story to a group of young AA kids that JB in his pool-naming video assume they know how to rust up a blade, is not only appalling but is so fluid that it's a gift to his opponents and proponents. Members of the Romans, who JB played b-ball, by '72 had joined the black power movement. What a gang!
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His Delaware pals remained lifelong AA coaches of Biden. But unfortunately AA, ad nauseam, are not a monolithic constituency from Delaware that speak for us nationwide.
For goodness sake, even the WaPo reporter who hung out with JB's pals for his balanced story says his mother, who grew up in the neighborhood, never heard of Pop Corn brandishing a blade. Nor did a blade ever come up during the reporter's interviews of JB's pals.
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Sheesh, JB's story so exacerbates stereotypes that one can't tell the difference between Stymie of "Our Gang" and the notorious Frank Lucas So please don't expect an apology from JB's opponents. This storytelling is cemented and a component in our overall view of the man.
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Who is going to apologize to Joe Biden first? Here's Corn Pop's obituary [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2019
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t-bone was a collegiate baller at my alma mater. big (of course) white dude that that threatened to
Kurt V.
Sep 2019
#7
What doess the OPs choice fore pres have to do with anything. DSB has been at DU for a long time,
still_one
Sep 2019
#31
It's a real life story.. it makes him human. That's what people want to hear. It helps them relate
Thekaspervote
Sep 2019
#23
Maybe the full video will help you, rather than the out of context snip posted earlier
emulatorloo
Sep 2019
#41
It is pretty nice to get a hearty laugh from this of many of his exaggerations instead
Kind of Blue
Sep 2019
#73
Thx for posting .. funny how the truth always finds a way of bubbling to the surface
Thekaspervote
Sep 2019
#22
Thanks, DSB! Good for Daniel Dale! He uses one of the same sources I used in my
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#46
Whatever you think of Joe Biden or the #CornPop story, Corn Pop and the Romans were real, this did..
Cha
Sep 2019
#59
For many of us, Corn Pop's existence is not at issue. It's JB's exaggeration and characterization
Kind of Blue
Sep 2019
#72
I agree with Nate Silver-no Biden supporter is going to change due to this attack
Gothmog
Sep 2019
#75