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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders could not, and will not be able to, get racist White Americans to stop voting against [View all]Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)48. weak sauce, a hyper-technical analysis of the tax plan that would have been deluged by the RW hit
machine, 2 pics that do NOTHING (other than patronise) to refute a single thing I said (I NEVER said he did not care about minorities, I said he doesn't deal with the issue in such a way to garner our votes in sufficient numbers to WIN, as evidenced by the Democratic primaries, let alone the GE) and a RW smear of Obamacare. Plus you did not address in the slightest Bernie's false and disastrous (election-wise in reactionary red-baiting America) self-labeling as a socialist.
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Bernie Sanders could not, and will not be able to, get racist White Americans to stop voting against [View all]
Yavin4
Dec 2016
OP
when we tell the story of the great democrat FDR, we conveniently leave out
La Lioness Priyanka
Dec 2016
#1
That isn't what Sanders, or most of us want at all. MLK understood that people could change. If he
JCanete
Dec 2016
#6
Sanders is not MLK and the comparison is insensitive at best and appropriation assuredly
bravenak
Dec 2016
#7
Well, actually, he rode the chartered bus from Chicago, then marched there from the parking lot ...
EffieBlack
Dec 2016
#12
what the fuck. That is not what I did, and it is really lame for you to try to say I did that,
JCanete
Dec 2016
#14
It's lame to jump straight to MLK when he was never the subject then accuse me of going
bravenak
Dec 2016
#17
Just so you know, I use MLK because I admire him and personally think of him as a hero. Exactly
JCanete
Dec 2016
#22
Sadly, so did Malcolm X. But your point is taken, and I hate to be trite. I really don't think
JCanete
Dec 2016
#24
I saw leople pointing out that he was indeed involved in supporting civilrights, i did not see anyon
dionysus
Dec 2016
#31
Racists will still vote GOP, but Bernie would do a lot better than 3rd way identity politics
jfern
Dec 2016
#4
Nope, but what needs to go is the idea that Bernie's supporters are all racist and sexist white male
jfern
Dec 2016
#35
strawmen, as no one made any absolute statements about all Bernie supporters being racists, nor
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#36
there is no such as "3rd way identity politics" as I thoroughly explained above
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#39
gaslighting progressives??? YOU are the one tossing minorities like myself under the bus
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#41
I have not attacked progressives ever, I have simply said that doing away with identity politics is
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#44
weak sauce, a hyper-technical analysis of the tax plan that would have been deluged by the RW hit
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#48
The Cold War ended 25 years ago, red-baiting isn't going to work the way it would have
jfern
Dec 2016
#50
Poster is doing a fine job right here of pointing out the ugly of his own base. Shameful indeed
lunasun
Dec 2016
#53
MANY white working class folks voted for Obama. This is just true. And Bernie is not trying to
RBInMaine
Dec 2016
#5
What people always seem to gloss over is every single white person and every other
boston bean
Dec 2016
#38
no shit!! so so so sick of people using blatant misrepresentation , projection and ad hominem
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#49
So the MANY white voters who voted for Obama and switched to Trump are ALL racists?
RBInMaine
Dec 2016
#11
Looks like not everyone agrees with your assessment of the white working class.
jalan48
Dec 2016
#15
Racism is a real, yet still one of several, reasons why people voted for snifler.
dionysus
Dec 2016
#29