Why is black lives matter targetting Sanders and not the GOP?
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It's said that if you decide to act above reproach, you had better be above reproach. It seems that Marissa "Johnson" Jenae did not heed this warning. A photo posted by Jenae to her FB page (Linked) in which she stated "This woman has known me since high school, back when I had a Sarah Palin button on backpack....we been thru a lot."
Alone, we can surmise that she may have made a few questionable choices in her youth. OK, she was young, but Palin was a candidate for VP running against the first black president. But when I read down a little further, my benefit of the doubt limit had been reached.
"GOP shoulda groomed me right then...now they gotta see me on the other side *shrugs*"
For real? It's like that? This wasn't 8 years, or even 4 years ago. She posted that last month. So my question is, what kinda grooming would it have taken?
If you're going to accuse white liberals of racism, and target the only presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders with a 40 year track record of standing up for #BlackLivesMatter you might not want people to know that "I had a Sarah Palin button on my backpack" or admit that the GOP could have "groomed you more". Because now you look disingenuous at best, and an agent provocateur at worse.#FeelTheBern #BlackLivesMatter2Bernie #SarahPalinButtonReally #BLMjoinBernie #NativeAmericanLivesMatter #Ismellcointelpro
FluffyCorleone
Banned
I don't get this complaint. Protesting is supposed to be confrontational and disruptive. Any protest worth a damn has been that way.
Why are so many of you acting like Bernie Sanders is some sort of sacred cow? This is presidential politics and that shyt gets rough; no one should expect to be treated with kid gloves who decides they want to be president. And this stuff is actually being effective because it is making Bernie's campaign address racial issues when they had no intention of doing so officially at all.
Bernie has an optics issue that his team needs to address (the fact that his entire senior campaign staff is nothing but white men is another example of his tone deafness on diversity) and is going to have to learn how to craft his message in relation to the racial issues that are a major point in this country.
afterlife2009
Superstar
BLM got Bernie in the leg lock
And I am also a bit put off by how this thread is full of so many people sounding like the Fox News loving idiots who frequent places like RedState and HotAir with the George Soros stuff.
Soros has been funding a grip of civil rights groups for years and he has funneled millions into the upstart black civil rights groups over the past year that has helped them actually with mobilization and organization: Billionaire Spent $33 Million To Support Ferguson Protests
Using Right Wing talking points to attack someone you don't like means you need to shut the fukk up when those same talking points are used against someone you do like.
Soros has been funding a grip of civil rights groups for years and he has funneled millions into the upstart black civil rights groups over the past year that has helped them actually with mobilization and organization: Billionaire Spent $33 Million To Support Ferguson Protests
Using Right Wing talking points to attack someone you don't like means you need to shut the fukk up when those same talking points are used against someone you do like.
Just curious what did that $33 million accomplish considering another black man got killed by the police in Ferguson last night?
Madvillain
Pro
I don't think too many actually even read the Palin piece, either, or they'd see the nonsense reaches stapled together to make a smear. Folks getting attacked for who they supported in high school/7 years ago? Being called a radical leftist is a smear now? Isn't that what ya'll think Bernie is? We can do better than that if we wanna question motives.
Listen, I'm fine with the "they should go after HRC more" but it's odd how easily & uncritically these guys are eating this stuff up and playing into this White Savior stuff. I keep seeing things like Bernie's all we've got, posts about alienating ourselves politically and cries about tactics & I have to
I can't also be the only one seeing how Bernie is the one we should be accusing of working with Hillary
That is a really stupid question. Are you seriously expecting an answer?
If you think that all of the groups that are involved in the BLM movement or focused on civil rights issue as a whole have not made a difference then just say that but don't ask such a goofy fukking question.
That would be like saying what has Obama accomplished over his two terms since another black man got killed by the police in Ferguson last night?
What have the NAACP accomplished since another black man got killed by the police in Ferguson last night?
What has Eric Holder accomplished since another black man got killed by the police in Ferguson last night?
Just say you don't know and can't answer the question.
MidwestD
Clyde Frog's Shooter
This just pisses me off, spending their time trying to take down Bern Notice instead of someone like Rand Paul, who in the past made it
very clear where he stands on civil rights, which is the wrong side. :thumby2:
very clear where he stands on civil rights, which is the wrong side. :thumby2:
It is a dumb question with no quantifiable answer though.
It would take courage to go the republican events and run up on GOP candidates or someone like Hilary.
So they went after Bernie and his crowd full of the passive cacs who made Obama president.
