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MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:18 PM Feb 2016

As a woman of color, please go back to ignoring me!

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/19/1487849/-As-a-women-of-color-please-go-back-to-ignoring-me

By Sideboth



Can SC vote already so the majority of you can go back to ignoring us POC?

I don’t owe anyone an explanation of who I’m going to vote for or why?

I don’t need you to explain to me why x candidate is better for me than y.

I can read and I can make informed decisions for myself.

I don’t think Sanders is the next coming of MLK and I don’t think that Clinton is responsible for every bad thing that has happened to people of color (aka as POC).

I’m capable of nuanced thinking and able to weigh the candidates pros/cons for myself.

I don’t need diary after diary asking about pandering and candidate x said so and so.

I’m aware that x black person endorsed x candidate. That is nice. Good for them.

We don’t all think alike, we have different opinions and you know what that is fine.

I really don’t fucking care. You don’t own my vote.

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Response to MrWendel (Original post)

Hekate

(90,813 posts)
3. You are in the Hillary Group. HRC works hard for each vote, and assumes nothing.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:26 PM
Feb 2016

Again, you are in the Hillary Clinton Group. Either play nice or go away.

Cha

(297,678 posts)
6. ..
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:31 PM
Feb 2016
"What he’s really saying here is that President Obama and Hillary Clinton don’t have a genuine bond of affection and respect. That the woman who served as his Secretary of State isn’t really his friend, she’s cynically using him like a chess piece to attract black voters."

Barbara Morrill ??@BarbinMD
That's insulting to Clinton, Obama and AA voters. Quite the trifecta there, Bernie. https://twitter.com/ABCLiz/status/700435385856331776
12:43 PM - 18 Feb 2016
11 11 Retweets 13 13 likes

Oliver Willis ??@owillis
sanders accuses dem clinton of embracing most recent democratic president obama like its a crazy idea h/t @ABCLiz pic.twitter.com/ER6FGGf00G
12:32 PM - 18 Feb 2016

Cha

(297,678 posts)
8. I did.. there is a God! I posted them to you on your thread..
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:37 PM
Feb 2016
I can't imagine anyone being that petty.

BlueMTexpat

(15,373 posts)
9. The sheer insensitivity and
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:37 PM
Feb 2016

outright stupidity in Bernie's statements are appalling.

But Bernie can do NO wrong whatsoever. Ever.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,241 posts)
12. "That's insulting to Clinton, Obama and AA voters. Quite the trifecta there, Bernie."
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 05:40 PM
Feb 2016

Ain't it the truth? It's almost as if he's actually trying to alienate us even further.

George II

(67,782 posts)
13. Considering the fact that Sanders has made zero bonds of affection or respect during his tenure....
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 09:45 PM
Feb 2016

...in the House and the Senate, I doubt that he could understand the relationship between President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

fleabiscuit

(4,542 posts)
14. "...Like any other human being, he (POTUS) is wrong on certain issues."
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:36 PM
Feb 2016

There is something SERIOUSLY wrong with a person who cannot accept that possibility that HE is wrong. It's no wonder he has a dearth of supporters with those he occupied space with on the hill. And he will tell us all how wrong we were weekly on Fridays with Thom.

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