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[OldRed2450]

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. What the actual fuck???

[Beakybird]

2. WTF!!!!!!!!!

[ChubbyStar]

3. Link please

I have been studying Matt and I see NO mention of this video, so where did it come from? Thanks.

[OldRed2450]

5. I linked directly to his youtube.

[ChubbyStar]

6. Looks like it was an example of Media Manipulation

But you didn't post it as that, you made it sound as if Matt believes these things. Got it.

[OldRed2450]

8. That's what he says. It's massively offensive!

Here is another one where he compares Hillary to Trump.

&feature=youtu.be

[Agschmid]

10. This video is disgusting, what a terrible hire.

[OldRed2450]

11. I can't believe people here are defending it.

I have to wonder if this is *strategy*

[lapucelle]

23. This hire appears to be another Jill Stein supporter.

&fbclid=IwAR0H1z2gd1G6bINue6T6CCwDD59DKCcj97-uMTCrto2cmnATquf0_LjCIns

[OldRed2450]

25. I think Bernie hires these types because he demands loyalty and feels like he will get that from

these types more than he would your typical democrat.

[dsc]

32. typical white straight male who had nothing to lose

in his mind the civil rights of blacks, gays, hispanics, and women don't matter one whit.

[George II]

15. He could have been more tasteful about it or a more benign subject. Why MLK? Why gross obscenities?

[Cha]

18. Here's another shite vid from MattO

Link to tweet

And, no I'm sure as hell not watching him compare Hillary to trump.

[betsuni]

46. He says "Can't wait to make more videos, expose more truth"

"Truth"? Someone should explain to him what that word means because he's using it wrong.

[Hortensis]

13. Add "king" to your search and you'll find it.

Disgusting.

[dem4decades]

4. Well that's embarrassing. I'd rather a sometimes Democrat had higher standards.

[PETRUS]

7. What's your understanding of this video, and what are you trying to do here?

When I click through to YouTube, I see the following text:

"Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man. The real, "I Have a Dream" speech is amazing. And society is undeniably better thanks to MLK and the civil rights movement. No one should be ever be judged based on their race/ethnicity. The purpose of this video is to show people that media on the web and TV can be edited to really twist facts/reality."

I didn't even have to go looking for that explanation.

[OldRed2450]

9. He just added that explanation today.

[PETRUS]

12. Before or after you posted? nt

[PETRUS]

19. Look -

I wasn't familiar with the guy, but it took me all of three minutes to learn two things about him:

1. He's the kind of leftist that rubs some Democrats the wrong way (just like Sanders rubs some Democrats the wrong way).
2. His oeuvre includes a number of antiracist pieces.

Maybe you posted in haste, but now you now. The implied guilt-by-association is deceptive.

[ChubbyStar]

20. Indeed

I learned about him, Matt, and I agree with your last sentence.

[Cha]

21. Yeah, this sure as hell does "rub me the wrong way"..

Link to tweet

[lapucelle]

28. The new hire is also a "Russiagate debunker".

[lapucelle]

45. And he's all in for Assange.

[OldRed2450]

22. I didn't say he was racist

I said the video he made was and it is. Maybe he's tone deaf? I don't know. I think it's fair for people to see what kind of hires Bernie has on his campaign as it reflects who he would have on his cabinet.

[Eric J in MN]

56. He says that was always the video Description.

The entire link must be copied-and-pasted, not clicked, to go to the webpage.

https://medium.com/@0rf/my-first-day-in-politics-8c9830b8dc7a

[OldRed2450]

17. Did you read this?

It's massively offensive and people have the right to judge for themselves what this guy is about.

Link to tweet

/photo/1

[Mike Nelson]

16. I don't need to see...

... the videos on MLK and Hillary Clinton. I admire both... Maybe Bernie saw the man made good videos... not someone I'd hire, but I guess it's strictly for the skill in making an effective video.

[aikoaiko]

24. I think you just proved Matt Orfalea's point about media manipulation.

Not well played.

[ChubbyStar]

26. Like Hamlette shit the bed

Poor caddying.

[OldRed2450]

27. People should be able to judge for themselves.

He seems to be OK with offending POC to prove a media bias.

[aikoaiko]

30. Yes, people should judge Matt Orfalea, but also you.

[OldRed2450]

35. Sure. Why not.

For posting Bernie's hire? Who candidates hire on their campaign tells us how they would hire to work in the white house. Some people will be OK with it but others not. I personally don't see Bernie trying to expand his base at all. He seems to want to attract Jill Stein supporters and people who hate "the establishment." He doesn't try to go beyond that. Not that I can see.

[aikoaiko]

36. Welcome to DU. Enjoy your stay.

[OldRed2450]

41. I must have hit a nerve.

Did I say something that isn't true?

[ChubbyStar]

33. Comics, Artists, Writers, Intellecuals often offend to make a point

It certainly does not mean they are OK with the point, they use this to emphasize how repugnant these points are. You didn't know this?

[OldRed2450]

37. Yes. I still find it repulsive to use MLK for this.

[hertopos]

40. If only this was the only 'offend to make a good point!!

No, that is not the case.

Look at his equating Hillary and Trump video.
Look at his 'Russia-gate video'.

Oh, he is also a big supporter of Jill S whom we know with Putin by now.


So, I am rightfully offended.

Tell the truth, the timing is also the worst.
I am really upset about that Texas murder by the cop. This lady was playing video game with her nephew.
She had a biology degree and pre-med. She was living with her mother who got very ill just recently.
Now, her neighbor feels awful because he made a non-emergency call for well-fare check.

There is a thin line between pure offensiveness and 'offend to make a point'.

I am very angry and emotionally disturbed.
I know DU since it's very beginning year and I don't post often.

However, I am so angry right now.
All these things going on.
Enough is enough.

Let's stop this for sure.

BTW, I believe Mr. Sanders should fire this disgusting human being right away.

Hertopos

[ChubbyStar]

43. Welcome back joined in 2002 WOW

So good to have you!

[hertopos]

48. THanks, I just could not finish MLK video

First few sentences was enough.

I really hope Mr. Sanders fires him.

Hertopos

[kcr]

57. Talk to the Sanders campaign. They already fired him.

[Eric J in MN]

29. Bernie Sanders took a bus from Chicago to DC to hear MLK in 1963

...and I'm sure he wouldn't like this video.

Bernie was the president of the University of Chicago chapter of the "Congress of Racial Equality" at the time. He was arrested protesting for civil rights.

[Beakybird]

34. I think this new hire is a Putinesque ratfucker.

This is shady business by Sanders.

[ChubbyStar]

38. Welcome back!!!!!

I just love it when people who have been away for years dial back in.

[dsc]

39. wow on what planet would anyone hire the person who made this?

This is honestly career ending misjudgment.

[democratisphere]

42. Looks like BS's Campaign is in the self destruct mode.

[highplainsdem]

44. Disgusting.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

47. That ANYONE would post this filth FOR ANY REASON

should be grounds for punishment.

There is NO sound reason for posting this.

[hertopos]

49. I don't quite understand what you mean.

I am glad to know and informed at least.

I could not stand the video after few sentences though.

I feel too old to post these days; however, it really offended me so so badly.
I could not stand it.

This is why I am raising my voice.

You know, just the other day there was a video in which Bill Maher said 'women are too emotional to be a president..' .
However, if you watch entire video, you understand exactly what he really implied.
That was a good example of ' purposely using an offensive expression to make a point..'.

Not this video.

And that was not the end of the story. Other video he made shows his true color.
I am not a big fan of Sanders; however, I don't want to believe he approves all videos he made.



Hertopos

[Haggis for Breakfast]

51. I think the post should be and deleted locked down

for violating DU rules.

[OldRed2450]

52. There are people here defending it. :(

[Eric J in MN]

50. He resigned. The hiring process wasn't completed in the first place.

"UPDATE: Orfalea has resigned from Bernie Sanders campaign."

"Statement from Faiz Shakir, the campaign manager: 'All initial job offers are contingent on the completion of a final review of a person’s record. That vetting process had not yet been completed.'"

Link to tweet

?s=20

[OldRed2450]

53. Excellent!

That's great news! Bernie does not need that guy on his campaign.

[hertopos]

54. Thank you

I felt a relief.

Hertopos

[Eric J in MN]

55. You're welcome. NT

NT