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In reply to the discussion: I only get into trouble on DU when I try to get to what's real. [View all]heaven05
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There is so much ignorance and passive aggression in this post, I don't know where to begin
Number23
Jul 2015
#171
I noticed this person never came back to this thread but got a ping that she posted something damn
Number23
Jul 2015
#346
I am so sick of people misappropriating Dr. King's legacy & bastardizing his words. Not cool.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2015
#217
It is a deliberately cynical attempt to rewrite history. I hate it when Republicans do it, and I...
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2015
#276
If one can't run on one's record, then what else is there? He has ideas that sound good to me...
1monster
Jul 2015
#233
My group? I visit the Bernie group when it hits the front page. I don't spend a lot of time
1monster
Jul 2015
#245
I bet face to face we would be able to find common ground without the exasperation.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#248
I have worked on plenty of campaigns where volunteers were rejected or fired ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#110
I agree that we need a healthy discussion. Having "safe" areas is a mistake since it seems
Dustlawyer
Jul 2015
#15
Noooo---I think "the black community" needs to educate the "Bernie supporter community"--not the
MADem
Jul 2015
#103
I felt the same way when I read that. BERNIE and the rest of them need educating, not us
Number23
Jul 2015
#172
I am a bit surprised at the amount of likely unaware, or unintentional, or dare I say
MADem
Jul 2015
#193
I'm coming in late to this thread but it is so good and I wanted to chime in, mainly to wrap
Chiquitita
Jul 2015
#348
Exactly, MADem.. As If.. the Black Community needs "educating" by bernie supporters..
Cha
Jul 2015
#304
I was banned from a Hillary group. If you can't defend your position, the easiest thing to do,
Hoppy
Jul 2015
#4
I was notified I was banned from the Hillary group, even though I hadn't posted a single thing there
HFRN
Jul 2015
#29
It's a false statement. Hosts can only block a person by clicking a link on the post they made IN
MADem
Jul 2015
#108
Oh come on ... he/she said he/she was NOTIFIED that he/she was banned from the Hillary group ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#113
I don't think you can do that - at least in AfAm we don't have that ability
JustAnotherGen
Jul 2015
#87
No host has that ability. They must post first, exactly as MADem said. Skinner said so in ATA. So...
freshwest
Jul 2015
#322
when i received the notification, i searched theough 'My Posts' to find a post in that forum
HFRN
Jul 2015
#105
It is a physical impossibility to get banned from a group you haven't posted in.
MADem
Jul 2015
#107
Then post the notification and prove, what many, including me, thinks is a lie.
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#118
It's something for your resume that you made a false claim and then when it's disproved you try
Cha
Jul 2015
#215
Aha.. the proof from July 9, 2015.. We all knew you can't be blocked from a group without
Cha
Jul 2015
#158
Got a question - have you tried contacting the Host that blocked you and discussing it?
azurnoir
Jul 2015
#5
Why?? Progressives are frustrated that they don't gain ground, in spite of economic inequality
lostnfound
Jul 2015
#23
Since you are posting here, I assume that it is because you wish to hear an answer ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#30
I had to read this three times to be certain you were saying what I thought I read ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#287
Thank Baby Jesus! Where are they coming from, or are these "return performances" if you know what..
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2015
#331
That actually breaks down close to the beginning because the progressive candidate isn't mostly the
TheKentuckian
Jul 2015
#333
Before I respond ... Please define/describe "New Left Activist". Thanks.
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#72
It should bloody well be able to be brought up in the Sanders group.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
#16
And my point is that I want the Sanders group to be BETTER than 'anoy other candidate safe haven'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
#21
Here's a guess... it may be because NO OTHER GROUP ON DU is as hostile to black Americans now than
Number23
Jul 2015
#176
O'malley screwed up at Netroots too. The only difference is that his SUPPORTERS were not out on the
Number23
Jul 2015
#180
So that's your answer? The reason more stupidity, more callousness and more RACISM has come
Number23
Jul 2015
#216
Well, I edited. I din't want it to look like I was talking about somebody that couldn't talk back
Number23
Jul 2015
#274
"know that supporters of Sanders are open to legitimate criticism especially on the whole with
Cha
Jul 2015
#159
If you were a black person who said that black people need some self-examination, not ONE person
Number23
Jul 2015
#169
That is my problem with him. Certainly. Only comes back here to chastise us but won't tell his
bravenak
Jul 2015
#182
I'm just gonna do it to make sure he does not come in here to chastise black folks.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#194
Well, it's pretty clear who he is now. So that makes it pretty clear who his friends are too.
Number23
Jul 2015
#197
I come across Sanders supporters EVERY DAY that won't post in the Sanders group
Number23
Jul 2015
#179
I am white and I support Bernie Sanders about 95%. I also some problems when....
marble falls
Jul 2015
#40
You were there and I watched the tapes and my wife and I were and are surprised how few...
marble falls
Jul 2015
#48
Nice try. Are you saying African Americans have evolved their opinion in the last month and ....
marble falls
Jul 2015
#84
AA voters are not stupid but no, we are not more informed than any other group
Number23
Jul 2015
#220
You wouldn't think that poster could possibly be anymore insulting.. but, I wouldn't bet on it.
Cha
Jul 2015
#303
I've seen enough. Between your performance in this thread and your idiotic performance a few months
Number23
Jul 2015
#184
Like I said, the fact that you focused so much on that one word while ignoring their point
Number23
Jul 2015
#208
As a Sandernista myself, I agree with you and don't get the disconnect between Bernie's....
marble falls
Jul 2015
#85
No, some of Bernie's supporters are swiftboating Bernie, by acting like privileged idiots.
MADem
Jul 2015
#106
May I just AMEN to everything you just uttered? You just took me to church.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2015
#243
Just as you wish to have to avoid much flack being hurled in this protected group
Autumn
Jul 2015
#65
Come on--I welcomed Bernie to the primary, said straight up he was my 2nd choice,
MADem
Jul 2015
#168
I will tell ya, the way some of his (cough) supporters (cough) are talking, it's making me
MADem
Jul 2015
#102
Don't forget that Obama was playing Rope-A-Dope with Republicans around that time
Warpy
Jul 2015
#251
Not only "I'm not a liberal", but "I've never been a liberal". And you're right, people "overlay"..
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2015
#283
"The most popular politician among African-Americans is Bill Clinton." Really? Link?
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2015
#250
No, you are not the only Bernie supporter who has been blocked from the BS Group, Tobin..
Cha
Jul 2015
#162
I remember your posts in this group and in previous iterations of the AA forum.
Number23
Jul 2015
#196
He also whipped out a chart showing how blacks don't like Jews. Had it right at his fingertips.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2015
#310