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Showing Original Post only (View all)Open letter to progressives: You’re doing it wrong and it’ll cost the Democratic Party [View all]
?1439239013Christian Taylor, 19. Amber Monroe, 20. Tyrone Harris, 18. Andre Green,15.
Those are just a few of the black people murdered last weekend. Im sorry that your pep rally was interrupted but WE ARE DYING BY THE DOZENS in the streets. Have some perspective.
When you posted about BLM activists having no strategy;
When you ranted about not understanding BLM activists tactics;
When you railed about how Bernie is the BLM candidate;
When you lectured BLM activists because they are working against their own interests;
Did you also post about the anniversary of Michael Browns murder and the Ferguson uprising?
Did you also rant about the 314 black people that have been killed by the police since August 2014?
Did you also rail about the 12 trans women killed this year, almost all of whom still havent seen any justice?
Did you also lecture other progressives about how their privilege and comfort comes at a cost to others?
Did you do anything at all that would have actually helped the movement? Or were you so focused on advancing your candidate that you missed the very real human impact of hearing progressives boo when confronted with Black Lives Matter in their space?
If you support Black Lives Matter activists up until they do something you dont agree with, then you were never really in solidarity. If you support the Black Lives Matter movement but have never done anything to challenge systems of privilege and power, then you arent actually an ally. You are part of the problem.
Martin Luther King Jr. quote re: white moderates
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Open letter to progressives: You’re doing it wrong and it’ll cost the Democratic Party [View all]
sheshe2
Aug 2015
OP
You have been informed once already that your intrusion into this group and your offensive
Number23
Aug 2015
#5
I sat on the jury for the one that was hidden. You know how I voted. It was a ridiculous hide. nt
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2015
#83
Yeah they definitely don't like to be reminded.. Sorry about your hide.. glad you gave brave a
Cha
Aug 2015
#115
Yeah, they couldn't handle that. Do not like to have their words repeated I'm guessing.
Cha
Aug 2015
#133
That makess no sense at all. Some of these alerts are ridiculous. It really seems that some folks
still_one
Aug 2015
#131
There's another Kos diary being given loving licks all in GD-P right now. Why do I bet that this one
Number23
Aug 2015
#6
A person outside a protected group shouldn't be able to alert on a member's post.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#72
Why would anyone bother stalking/alerting in safe havens? Don't like the group? Trash it. That's
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2015
#87
Well, then they obviously don't know the meaning of "Epic Fail", among other things. n/t
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2015
#105
I can't help but wonder why they're monitoring this group so heavily. Is it because they know we...
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2015
#106
I'm glad you're monitoring the monitors, but they still have the ability "monitor" & alert stalk....
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2015
#146
Also, in my opinion, to build the case that people who post in here are troublemakers
Starry Messenger
Aug 2015
#135
Now it makes much more sense. Thank you. They used to do it to the BOG until most of their.....
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2015
#147
There's no escaping them, not even in the safe havens. I trashed GD-P & the BS Group, but still.
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2015
#145
You have been kicking major ass. And you're a permanent part of the team, afaic.
Number23
Aug 2015
#162
Is it permissible to point out moderates and progressives are actually distinct groups...
doxyluv13
Aug 2015
#51
I can only imagine what that must be like. I'm sorry for my country's military adventurism. Many
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2015
#63
President Obama has helped immensely .. I thank Goodness he was elected President at this
Cha
Aug 2015
#124
I support what BLM does until they do something to only one man/group/candidate
AllyCat
Aug 2015
#66
"Neo liberals.." Oh Please.. not that stupid tired refrain. You have no idea what you're talking
Cha
Aug 2015
#122
I am becoming convinced a large number of Sanders supporters are former Nader supporters...
Spazito
Aug 2015
#140
Once I realized those railing against 'authoritarian' government by demanding...
Spazito
Aug 2015
#144
Oh, yes they act so much like those Nader supporters, that theyhave to be the same people
lunamagica
Oct 2015
#182
I love my Black Brothers and Sistahs.. but, I do appreciate that they stood in long lines for hours
Cha
Aug 2015
#97
Right, she.. Starry Messenger and the hosts in AA are doing an awesome job while bravenak's
Cha
Aug 2015
#101
On August 11, a black motorist was pulled over by a white police officer
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2015
#113
Hey: we're allowed to have "pep rallies" even if you've convinced yourself we shouldn't.
Smarmie Doofus
Aug 2015
#128