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In reply to the discussion: New to DU and new here. Also a question about optics [View all]tishaLA
(14,176 posts)36. As far as I can tell, its this:
"My question about optics is this - would it be a bad idea for Bernie, or his supporters, to cite Dr. King when speaking about socialism and socialistic positions? "
That despite not knowing exactly WHAT Dr King's positions are, not believing knowledge of his positions are actually necessary, and believing instead that the positions are simply to prove that socialism is better than "neoliberalism" (a term that gets tossed about by people as freely, and incorrectly, as quotations from Dr King). In other words, he's just a trope.
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"if that's the best you got when he's been dead for almost 50 years - you've got a problem."
Number23
Oct 2015
#14
It was the "will this get me in trouble here and I don't care if it does" bit that was needlessly
Number23
Oct 2015
#21