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9. There is alot of truth and wisdom in this post. I think that if more people here had your reasoned
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:12 AM
Mar 2016

intelligent response to stuff around here, this place wouldn't be such a cesspool.

I'm betting that "old black people" poster isn't one of us to begin with, so it's easy for me to disregard...

I ain't saying nothing. Except to say, I've scratched my head at so much stuff that person has posted over the years that I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought the exact same thing more than once. And still do. He's not alone though. Unfortunately there are a couple of others here that are all too willing to shit on black folks to get their pats on the head from a certain crowd here. By the looks of it, these folks deserve each other and they can HAVE each other. Good riddance.

I can't think of a single southern state where Sanders has a snowball's chance, including my own... But I happen to like the man (although he's had some real assclowns managing his campaign, sadly),

I've said the same thing about his campaign. One of the worse run I've ever seen. And every black poster here that's tried to get through to these people has been screamed at and shouted down. The fact that -- as usual -- we were (SHOCKINGLY) right about our own communities is kind of pointless now. Perhaps if folks here had been a bit more inclined to listen to the black folks -- supporters or not -- who were actually trying to tell Sanders that waxing endlessly about deeds done 50 years ago was not a winning strategy to make black people feel that a candidate is plugged into our issues today, he wouldn't be feeling the hurting that he's feeling right now.

As for Trump, all of these folks screaming that neither Sanders nor Clinton could beat him are wrong. Minorities have proven to be the backbone of this primary season and there is no way in hell we'll stand by and do nothing and let that man gets into office.

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