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RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
118. Bravo!!
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 07:07 PM
Feb 2016

You are indeed one strong black man.

And I am sorry to note there are those replying to you as if to be telling you you are out of line speaking out for yourself and for the future.

It's almost as if they are saying you do not know your place.

You are a leader who deserves many followers.

That's not Bernie Sanders in that picture. Don't spread it. Please delete it. Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #1
I know. Clearly, it's Hillary. Which Hillary? valerief Feb 2016 #6
I'm serious. That's not Bernie. Please nobody spread this picture. Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #10
I know he's denied it's him. I was just being a wise guy. nt valerief Feb 2016 #13
i vote to remove the picture too tk2kewl Feb 2016 #15
+1 geardaddy Feb 2016 #41
I didn't know until *now* that that actually wasn't Bernie in that photo. Agschmid Feb 2016 #197
Cheese, I agree. We supporters of saidsimplesimon Feb 2016 #213
The HELL he wasn't! Bernie was in the SNCC. FACT. BTW ask Danny Lyon the photographer johnlucas Feb 2016 #16
The pictures of him in Chicago are real. The picture of the guy right behind MLK is NOT Bernie Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #18
It's easy to photoshop a face into a picture BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #20
It's also possible to tell if it's been photoshopped. jhart3333 Feb 2016 #48
Somebody else posts a questionable picture and I have to either accept it or disprove it? BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #50
You are the one making the charge. Yes, prove it. jhart3333 Feb 2016 #74
There are Bernie supporters all over DU saying this. There is even a thread devoted to it. BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #77
hey if they made a fake Lee Harvey Oswald long before photoshop PatrynXX Feb 2016 #70
IIRC, Sanders was in both CORE and SNCC. However, I don't think that is Sanders in your pic. merrily Feb 2016 #158
This is one of the many reasons bec Feb 2016 #200
Yeah, John Lewis is a traitor! zappaman Feb 2016 #2
I'm sure we have our differences, ejbr Feb 2016 #29
One can hope. zappaman Feb 2016 #66
They stand on the shoulders of greatness in reeeeeally cruel shoes Rose Siding Feb 2016 #68
How the fuck did you get that from the OP? Oh, that's right. You didn't. The OP said the opposite. merrily Feb 2016 #154
After I hit the picture with the circle in it, I stopped reading. HE WASN'T THERE. MADem Feb 2016 #3
That is when I stopped too. Lucinda Feb 2016 #7
Oh no, I beg you to keep reading obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #19
What a brilliant statement, JohnLucas! morningglory Feb 2016 #4
Thank you! Sick of this foolishness. That's why we don't get nowhere johnlucas Feb 2016 #5
Bernie has said he was not in Selma in 1965 passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #86
+100 n/t Peregrine Took Feb 2016 #55
fix the pic. Otherwise, a big k and r! bbgrunt Feb 2016 #8
Not Bernie. He was at the mall. Not at the march. Lucinda Feb 2016 #9
Pretty sure that isn't Bernie. TDale313 Feb 2016 #11
Thank you. LWolf Feb 2016 #12
Some of us are just too defensive. It's the history of the country causing that. Continue to speak johnlucas Feb 2016 #22
So you write a wonderful choie Feb 2016 #26
That's not all people are responding with BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #35
It doesn't matter what he says if his OP is pushing a falsehood that can hurt Bernie. passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #89
yes, i was thinking the same. shireen Feb 2016 #216
That would mean noiretextatique Mar 2016 #229
Bookmarking to appreciate Faux pas Feb 2016 #14
"Old Blacks"? obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #17
'Old Blacks have failed us' bigtree Feb 2016 #21
What he said is the truth and let's stop pretending some internet posts DemocraticSocialist8 Feb 2016 #23
what he said is disgusting bigtree Feb 2016 #27
Yeah for the longest time I deferred to that past. But not anymore johnlucas Feb 2016 #60
'John Lewis got patted on the head by the Clintons' bigtree Feb 2016 #62
How old are you? (I'm just curious). eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #96
39 heading to 40 in 2 months johnlucas Feb 2016 #112
Okay. Thanks. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #115
John as I posted bellow, a link to a news story nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #178
I guess John Lewis is not smart enough to know why he supports the Clintons CreekDog Feb 2016 #192
I AM BLACK. I AM The Black Vote. johnlucas Feb 2016 #25
word salad advocacy bigtree Feb 2016 #30
Sure you are . . . EffieBlack Feb 2016 #34
So this is what it has become? Claiming people are lying about race? smh... JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #36
Man they've been doing that for a while. JoeyT Feb 2016 #71
And it survived the jury 2-5....What a shameful post to let stand. n/t JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #83
HRC supporters do it all the time. Any Sanders supporter is white Arazi Feb 2016 #106
It's probably due to the anonymous nature of the board ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #149
There's been a dramatic uptick in posts about race and racism in this election Arazi Feb 2016 #156
Yeah. Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #160
GDP only opened in June 2015 Arazi Feb 2016 #163
NO ... There has been NO attempt to paint Sanders as racist ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #166
Thanks for the laugh, small as it was Arazi Feb 2016 #168
Yes you can read ... but to get there (i.e., Sanders is a racist claim) ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #169
Wow, dude... jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #172
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #173
Thanks for the recomendation by the way nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #180
Excellent. Enjoy your reading!! eom jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #220
Hey they have done that to me nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #179
Riderinthestorm and Omaha Steve too Arazi Feb 2016 #186
The best part is that as independent media nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #187
yup obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #37
ya run with that "fake" insinuation if you need to, but be sure to read this and note the date too azurnoir Feb 2016 #45
^^^^ search and ye shall find ^^^^ Kittycat Feb 2016 #175
NO it won't make a difference nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #182
You dont believe hes black? why? jack_krass Feb 2016 #138
Sanders' suppoters are not noiretextatique Feb 2016 #142
You asked me why and then proceeded to tell me why EffieBlack Feb 2016 #167
This: tblue37 Feb 2016 #176
I've no doubt you're black.. one_voice Feb 2016 #177
they failed you? some of them helped pass the Voting Rights Act. CreekDog Feb 2016 #193
BRAVO, John Lucas !! secondwind Feb 2016 #199
But you don't speak for the entire black electorate, DO YOU? Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #218
No.its not the campaign strategy jack_krass Feb 2016 #40
And the "old" vote along with it. I am proud of my gray hair. McCamy Taylor Feb 2016 #79
Campaign Strategy? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #105
the OP sounds like a Hillary supporter JI7 Feb 2016 #24
Thinking the same. n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #31
With fake pictures even. Codeine Feb 2016 #32
Think what you want. I'm gonna do my best to get him the win in Georgia on Tuesday johnlucas Feb 2016 #33
Thank you for writing, thank you for your passion! I feel we NEED Bernie in order to take back peacebird Feb 2016 #67
I voted for Hillary in the GA primary. My mother initially supported Sanders but has become so Number23 Feb 2016 #85
What tactics? If anything Bernie hasn't hit Hillary hard ENOUGH! johnlucas Feb 2016 #101
If you haven't noticed yet noiretextatique Feb 2016 #145
Bernie's tactics of having some of the biggest trolls on the planet among his loudest supporters Number23 Feb 2016 #190
Which tactics, specifically? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #143
LOL. As if I'd bother. Number23 Feb 2016 #191
That's a great strategy you got there noiretextatique Mar 2016 #227
I didn't make an accusation. That would be you and your endless running around DU Number23 Mar 2016 #230
Nope, couldnt be a Hillary supporter... jack_krass Feb 2016 #58
That is NOT Sanders in that picture. KingFlorez Feb 2016 #28
Old Black people angel123 Feb 2016 #38
Oh my! Vile is it? Sounds like somebody hit a nerve. jalan48 Feb 2016 #43
Old lady here K&R for a great post. Thank you from my family. jwirr Feb 2016 #39
Thank you. jalan48 Feb 2016 #42
All I will say is that this is a fair discussion to have Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #44
Yep ... and 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #51
Yeah, now there is a term that we call that in the black community Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #57
Private Message me the term if you don't wanna say it here & we'll talk about it johnlucas Feb 2016 #93
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #94
1StrongBlackMan meet ANOTHER Strong Black Man johnlucas Feb 2016 #80
+100. That is a damn good post -- patriotic while calling out the injustices our country let stand! JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #84
Well, I'm not about to have this conversation in front of white folks and Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #88
I don't understand, why not in front of everyone? luxpara4 Feb 2016 #183
Then how do you expect people to understand what you mean? nt. polly7 Feb 2016 #188
It's not meant for white folks to understand or to act on Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #195
Wow. Broadbrush much? polly7 Feb 2016 #196
Not a broadbrush Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #198
John Lucas sounds like an intelligent, creative and courageous American. ladjf Feb 2016 #90
+1. He's put to words what I've always thought throughout my life. nc4bo Mar 2016 #231
Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #95
TELL IT, bro! eom John Poet Feb 2016 #103
That is not Sanders in the photograph - even his campaign has admitted it (several times) George II Feb 2016 #46
Link, please? Orrex Feb 2016 #53
There's this... Beartracks Feb 2016 #75
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Feb 2016 #47
I am a bi-racial Gen X'er, TM99 Feb 2016 #49
"Old Blacks"? Is that a thing? Iggo Feb 2016 #52
Bravo! Take all your friends to the polls! Dems to Win Feb 2016 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Feb 2016 #92
Failed... no. Each generation stands on the shoulders of the previous. It is then up to the next.. FighttheFuture Feb 2016 #56
The majority of young AA didn't vote for him either MaggieD Feb 2016 #59
To be fair, though Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #73
SOCIALISM...does not have the same scare factor as in the 1950's noiretextatique Feb 2016 #82
Outstanding, johnlucas! Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #61
Stop posting pictures of Hillary wearing a Bernie mask! Helen Borg Feb 2016 #63
Dr. Cornel West said it best FangedNoumenom Feb 2016 #64
Thank you for this, John. dchill Feb 2016 #65
Explain it to "I stand with her?" tuesday PatrynXX Feb 2016 #69
I have a question for you Setsuna1972 Feb 2016 #72
I'm with a lot of this OP as an "old black" myself. jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #76
+10 Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #109
jonestonesusa, thank you johnlucas Feb 2016 #110
Sure thing. Thanks for the OP! jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #136
Divide and conquer by age? McCamy Taylor Feb 2016 #78
What an idiotic and disgusting post. I'm black and don't have a gray hair yet and I reject every Number23 Feb 2016 #81
Bernie supporters are going straight ham today. vdogg Feb 2016 #91
Very telling who is falling all over this OP. Number23 Feb 2016 #97
Which should be a tell for the OP , as to why .. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #100
So you're saying it's Jester Messiah Feb 2016 #104
He's saying not in front of white folks nt noiretextatique Feb 2016 #114
Exactly. eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #121
I am not certain I agree noiretextatique Feb 2016 #127
Clearly ... But my conviction is my conviction. ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #133
Fine, then don't participate but why silence others AAs? Arazi Feb 2016 #135
Where have I tried to silence anyone? eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #146
Here Arazi Feb 2016 #148
Advising restraint is not STFU. But if you hear STFU, when what was actually said was ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #153
Oh, I see, completely different Arazi Feb 2016 #159
You just do that. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #161
Everyone hears STFU... TeeYiYi Feb 2016 #170
LOL ... Were you saying something? eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #171
Your conviction...I understand eom noiretextatique Feb 2016 #152
No ... I was clear, and so was ChiTown ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #120
Well clearly other AA DUers disagree with you Arazi Feb 2016 #126
Especially considering... noiretextatique Feb 2016 #128
As if black DUers aren't aware that certain black DUers get on the DU list Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #155
Now it is the AA forum noiretextatique Feb 2016 #162
Ah, I did not go there about "good negro"/"bad negro" politics... Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #165
What the hell...you most certainly did go there noiretextatique Mar 2016 #228
Oh, and I am NOT about to have this conversation Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #129
Sketchy. You want to be able to hold a non-conformist to account? Yikes. [nt] Jester Messiah Feb 2016 #131
I really don't care whether you find my explanation sketchy ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #137
I'll do as I please. Jester Messiah Feb 2016 #202
I am going to but in nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #211
So why not discuss the issues you disagree with from the OP instead of posting innuendo? jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #102
Innuendo makes for better outrage noiretextatique Feb 2016 #125
Oh yeah? Who might that be? Do tell :) jack_krass Feb 2016 #123
Tell me about it Setsuna1972 Feb 2016 #98
Who do you think should be embarresed by this OP? jack_krass Feb 2016 #122
More than a few AA DUers believe this is a valid conversation Arazi Feb 2016 #124
As if any one demographic are all the same felix_numinous Feb 2016 #87
Oh FFS BumRushDaShow Feb 2016 #99
Keep pushing that meme and I guarantee that the black vote will be lost all over. i can't Jitter65 Feb 2016 #107
You think Sanders controls all of his supporters? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #113
On this very thread some older Blacks agree with me. johnlucas Feb 2016 #117
I really don't think that post deserved a reply noiretextatique Feb 2016 #119
noirtextatique, thank you for your words on this thread johnlucas Feb 2016 #134
Honey, that is a badge of honor here! noiretextatique Feb 2016 #140
Me too... TeeYiYi Feb 2016 #144
Lmao!!!!!! noiretextatique Feb 2016 #150
Seen this? proverbialwisdom Feb 2016 #210
K & R, johnlucas Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #108
Well...you have certainly attracted the outrage brigade noiretextatique Feb 2016 #111
Hi John, I saw this play out in Chicago about a year ago WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #116
This is it EXACTLY! And now you see the results! johnlucas Feb 2016 #130
And look who flew in to endorse Garcia. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #141
+1000 this is rich noiretextatique Feb 2016 #147
Bernie...on the right side of the history again, I see. Nyan Feb 2016 #201
And then these same poor Blacks carried Rahm's backer Hillary in Illinois last night johnlucas Mar 2016 #233
Apparently they didn't realize any of that. Nyan Mar 2016 #234
That's why I'm so mad at John Lewis & other Black leaders johnlucas Mar 2016 #235
...and Elizabeth Warren would have made the case in MA. But she didn't. Nyan Mar 2016 #236
Bravo!! RobertEarl Feb 2016 #118
Is there any other race... MrWendel Feb 2016 #132
Maybe you haven't noticed the Sanders is for white people meme jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #151
South Carolina Blacks are Old Blacks liberal N proud Feb 2016 #139
Good lord, you put my exact thoughts into words GummyBearz Feb 2016 #157
BRAVO! monicaangela Feb 2016 #164
John thank you for furthering illuminating the many light bulbs that went on nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #174
A timely tweet... TeeYiYi Feb 2016 #181
Thanks for posting. elleng Feb 2016 #184
Standing on the Wrong Side of History polly7 Feb 2016 #185
Good post for some perspective on this thread. jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #222
I support you, johnlucas. grasswire Feb 2016 #189
Why Lewis chose to soil his reputation by lying about Sanders, I will never understand. Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #194
k&r disillusioned73 Feb 2016 #203
K&R The truth will set us free. Thanks for speaking it. nt raouldukelives Feb 2016 #204
My greatest hope is that the youth of our Nation randr Feb 2016 #205
To my fellow brothers and sisters.... markj757 Feb 2016 #206
Look in the mirror, because this is a two way dynamic nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #214
You ain't saying nothing we don't already know Number23 Feb 2016 #219
I don't know. Reasonable people can disagree about ideas and how they are expressed. jonestonesusa Feb 2016 #223
Although I agree with many of your points, I just have to clarify.... markj757 Mar 2016 #224
Thanks for the response - I respect where you what you are saying. jonestonesusa Mar 2016 #225
JohnLucas spoke his truth and should be respected for it just nc4bo Mar 2016 #232
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #207
As a black female person - with old white men heading this country forever..... Farmbrook Feb 2016 #208
K&R avaistheone1 Feb 2016 #209
Well..... AlbertCat Feb 2016 #212
k&r, thank you, johnlucas saidsimplesimon Feb 2016 #215
You're trying too hard... Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #217
Keep voting the way you've been voting ZX86 Feb 2016 #221
Who are the young leaders of the Black community? ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #226
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