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In reply to the discussion: Privilege: Would your personal circumstances change if Bernie was President? [View all]wilt the stilt
(4,528 posts)87. trekkie
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Privilege: Would your personal circumstances change if Bernie was President? [View all]
Chichiri
Mar 2016
OP
I'm voting in my own self-interest, and I don't much care what anyone thinks of that.
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2016
#2
Because unless you're a millionaire like Hillary you'll continue to bleed out.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#3
Read all of the threads on DU from Bernie supporters about why we need reform.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#11
Because we know that's not really what you're doing; we've seen your other threads.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#32
Would they respond to a loaded question based on cherry picked excerpts ?
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#40
I have a degree in analytical philosophy, and I find it hilarious when people c/p fallacies at me.
Chichiri
Mar 2016
#49
Nice try, forget your title already? "Are Bernie supporters really "privileged?""
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#51
Good thing he's not Jewish or a woman, I'd hate to see what you'd say about him then.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#68
And none of them were hidden for calling someone "an old crusty Jew" or a "p*ssy"
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#93
Probably still won't work, we've been fighting this stereotype since last May.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#60
Katy Perry is worth $400M+; she shrugs and giggles that good jobs get sent abroad
closeupready
Mar 2016
#4
something all farmers learn early and never forget, but many 'city dwellers' never fully master...
islandmkl
Mar 2016
#5
Do you, or the author, think that Bernie is going to ignore the plight of Blacks and Latinos?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2016
#9
How will your personal situation change over, say, the next 30 years if Bernie becomes President? nt
Chichiri
Mar 2016
#81
The patterns and policies put into place since 1980 by BOTH parties have hit almost everyone...
Armstead
Mar 2016
#19
Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, Native Hawaiians, Asians, Muslims - nah they don't count.
jillan
Mar 2016
#25
This is so funny! Thanks for the laugh. The author of this does not have a clue.
jillan
Mar 2016
#24
They feel (rightly or wrongly) that they personally stand to lose a lot depending on who's President
Chichiri
Mar 2016
#41
That's an excellent motivation to vote, but it comes from personal privilege unless . . .
Chichiri
Mar 2016
#38
Thank you for your comment. I am sorry that the response you recieved was so cold.
demmiblue
Mar 2016
#64
I would worry a whole lot less about my Social Security and Medicare with Bernie.
Vinca
Mar 2016
#62
In the Primary I am voting for Bernie because Hillary has a long history of opposing my civil rights
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#78
I think it is very full tilt freaky to ask others questions like this while not offering up your own
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#82