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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why HRC is bad for black people, the shorter version [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)116. Yep. I have no idea why this was even posted. It's been kinda over.
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For what purpose? To tell PoC that she knows what's best for them more than they do?
PeaceNikki
Jun 2016
#7
codswallop. The OP is opinion. And I again ask, at this juncture, what is the OP trying to do?
PeaceNikki
Jun 2016
#87
No joke. Immediately after the most powerful black man on the planet endorsed her.
PeaceNikki
Jun 2016
#69
You are inferring that, it is not what the post is saying. What is offensive is trying to render
JCanete
Jun 2016
#36
Creating a wedge issue out of race is a Republican tactic. But the Dem Party is so far to the right
GoneFishin
Jun 2016
#109
What is racist about this thread? People vote against their best interests all the time, across
JCanete
Jun 2016
#28
So, you're criticizing her for supporting it, but you're ok with Sanders actually voting for it.
TwilightZone
Jun 2016
#27
Attacking Clinton for supporting a bill that Sanders voted for is the very definition of
TwilightZone
Jun 2016
#38
NAILED it. It was so horrible but somehow the person who allegedly voiced support for it is 1000
Number23
Jun 2016
#101
Sure she was a racist in 2008, but like many other issues, she's "evolved", so, no worries*
jack_krass
Jun 2016
#22
And "John Lewis was shamefully used." The disrespect from that bunch never ceases to amaze
Hekate
Jun 2016
#97
Yeah, I'm thinking about Dr. Jill Stein too. Hey, she's honest, unlike Hillary
Herman4747
Jun 2016
#110
Thanks for caring enough to post initially but then not enough to follow up.
TeacherB87
Jun 2016
#51
+1, they're doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#64
"Who better than Trump to scare people into voting against their own interests?"
Blue_Tires
Jun 2016
#45
Just out of curiosity - are any of the 15 people who recced this OP People of Color?
yardwork
Jun 2016
#57
Sigh, another "Hillary is Satan" post... why do the same thing over and over again and expect a .
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#62
Are you, by any chance, black? If not, perhaps you should let the members of that demographic ...
Hekate
Jun 2016
#91
That is craptastic! Especially the "latte liberals" part! You sound just like Newt! Was that what
Squinch
Jun 2016
#98
Why lecturing black people about their best interest is bad, the shorter version.
wildeyed
Jun 2016
#112
She's black too. But it seems she does not respect our choices as we do hers.
bravenak
Jun 2016
#113