This thread isn't about Bernie. (Reply #42)

In the discussion thread: Thank you to all AA, Latino, Native American, Asian-American, women and LGBTQ Bernie supporters. [View all]

Response to PeaceNikki (Reply #41)

Fri Jun 10, 2016, 08:11 PM

Ken Burch (50,254 posts)

42. This thread isn't about Bernie.

It's meant as a sincere tribute to those who supported him and were treated as traitors to their communities for doing so.

We know it happened. And it was just as wrong as anything else that happened.

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62 replies	Author	Time	Post
Thank you to all AA, Latino, Native American, Asian-American, women and LGBTQ Bernie supporters. [View all]	Ken Burch	Jun 2016	OP
Seconded all the way through	Scootaloo	Jun 2016	#1
The attempt to hide or steal my identity as a.native	SwampG8r	Jun 2016	#2
Indeed. You never deserved it. n/t.	Ken Burch	Jun 2016	#26
K and R	bigwillq	Jun 2016	#3
I've never seen anybody accuse minorities who support Sanders as being "race traitors."	qdouble	Jun 2016	#4
I've never seen that either nt	gollygee	Jun 2016	#5
Never saw it. Saw people being accused of calling others racists when they did not.....	bettyellen	Jun 2016	#6
And yet Boston you get the hide with honest to god facts. Op creates false accusations and it stands	seabeyond	Jun 2016	#15
+1	oasis	Jun 2016	#20
Nailed it. I saw this OP yesterday and laughed my ass off. It could not have been more obvious	Number23	Jun 2016	#44
Post removed	Post removed	Jun 2016	#7
Me either	La Lioness Priyanka	Jun 2016	#36
I just want to high five you for your post that got locked	Number23	Jun 2016	#45
thanks. I think race traitor is a terrible accusation that is hardly ever just thrown around by POC	La Lioness Priyanka	Jun 2016	#46
The particular term race traitor wasn't used.	jonestonesusa	Jun 2016	#54
Setting up strawmen to knock down doesn't advance your message very far	Tarc	Jun 2016	#8
The OP must not be referring to DU.	Garrett78	Jun 2016	#58
Excellent job by both of our candidates...	NCTraveler	Jun 2016	#9
Orientation traitors?	oberliner	Jun 2016	#10
No it's not. Not at all.	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2016	#12
Never heard such a phrase	oberliner	Jun 2016	#16
Google 'Roy Cohn' and learn about the real deal.	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2016	#18
OK	oberliner	Jun 2016	#21
Did you see how many rec this got.	NCTraveler	Jun 2016	#11
Actually you make Ken's point. That thread is chock full of myself and other Sanders supporters	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2016	#13
It doesn't make his point at all.	NCTraveler	Jun 2016	#14
you broadbrush me. You and your team never once give a shred of credit to those of us who	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2016	#17
Lots of dishonesty in your post here.	NCTraveler	Jun 2016	#19
I talked Willy T into self-deleting it.	Ken Burch	Jun 2016	#25
"It was never fair to use that thread as if ALL Sanders supporters were to blame for it."	NCTraveler	Jun 2016	#30
Well done, Ken. False attacks and accusations disguised as a "thank you" message.	NurseJackie	Jun 2016	#22
after all the accusations of "race baiting" leveled here I've really had enough of this shit too.	bettyellen	Jun 2016	#23
No false attacks.	Ken Burch	Jun 2016	#24
Here, on DU, PoC, women LBGT Hillary supprters were in the minority, just like the rest of HC	lunamagica	Jun 2016	#31
It's not inherently unfair that you were in the minority.	Ken Burch	Jun 2016	#33
so we have a Hillary Clinton group to protect her supporters?	azurnoir	Jun 2016	#60
It really sucked. It fucking sucked a lot.	DemocraticWing	Jun 2016	#27
Did anyone actually criticize those three or four dozen people?	theboss	Jun 2016	#28
I'm a latina and have been a Bernie supporter	azmom	Jun 2016	#29
And did anyone call you a race traitor for that?	La Lioness Priyanka	Jun 2016	#37
Yes they did, and a sexist too.	azmom	Jun 2016	#39
Really? Where on du?	La Lioness Priyanka	Jun 2016	#40
Thanks Ken!	Juicy_Bellows	Jun 2016	#32
Thank you. n/t.	Ken Burch	Jun 2016	#34
Thanks for this thread Ken. Some of us got some very brutal treatment	riderinthestorm	Jun 2016	#35
This is a shitty and dishonest post. Ugh.	La Lioness Priyanka	Jun 2016	#38
Gosh, there should be a book about the persecution that Sanders and his supporters endure	PeaceNikki	Jun 2016	#41
This thread isn't about Bernie.	Ken Burch	Jun 2016	#42
except it didn't happen. at all.	La Lioness Priyanka	Jun 2016	#43
Just because you couldn't find the WORDS "race traitor" in your search	Ken Burch	Jun 2016	#47
race traitor is a very specific insult that you said was thrown around	La Lioness Priyanka	Jun 2016	#48
I said the accusation was thrown around, I didn't specify the words.	Ken Burch	Jun 2016	#49
Can you provide any examples of the race traitor implications?	PeaceNikki	Jun 2016	#50
I can't find the thread in the Sanders group where a few AA'S were talking @ it	riderinthestorm	Jun 2016	#53
Show us some insinuations that amount to being called a race traitor?	La Lioness Priyanka	Jun 2016	#51
yep you're a fake this or that is more common	azurnoir	Jun 2016	#61
No minority had a problem with me voting for Sanders and they never even tried to convince	JI7	Jun 2016	#52
Oh, you and your honesty. You're ruining a phenomenal meme!	Number23	Jun 2016	#55
+1	La Lioness Priyanka	Jun 2016	#56
Thank you, it's the first time in my life I had to defend being a POC.	insta8er	Jun 2016	#57
You're welcome. Clinton is not. eom	Betty Karlson	Jun 2016	#59
No brainer for me	noiretextatique	Jun 2016	#62

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