Thank you, it's the first time in my life I had to defend being a POC. (Reply #57)

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Fri Jun 10, 2016, 11:40 PM

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57. Thank you, it's the first time in my life I had to defend being a POC.

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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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