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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Before the big clampdown, I'm gonna say this [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)108. I agree with that
But that is not contrary to the parallel struggle to ensure that every person actually does have a right to materially survive, and advance in life.
A job removed from the US to a sweatshop overseas to satisfy the corporate bottom line is a job that could be lost by a white or a POC or a male or female.
I prefer to deal with those inequities within "we're all in this together" approach, and "in unity there is strength." That doesn't mean that there may not be differences that have to be addressed --but ultimately they all go together under the larger umbrella of true social justice.
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The Third Way has elevated Sophie's Choice into a wildly profitable form of artfulness. n/t
djean111
Jun 2016
#3
Thanks! I have been saying that the Third Way gives us Sophie's Choice for quite a while.
djean111
Jun 2016
#230
Yet never has this idea been seized upon as voraciously by "minority" voters, pitting them against
highprincipleswork
Jun 2016
#30
The Third Way, as a matter of fact, considers EVERYBODY is equal - we will ALL be victims
djean111
Jun 2016
#104
The OIG's report refutes a litany of her lies about the facts of the case.
AtomicKitten
Jun 2016
#26
Why would you describe your personal opinion as a preview of a report you know nothing about?
Kentonio
Jun 2016
#218
What part of 2 years after leaving office and under pressure do you not understand?
Rilgin
Jun 2016
#189
Lol. She started sorting years after leaving office. See post on what Report said about it(NT)
Rilgin
Jun 2016
#192
The report said "At a minimum" she was required to archive her emails when leaving office
Rilgin
Jun 2016
#191
I suspect its a common issue among high level officials to not always provide a complete archive..
DCBob
Jun 2016
#193
Actually, I suspect most public officials like most lawyers follow the systems put in place
Rilgin
Jun 2016
#199
Not all problems are criminal.Perhaps its not being rewarded with the highest office in the Country.
Rilgin
Jun 2016
#245
The way his trip to Italy is treated as a non-issue is a thing to behold....
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#63
Ain't THAT the damn truth! 60K to hang out in the lobby and "discuss" POVERTY with the pope
Number23
Jun 2016
#224
Agreed, but most of the problem stemmed from the fact that there was little of substance to actually
eastwestdem
Jun 2016
#207
Yes, I remember when Hillary chained herself to the post in Congress as a Senator...
Armstead
Jun 2016
#208
What about all the people who voted for her because they preferred her positions?
auntpurl
Jun 2016
#18
Hillary hate has always been based on gender. It came from men who could not deal with a strong
upaloopa
Jun 2016
#29
I have never met any Bernie supporter who didn't strongly support Elizabeth Warren
virtualobserver
Jun 2016
#53
Is it impossible for you to wrap your head around, we don't like her policies?
Fuddnik
Jun 2016
#157
Discussing race and gender and the effects they have on how one perceives situations
ismnotwasm
Jun 2016
#114
+1, Weaver and Divine admitted not competing in "southern states" & Sanders lost by over 2 mil votes
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#243
Life is in session, Armstead, and there really is a difference between the parties
BeyondGeography
Jun 2016
#10
Believe is the operative word for everyone here and elsewhere regardless of their opinion
Armstead
Jun 2016
#234
Well we feel the same about you and yours. My guess is the months and years of other interests will
upaloopa
Jun 2016
#23
No, it is having a focus on economic justice at all that is the problem as far as I can see
TheKentuckian
Jun 2016
#40
The point is that Bernie folks had to be taught the lesson you just described.
upaloopa
Jun 2016
#20
That phony characterization was started long before the first primary was held
Armstead
Jun 2016
#70
they really can't fob this sort of rhetoric outside of Jezebel/Medium/college commons
MisterP
Jun 2016
#203
It's also a general philosophical disagreement about whether the system is broken or not
auntpurl
Jun 2016
#42
He was focused on bringing out an issue that the Democrats have ignored since....
Armstead
Jun 2016
#79
He did NOT call abortion rights a distraction.That was Rachel Maddow's disingenuous framing of his
myrna minx
Jun 2016
#200
You think what you posted supports the position did not consider abortion a distraction?
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#237
But it was initially seperated. And those who pointed it out were attacked and accused of working
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#76
It's not "sensitivity" to notice the most common sexist/ racist trope- the concept that some should
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#95
You'd actually benefit from reading up about sexist tropes because you've treated us all to quite a
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#197
"The practical side of life for everyone"= human rights are not practical. okay then.
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#56
No one is saying that, and if you insist on believing it, then we have nothing to say to each other
Armstead
Jun 2016
#65
If you don't get how this "practical" shit is fucking insulting then you've learned nothing...
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#69
If you don't get that I am not saying it is eitehr/or then you've learned nothing
Armstead
Jun 2016
#92
It's ridiculous to say that Hillary and her supporters don't want to address economic justice.
YouDig
Jun 2016
#59
I don't know about the posts here saying that. I didn't make them, and haven't really seen them.
YouDig
Jun 2016
#99
You miss the point-there are valid reasons for African Americans and others to not support Sanders
Gothmog
Jun 2016
#94
Social justice concerns are not the reason why Sanders failed to attract key groups in the base
Gothmog
Jun 2016
#141
Shit-stirrer WillyT set up the false dichotomy of economic v social issues. With tons of recs
emulatorloo
Jun 2016
#102
Trust me, my post is not about WillyT, it is about those who validated and amplified his message
emulatorloo
Jun 2016
#116
Just going by past history of DU's primary mode to GE mode transition. I hope you hang around to
emulatorloo
Jun 2016
#161
No, your team owns that. And has doubled down on it at every opportunity this election cycle.
stranger81
Jun 2016
#168
I wrote "I do recognize that at some point unscrupulous HRC posters did run
emulatorloo
Jun 2016
#172
+ a million, loo. I went through the rec list of WillyT's posts and blocked people from the AA forum
Number23
Jun 2016
#225
More important for Hillary to prove she's progressive than for voters to prove they are not sexist.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#106
I have no need to prove the latter...and I doubt she can convince me of the former.
Lizzie Poppet
Jun 2016
#113
Binary thinking is not a virtue. It was a weakness, and one of the factors that ...
NurseJackie
Jun 2016
#126
Accusations of sexism was a far better tact that having to talk "policy".
NorthCarolina
Jun 2016
#132
The same people used all the same tactics to dismiss LGBT activists until recently
DemocraticWing
Jun 2016
#137
Abortion and women's rights, gay rights, civil rights and immigration are 'wedge issues'
felix_numinous
Jun 2016
#140
This primary tried to accomplish the full and complete discrediting of actual progressive ideas.
arcane1
Jun 2016
#153
This party has mistreated the independent voters. They are expected to fall in line or get zip.
floriduck
Jun 2016
#154
the last day and you come up with a crappy OP like THIS......you can do better.
stonecutter357
Jun 2016
#173
"One can not be an Economic Progressive Populist without also being racist and sexist?"
jack_krass
Jun 2016
#186
The saddest thing for me was seeing that 'attack your opponent on their strengths'
Kentonio
Jun 2016
#222
tl;dr 'my issues are more important than everyone else's because I think so'
anigbrowl
Jun 2016
#241