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2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

19. Well, I'm with you on that.

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #17)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 03:37 AM

Jul 2015

The problem has been all these people acting like they'd caught Bernie pulling a fast one(or worse, trying to win votes from committed bigots, which was never what he was trying to do).

I appreciate the tone you've taken in this thread. You sound like somebody who is actually willing to listen and is actually open to dialog. Thanks for that.

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Bernie has NEVER said that economic justice would automatically end bigotry. [View all] Ken Burch Jul 2015 OP

K&R..... daleanime Jul 2015 #1

Well-said! It's a FUD talking point, nothing more. arcane1 Jul 2015 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF Jul 2015 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch Jul 2015 #4

I heard Bernie says bigotry is over because we overcame racism. Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #5

It was never anything more than a strawman AgingAmerican Jul 2015 #6

^This!^ SoapBox Jul 2015 #7

Bingo Populist_Prole Jul 2015 #8

Yup, and cherrypicking is STUPID after the Bush Administration cherrypicked intel to send us to war. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #9

Strawman, no one said he did... I'm glad this issue isn't going over Bernies campaigns head like uponit7771 Jul 2015 #10

What can a president do to end the bigotry? JDPriestly Jul 2015 #12

Nothing, they can mitigate the effects of bigotry on any minority population or people uponit7771 Jul 2015 #13

How can they mitigate the effects of bigotry on minority populations or people? JDPriestly Jul 2015 #15

Build on what Obama did with EEOC and other state HRC's by funding the state level HRC's past just uponit7771 Jul 2015 #16

California has been considering a bill to require that police file a report on the race and other JDPriestly Jul 2015 #18

Those are great suggestions, and I'm sure Bernie would be fine with them. Ken Burch Jul 2015 #20

It was actually repeated wildly by one poster kenfrequed Jul 2015 #22

another instance of distorting what's been said bigtree Jul 2015 #11

There's nothing TO deflect. Ken Burch Jul 2015 #14

You're right he's not worse and not better either. On everything else the guy is out front save uponit7771 Jul 2015 #17

Well, I'm with you on that. Ken Burch Jul 2015 #19

Talk to the people. sheshe2 Jul 2015 #21

O'Malley actually did reduce police violence during his term as Mayor of Baltimore bigtree Jul 2015 #23