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82. After the birther bullshit and the Rev. Wright "controversy", are you surprised?

Reply to leveymg (Reply #69)

Tue Jul 21, 2015, 09:54 PM

Jul 2015

Apparently the lesson taken from 2008 is that you need to lie bigger.

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Right-wing media and the origins of the Bernie "doesn't care about minorities" meme. [View all] leveymg Jul 2015 OP

As a supporter of Sanders I'd like to believe that explains it el_bryanto Jul 2015 #1

BLM is being played by The National Review Crowd leveymg Jul 2015 #2

Yes but implicit in that argument is that BLM is too dumb to figure things out on their own. el_bryanto Jul 2015 #3

A lot of people have been sucked in by this meme. It's The Blob of the '16 Campaign. leveymg Jul 2015 #4

Your interlocutor's raison d'etre seems to be robbing one group of agency. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #26

I think you know exactly what you've been doing in pushing this meme for the past 2 months. delrem Jul 2015 #40

Six Black Lives Matter Protestors were arrested in Alabama DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #41

Read the OP. Read DU. delrem Jul 2015 #42

Folks are conflating two separate issues... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #43

YOU conflate the issues. delrem Jul 2015 #44

What is the topic of this thread? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #47

Out of fairness, you have the last word in this conversation. delrem Jul 2015 #49

Peace and best wishes./nt DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #51

It's not a meme that Bernie Sanders is not getting the support of minority communities mythology Jul 2015 #110

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees this passiveporcupine Jul 2015 #93

They will also need to figure out that they will be -- or have been -- infiltrated by the police villager Jul 2015 #57

They are being suckered and the "Hill People" are piling on and loving brewens Jul 2015 #28

Thanks for identifying Cooke as well. mmonk Jul 2015 #5

I think the swiftboating is coming from many sources. Vattel Jul 2015 #6

Guittierez followed York and Cooke. I agree, this meme got picked up by others leveymg Jul 2015 #7

Okay, I see your point. Vattel Jul 2015 #8

Nice post. mmonk Jul 2015 #10

That which doesn't break you, makes you stronger. nc4bo Jul 2015 #9

I hope you are right. Vattel Jul 2015 #11

. mmonk Jul 2015 #12

Thanks again! Question: leveymg Jul 2015 #13

We can probably thank Citizens United for that. arcane1 Jul 2015 #14

I have to admit, not from such a wide spectrum. mmonk Jul 2015 #15

Ouch, that is pretty sleezy. blackspade Jul 2015 #16

Exactly the point. Before folks smear another Dem, be aware the meme originated in the GOP. leveymg Jul 2015 #17

This has been up for 6 hours or so and the usual people on DU pushing this meme are absent hootinholler Jul 2015 #18

My pleasure, kind sir. leveymg Jul 2015 #21

They're probably absent because for the last couple sufrommich Jul 2015 #23

Yep. They don't really get it at all. nt stevenleser Jul 2015 #111

Back in March of 2015 ... something else happened ... do you know what it was? JoePhilly Jul 2015 #19

Reading comprehension is important leveymg Jul 2015 #20

BLM clearly started to target Democrats before the date you pick. JoePhilly Jul 2015 #25

Here is an interesting OP for you to read and comprehend ... JoePhilly Jul 2015 #29

We can walk the cat back even further, here's something related from Aug. 17, 2014 leveymg Jul 2015 #104

Except there is no direct connection from this Bernie to DU or BLM. JoePhilly Jul 2015 #106

I don't think we're talking about the same thing. leveymg Jul 2015 #107

I simply do not see Bernie being smeared. JoePhilly Jul 2015 #108

And Obama handled it spectacularly, as usual - no deer in the headlights look. George II Jul 2015 #54

Maybe, but that's not my point ... JoePhilly Jul 2015 #100

Who does the meme most benefit. n/t Skwmom Jul 2015 #22

Easy to tell here: look who's doing the gloating, while the rest of us are just appalled. leveymg Jul 2015 #24

I can tell you who your post and this argument harms the most BainsBane Jul 2015 #53

Lol! bravenak Jul 2015 #27

It's evocative of J Edgar Hoover of accusing Dr. King being a pawn of the communists./nt DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #30

He put it on Kos too I think. Lol! bravenak Jul 2015 #31

I don't want to get a hide but it is repugnant to suggest black folks can't do things on their own. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #32

Well Soros and my avatar and Lee Atwater are planning a coup to install Hillary as Queen. Srsly. bravenak Jul 2015 #33

The sad thing is the young woman who heads BLM said why she did what she did. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #34

Straight up selfish. That's why. I'll be a Targaryan soon and burn them for us. Get me a dragon. bravenak Jul 2015 #35

Res ipsa loquitur DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #36

Amen. bravenak Jul 2015 #37

It's a mutually exclusive proposition. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #38

Exactly. They say pawn otherwise they might have some work to do. bravenak Jul 2015 #39

Who profits and who gets a pass makes anyone wonder. TheKentuckian Jul 2015 #65

I cannot talk to you when you are like this. bravenak Jul 2015 #66

I'm reserving judgment but I will be judging almost surely one way or the other TheKentuckian Jul 2015 #101

I agree completely m-lekktor Jul 2015 #67

It's amazing you can keep a sense of humor in the face of this BainsBane Jul 2015 #48

Can't cry. Be crying till i'm dead. Used to this shit girl. Hell, i've been called nigger by a guy bravenak Jul 2015 #50

Yeah, I suppose you have to be tough as nails BainsBane Jul 2015 #52

my husband scares most of the worst ones away. He's BIG. They be looking sheepish. bravenak Jul 2015 #56

Now we know BainsBane Jul 2015 #59

They miss it so much. bravenak Jul 2015 #60

I blame Obama! n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #116

Me too! bravenak Jul 2015 #119

The picnic guy blames Obama! For you: freshwest Jul 2015 #124

Thanks for pointing this out. Recommended. DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2015 #45

Black Lives matter is a real leftist movement BainsBane Jul 2015 #46

Says the Hillary Supporter Trajan Jul 2015 #55

Does racial equality and leftist activism mean nothing to you? BainsBane Jul 2015 #58

There trying poorly to make this about Hillary.. having no clue that everyone I know was behind Cha Jul 2015 #94

There is so much fail in this thread okasha Jul 2015 #97

I knew this came from the Right Wing somewhere. Like the man said: Zorra Jul 2015 #61

Here are your right-wing memes BainsBane Jul 2015 #62

I have been here over twelve years and that's the most powerful post I have ever seen. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #63

thank you for that ibegurpard Jul 2015 #64

The only way to stop these horrors is to elect Bernie Sanders. Zorra Jul 2015 #68

Thanks, seems pretty obvious dreamnightwind Jul 2015 #98

Never have so many victims been so misused to benefit the leveymg Jul 2015 #69

I don't think it's all or nothing but i do believe there is an orchestrated effort being made. Juicy_Bellows Jul 2015 #70

The campaign against Sanders BainsBane Jul 2015 #77

After the birther bullshit and the Rev. Wright "controversy", are you surprised? winter is coming Jul 2015 #82

. . BainsBane Jul 2015 #85

The meme isn't the black people being killed by pigs...we all know this is true. DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2015 #86

'God have mercy on us' does not apply to those who allow this to go on. n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #118

She is not a meme DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #71

No one said, or implied, that she was. You are unethically twisting the OP to suit Zorra Jul 2015 #72

I don't need to be lectured by you. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #73

Sigh. bravenak Jul 2015 #74

It would help if people read Malcolm before appropriating him. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #75

Random quotes fill the need on the internet - MLK Jr. 1962 bravenak Jul 2015 #76

I am tired from all this. I can't imagine how tired you must be... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #78

Hell yeah. Been sleepy for 3 days. bravenak Jul 2015 #79

"But the only way to stop the RIGHT WING meme of black people fighting for our causes is to elect Number23 Jul 2015 #80

Why was Black Lives Matter an organic movement on Saturday and right wing pawns on Sunday? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #81

Exactly! Not that most of these people ever cared about BLM anyway. Number23 Jul 2015 #87

Nor has that anything to do with the OP. delrem Jul 2015 #83

Right-wing media and the origins of the Bernie "doesn't care about minorities" meme. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #84

In every post, you reinforce the Bernie "doesn't care about minorities" meme delrem Jul 2015 #88

I said no such thing. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #92

Every single post of yours contradicts your assertion. delrem Jul 2015 #95

It's not that Bernie doesn't care... MightyMax Jul 2015 #89

You shouldn't have been blocked for that true statement. n/t delrem Jul 2015 #90

Thanks MightyMax Jul 2015 #91

They wasn't why. n/t Autumn Jul 2015 #103

You were repeating the right wing meme without any evidence. nm rhett o rick Jul 2015 #109

I don't think so. Kalidurga Jul 2015 #96

I rec'd because I believe it's a piece of what's happening dreamnightwind Jul 2015 #99

"If black people can't figure it out" BainsBane Jul 2015 #113

I'm just saying dreamnightwind Jul 2015 #139

Cooke and York a slimy team. Autumn Jul 2015 #102

No surprise there. 99Forever Jul 2015 #105

The Bernie doesn't care about minorities meme began at DU on the same day. Zorra Jul 2015 #112

Yes, that was THE day. NanceGreggs Jul 2015 #114

And it's really precious and adorable when you consider that we'd been in the AA forum talking Number23 Jul 2015 #115

You know, with all of the people ... NanceGreggs Jul 2015 #122

"Guys, after seeing the Sanders supporters show their royal hineys in CaliDem's OP" 4 Days Before! Cha Jul 2015 #134

That will be ignored BainsBane Jul 2015 #135

You're right, of course.. Cha Jul 2015 #136

And I did that OP after watching them stink up the board with the nastiest attacks for WEEKS Number23 Jul 2015 #137

Oh yes we do. It's so Deep.. they Cha Jul 2015 #138

Yep, and Black Lives Matters BainsBane Jul 2015 #117

Naturally, I already knew your post was coming. Zorra Jul 2015 #120

"Have you seen the recent polls at DU?" NanceGreggs Jul 2015 #132

You're on a firing roll, so ... how about a little gasoline! ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #141

Well, as I pointed out to a BS supporter ... NanceGreggs Jul 2015 #142

Bahahahahaha! ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #128

The Great Alerter on this post went down in flames 0-7. Divernan Jul 2015 #121

I fear he suffers much by the fact of my post not being hidden. nt Zorra Jul 2015 #125

And especially because you were vindicated 100%! Divernan Jul 2015 #127

0-7! grasswire Jul 2015 #140

Why are you posting that? ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #123

No, just one. But I expect the majority of my posts will be alerted from now on. nt Zorra Jul 2015 #126

Not by me ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #129

No, not by you. If I speak the facts, my post will be hidden. Zorra Jul 2015 #130

I was on a jury for one--I thought it said there had been another ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #131

I can't answer you because my post will be hidden. nt Zorra Jul 2015 #143

No, the hides are reserved BainsBane Jul 2015 #133