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zeemike

(18,998 posts)
121. Well we sure are getting nowhere.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:16 PM
Jul 2015

But if you don't think I am a racist or a troll then why do you keep this up?
Insisting that I am saying "yes but" when I never said that and then going on about it as if you had not said the same thing now at least half a dozen times...and every reply I made it fell of def ears.

You keep pretending that you are just trying to educate me the implication is that you know and I just don't get it, like you are the school master and I am the indolent student not paying attention.

Well it is time to end this, I am way tired of it so score it as a victory because I gave up first...threw in the towel, cried uncle, however you want to think of it...I was not in this to win, there is no prize nor glory in playing word games on the internet.

He isn't wrong to focus major attention to economics. gollygee Jul 2015 #1
If you've paid attention the last few days... TDale313 Jul 2015 #5
Good! gollygee Jul 2015 #6
I wish this idiocy would stop. bravenak Jul 2015 #2
Please...I'm Begging You... Define The Idiocy... WillyT Jul 2015 #4
Not bothering to ask black people anything. bravenak Jul 2015 #11
You Are Correct Of Course... Yet... WillyT Jul 2015 #26
If there were unity it would come from us screaming black lives matter. bravenak Jul 2015 #28
Please Do... WillyT Jul 2015 #29
Here it is. bravenak Jul 2015 #31
Thank You For That... WillyT Jul 2015 #48
You're welcome! bravenak Jul 2015 #49
You really should post that as an OP here or in AA Number23 Jul 2015 #64
I should just copy what you posted here. bravenak Jul 2015 #65
THIS needs it's own space Bobbie Jo Jul 2015 #70
Adding to Journal JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #123
they were emotional over what happened with Sandra Bland, this wasn't some timed formal debate JI7 Jul 2015 #36
The only reason - the ONLY FUCKING REASON - it "does not bring unity" is because scarletwoman Jul 2015 #39
I joined the Moral Monday movement under the auspices of Rev. Barber mmonk Jul 2015 #50
Let me break it down to you in the simplest terms I can think of. scarletwoman Jul 2015 #59
The cops just LOVE this stupid shit. Plays right into their hands. Nobody sees it. 7962 Jul 2015 #60
Why? I'm sure that if you just sit back and wait... Orrex Jul 2015 #51
They truly are the best at such things. Superior. bravenak Jul 2015 #52
And yet Sanders and O'Malley have no power to do anythinig. zeemike Jul 2015 #75
So they should demand nothing from candidates? bravenak Jul 2015 #76
I did not say that...we all should demand from candidates. zeemike Jul 2015 #78
You guys have to learn how to talk to black people without SOUNDING racist. bravenak Jul 2015 #79
OK then I am through talking to black people on the internet. zeemike Jul 2015 #81
Yes. Well look at some of the shit said to me over and over. bravenak Jul 2015 #89
Did you ever stop and think that "the black people" that you "know in the real world" MADem Jul 2015 #93
No I don't ever think that. zeemike Jul 2015 #96
I don't always share my views of people and their attitudes in real life. MADem Jul 2015 #100
Well I know how to listen to people and I try to understand their POV zeemike Jul 2015 #104
Like I said--there's nothing to rebut re: blm. That is their truth and they want MADem Jul 2015 #105
Well I have not rebutted anything they have said. zeemike Jul 2015 #107
You wanted your say, though, and framed their cry for help as half of a conversation. MADem Jul 2015 #109
That is not true...I never said but and have stood with them. zeemike Jul 2015 #111
Let me try again. MADem Jul 2015 #112
That reply was to that individual zeemike Jul 2015 #113
"Kids getting killed in Iraq" is not a response to BLM, though. MADem Jul 2015 #114
It was not intended as a reply to them but to you. zeemike Jul 2015 #115
I will try one more time, with a link. Maybe Larry can say it better than I.... MADem Jul 2015 #116
I don't know why you keep telling me things I already know. zeemike Jul 2015 #117
I'm just reading your comments, and coming to conclusions based on MADem Jul 2015 #118
Well your conclusions are wrong then. zeemike Jul 2015 #119
I am telling you how I am perceiving what you say, and I've said nothing to even MADem Jul 2015 #120
Well we sure are getting nowhere. zeemike Jul 2015 #121
What I'm trying to explain to you is that it's not about you at all. MADem Jul 2015 #122
~ L0oniX Jul 2015 #8
Right. Like the talk about Soros was normal. bravenak Jul 2015 #15
even Sanders himself is starting to understand it JI7 Jul 2015 #9
I bet they find it difficult. bravenak Jul 2015 #13
For what it's worth I acknowledge I was wrong. SolutionisSolidarity Jul 2015 #25
Thank you so MUCH!!!! bravenak Jul 2015 #32
Thank you for putting up with us. SolutionisSolidarity Jul 2015 #38
Not easy but hopefully worth the troubles. I like you all. bravenak Jul 2015 #40
Yep. Glad you are still here. Luminous Animal Jul 2015 #16
I've been sleeping badly too. bravenak Jul 2015 #18
I'll do my best to have your back. scarletwoman Jul 2015 #24
Thank you. bravenak Jul 2015 #34
Yes, I hope we're making some headway. scarletwoman Jul 2015 #47
I think I know where you are coming from, sadoldgirl Jul 2015 #37
It not us dismissing his record. Really. bravenak Jul 2015 #45
Thanks, I appreciate your reply. sadoldgirl Jul 2015 #56
Thank you. Take care of your friends!! Stay safe! bravenak Jul 2015 #69
Will do, and you too stay safe! sadoldgirl Jul 2015 #73
They don't seem to be able to help themselves. scarletwoman Jul 2015 #19
Like Jehovah Witnesses. bravenak Jul 2015 #20
i was right when i said a lot of that outrage had little to do with Sanders himself JI7 Jul 2015 #23
You nailed it. "these white liberals already know all they need to know." Number23 Jul 2015 #66
Thank you. scarletwoman Jul 2015 #71
Racism has always been used as a means to divide working class people. guillaumeb Jul 2015 #3
Only wrong in one thing - "racism is not quite as overt". I am 73 years old and do not think I have jwirr Jul 2015 #58
Perhaps "overt" was not the correct word to convey my meaning. guillaumeb Jul 2015 #103
Off to the greatest. L0oniX Jul 2015 #7
I certainly hope not. This is another piece of white apologist dreck. nt scarletwoman Jul 2015 #21
Get over yourself. n/t brentspeak Jul 2015 #62
You, first. scarletwoman Jul 2015 #63
You just have an agenda to make Bernie look bad. Maedhros Jul 2015 #101
"The idea, presumably, was to get him to address questions of racism alone, particularly ..." GoneFishin Jul 2015 #10
Orthogonal difference? Juicy_Bellows Jul 2015 #12
Separate but equal? bravenak Jul 2015 #22
I wouldn't say that. Juicy_Bellows Jul 2015 #30
Lol! bravenak Jul 2015 #35
I appreciate a good laugh! Juicy_Bellows Jul 2015 #44
I'm glad you feel that way! bravenak Jul 2015 #46
in a coordinate plane I understand orthogonal to be more perpendicular than parallel HereSince1628 Jul 2015 #33
Are you suggesting no one makes a crucifix Juicy_Bellows Jul 2015 #54
Bernie is listening. It is time for his supporters to listen, as well. Luminous Animal Jul 2015 #14
+1 beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #17
one of the worst things you can say to a white liberal ibegurpard Jul 2015 #27
A lot of people get it whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #41
Why are they taking it personally? Because nothing is as fiercely defended as one's blind spot. nt scarletwoman Jul 2015 #43
My blind spot are my mixed race family. AA, Native American, Latino, Asian and white. And when jwirr Jul 2015 #61
I'm fully aware of and angered at the Sandra Bland incident. Maedhros Jul 2015 #102
Not biased ... racist. Most people will readily admit they have biases. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #53
Yes that's true ibegurpard Jul 2015 #88
I understand ... You were trying to avoid the use of the term racist/racism ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #91
Well we could have another whole thread about that ibegurpard Jul 2015 #97
Yes ... Sadly, I do. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #98
You can't eliminate racism without changing our economic system DemocraticWing Jul 2015 #42
Why can't we eliminate racism without changing our economic system? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #55
Everything intersects: racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, transphobia, and classism DemocraticWing Jul 2015 #74
Because the origin of racism in this country is an economic system in which men and women were OWNED Romulox Jul 2015 #80
so how does that explain Sandra Bland and the Pool kids and the RAcist cops ? the cops are not rich JI7 Jul 2015 #82
Slavery--a product of capitalism--is the origin of our racial caste system. nt Romulox Jul 2015 #83
so are the cops the slave owners ? JI7 Jul 2015 #84
They work for the heirs to the slaver owners' wealth. Romulox Jul 2015 #85
that still doesn't explain it since the cop themselves wont get financial benefit JI7 Jul 2015 #86
They draw their salaries from "it"--they enforce the economic status quo with deadly force. nt Romulox Jul 2015 #87
I agree that racism was the dehumanizing tool used to further the slave enterprise 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #90
American slavery was the commodification of racism--it's purest form. "Otherism" isn't the same thing. nt Romulox Jul 2015 #92
Because it is built on racism, exploitation, and predatory behavior and if you extract TheKentuckian Jul 2015 #124
Somehow I think they're tired of the bullshit memo that he marched with MLK... Historic NY Jul 2015 #57
BLM are talking about people being killed by the police in real time. jalan48 Jul 2015 #67
What Reuters Gets Wrong About Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter Zenlitened Jul 2015 #68
Great post! I think you ought to have re-posted it here in GD-P. scarletwoman Jul 2015 #72
Thanks, I appreciate your perspective... Zenlitened Jul 2015 #77
Well said! zappaman Jul 2015 #94
Why is Hillary getting a pass? B2G Jul 2015 #95
Could be because this story makes a convenient divide-and-conquer tactic. polichick Jul 2015 #99
They never, ever, have an answer for this dreamnightwind Jul 2015 #106
She's not getting a pass on it ibegurpard Jul 2015 #108
My post was only about the noise here about Bernie and this issue dreamnightwind Jul 2015 #110
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