2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Spike Lee excited about Bernie [View all]Bonobo
(29,257 posts)I'm sure there are many others. This took about 1 minute to find.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1187&pid=27063
Exultant Democracy (6,417 posts)
21. So civil rights activism during the 60's doesn't count? Convenient for your argument but disgusting.
When he was asked to march he marched when he went to congress he voted the right way and vocally stood up against the Clintons when they were triangulating away our civil rights with atrocious justice system reforms.
"I'm okay with starting with...say the 80s or 90s forward, because I'm old, but I'm not THAT old. I'm interested in my lifetime, my children's lifetime etc. He's been in Washington long enough to leave a big footprint." We have a term for thinking like this it is called myopia, and it is nothing to be proud of. From your myopic point of view the majority of civil rights activist starting from before the nadir would be discounted, pretty fucking insulting to their memory in my opinion.
kwassa (20,034 posts)
34. Host warning: tone it down, or you will be blocked
This is a protected group, not a forum. This is your only warning.
Exultant Democracy (6,417 posts)
78. Do what you must to enforce your "bubble" I've been black on DU longer than most everyone here
I'll keep calling bullshit bullshit, got racist white DU on one side and insular nonsense in the only black forum. From where I see this places best days are long gone and the bullshit the is taken as common knowledge in this forum is heart breaking. Enjoy your group as it grows smaller everyday, just remember next time you complain about voices being silenced on DU.