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2016 Postmortem

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If MLK were alive today... [View all] hootinholler Nov 2015 OP
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Nov 2015 #1
I believe you are correct. nt Live and Learn Nov 2015 #2
K&R..... daleanime Nov 2015 #3
I believe you are right, I have also come to realize that Autumn Nov 2015 #4
That's odd Autumn hootinholler Nov 2015 #6
Oh hoot, that candidate is very uncertain. Autumn Nov 2015 #12
Huge +1! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #17
If MLK were alive today, he wouldn't approve of Sanders' constant criticism of our first Black BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #5
If MLK were alive yoday, bvar22 Nov 2015 #8
And now you think I should take you seriously, right? BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #72
Pardon your Freudian slip is showing . . . ucrdem Nov 2015 #81
No kidding. n/t JTFrog Nov 2015 #83
Here is my google search for this new Mike. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #182
;) sheshe2 Nov 2015 #113
Who the fuck is "Black Mike"? JTFrog Nov 2015 #85
Bravenak Black? I use that myself. This was funny. bravenak Nov 2015 #91
His name is KILLER Mike. bravenak Nov 2015 #90
Who is Black Mike? sheshe2 Nov 2015 #115
Who is "Black Mike?" nt msanthrope Nov 2015 #181
I think you might be correct, this is an attempt to convince POC Bernie Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #28
Nobody knows who Dr. King would support... DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #31
Yes, what we can say is John Lewis and Andrew Young has endorsed Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #37
Better to let Dr. King rest in peace and not turn his legacy into a political football. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #39
I totally agree. Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #43
I hope no Clinton supporters try to turn deceased civil rights icons into political footballs. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #46
I wonder what would been the reactions from people such as MLK Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #51
While I am circumspect when it comes to saying what dead folks think I think Dr. King would be happy DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #55
I am sure he would, he was a good speaker. Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #56
He was a great orator , organizer, and strategist. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #57
Amen n/t JustAnotherGen Nov 2015 #86
Quite the opposite hootinholler Nov 2015 #32
Wells are poisoned.......? sheshe2 Nov 2015 #116
Hillary has stabbed Obama in the back several times. AtomicKitten Nov 2015 #30
There's a HUGE difference between criticizing policy or trying to boot the first Black president BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #71
This message was self-deleted by its author AtomicKitten Nov 2015 #75
Yes, there's a huge difference. Clinton's remarks were damaging to Obama & entirely inappropriate. AtomicKitten Nov 2015 #79
It's not inappropriate to criticize the sitting president. Were they damaging? Not to BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #191
Your whole post is speculation.... smiley Nov 2015 #38
Only if you don't understand what Rev. King was fighting for. BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #69
With all due respect that's an ignorant comment smiley Nov 2015 #74
Only to those who don't understand Rev. King's fight. BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #76
Im glad you admit the fallacy in your previous comment. smiley Nov 2015 #87
If there was a "fallacy" in my previous comment, you've failed to point it out. BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #192
Maybe you should finish this conversation before you move to another. sheshe2 Nov 2015 #118
Which is another way of saying okasha Nov 2015 #139
Please. bravenak Nov 2015 #143
I don't think he'll take us up on it. okasha Nov 2015 #150
Oh god. bravenak Nov 2015 #152
I hope he ignores us. okasha Nov 2015 #160
You read my mind bravenak Nov 2015 #162
If MLK were alive he wouldn't endorse anyone and he would criticize Obama if he felt the need. Autumn Nov 2015 #88
It's been eight years, and clinton's supporters can still only see Obama's skin. Scootaloo Nov 2015 #136
I never claimed he'd endorse anyone. The OP has. BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #193
No as a matter of fact the OP did not claim that MLK would endorse anyone. Autumn Nov 2015 #194
"The rest is all speculation." Including the OP's assertions, yes? BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #200
No. The OP was very clear, the OP in no way claimed that MLK would endorse Bernie Autumn Nov 2015 #206
Yes, the OP was very clear in his assertions that had MLK been alive today, BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #211
To be fair, you made the claim that the OP claimed that MLK would endorse Bernie were he alive. Autumn Nov 2015 #213
I never claimed he'd endorse anyone. The OP has. hootinholler Nov 2015 #195
You're right. You *strongly* implied he would. BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #199
Thank you hootinholler Nov 2015 #203
Post removed Post removed Nov 2015 #209
Results for your post #209 LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #212
Sorry you got a bogus hide, BlueCali.. Cha Nov 2015 #216
Thank you MuttLikeMe Nov 2015 #218
Black people have a long, well established record of having our culture, our history and heroes etc. Number23 Nov 2015 #7
"Camp Weathervane" is a common way for some Sanders supporters to describe Hillary Clinton. BlueCheese Nov 2015 #9
Thanks, BlueCheese. I suspected as much. Number23 Nov 2015 #10
+1 lovemydog Nov 2015 #14
That was incredibly well-written. Thank you. BlueCheese Nov 2015 #63
Hey, you're welcome BlueCheese! lovemydog Nov 2015 #114
+1,000,000 tishaLA Nov 2015 #19
You're not suggesting he would be supporting Ben Carlson. jalan48 Nov 2015 #21
Who is Ben Carlson? And if you are referring to Ben Carson Number23 Nov 2015 #23
Yes-I did butcher his name though it wasn't intentional. jalan48 Nov 2015 #24
He didn't endorse presidential candidates. lovemydog Nov 2015 #25
Thank you. jalan48 Nov 2015 #27
I thought the poster knowingly called him "Black Mike" DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #33
Oh, for god's sake, come on now. People misspell (or mistake/confuse) peoples' names all the time kath Nov 2015 #35
Yeah, all the while acting like the person whose named they've mispelled (and not by a little Number23 Nov 2015 #42
Wonderbread. Aweful shit. sheshe2 Nov 2015 #129
You know someone alerted on this. murielm99 Nov 2015 #169
You are kidding me. sheshe2 Nov 2015 #172
I guess the alerter doesn't know that this has been around for decades: George II Nov 2015 #196
Some of the unhealthy stuff I ate growing up! murielm99 Nov 2015 #197
My biggest memory of Wonder Bread was that it was a big sponsor of the Howdy Doody Show. I was... George II Nov 2015 #201
Holy cow! murielm99 Nov 2015 #204
Dont forget Queen Latifah / Sister Souljah... SidDithers Nov 2015 #77
Yea, that last one was pretty telling. JTFrog Nov 2015 #84
Someone alerted on this one too. What the hell? jury results: kath Nov 2015 #26
Wow-I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. jalan48 Nov 2015 #29
The context of your post wasn't real clear,but I have enough neurons to rub together to figure out kath Nov 2015 #34
Yes, that is what I was trying to get at. jalan48 Nov 2015 #36
Yes! kath Nov 2015 #41
I know he had started linking the racism in this country to the racist nature of the Vietnam War. jalan48 Nov 2015 #48
I also recall some quote (paraphrasing) about judging people by the content of their character, not kath Nov 2015 #54
Which was directed at WHITE PEOPLE who were the ones doing the judging Number23 Nov 2015 #58
What "more" could MLK have fought for than the rights of his children?? What are you people Number23 Nov 2015 #47
Wait... are you seriously suggesting that King's work was RACE NEUTRAL??!!!!!! Number23 Nov 2015 #45
"Perhaps people should listen instead of acting as though they know better" SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #40
I wasn't planning on being here today either. It has been even more clueless/revolting than usual Number23 Nov 2015 #49
I appreciate you. nt SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #52
And you know I feel the same about you. Number23 Nov 2015 #53
Really? That's the "lowest" form of race-baiting there is? cheapdate Nov 2015 #65
Considering that black posters are always the ones considered the "race baiters" on DU Number23 Nov 2015 #66
Can't speak for the others -- whoever they might be -- only for myself. cheapdate Nov 2015 #67
I can't think of anything lower than using a decades long dead icon to millions of disenfranchised Number23 Nov 2015 #70
How about using that legacy as a cudgel? hootinholler Nov 2015 #78
Excuse me???? SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #93
That's what I perceive some Bernie "supporters" as trying to do. hootinholler Nov 2015 #98
I'm out. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #103
That's exactly how I see it as well. Thank you for the thread and your replies - nt. Juicy_Bellows Nov 2015 #121
I understand exactly what you mean here. cheapdate Nov 2015 #105
Which is exactly what you've tried to do. And been called out by other Sanders supporters Number23 Nov 2015 #120
Calling out the use of a legacy as a cudgel is using a legacy as a cudgel? hootinholler Nov 2015 #188
I'm not reading your links, but let me guess... all (or most) of them point to bravenak?? Number23 Nov 2015 #202
I believe you have an odd conception of politics, cheapdate Nov 2015 #95
Good God. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #96
Yes, he's your father's legacy as well. cheapdate Nov 2015 #100
I can escape here. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #101
Suits me. cheapdate Nov 2015 #102
Thank goodness DU has no effect on real life. nt SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #107
I wouldn't agree with that statement -- no surprise there, eh? cheapdate Nov 2015 #110
Bernie will do just fine. No need for you to worry. Autumn Nov 2015 #180
I don't agree and I am worried. nt SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #184
Life is much to short to worry that much. Autumn Nov 2015 #185
Yes. He and his legacy belong to us all. Autumn Nov 2015 #111
"I reject your self-declared prerogative to serve as the self-appointed trustee of MLK's legacy." Number23 Nov 2015 #123
The only thing that's "odious" here cheapdate Nov 2015 #158
And you promised you had "nothing more to say to me" and yet here you are! Number23 Nov 2015 #175
yes there are black people including civil rights activists LIVING TODAY JI7 Nov 2015 #59
This whole thread is an obvious bait. I should have ignored it as I have done with soooooooooooooooo Number23 Nov 2015 #60
JI7, as a Sanders supporter, how do posts like this make you feel? Number23 Nov 2015 #61
it's just embarrassing and so far from what Sanders himself is JI7 Nov 2015 #64
Please explain how an OP praising MLK is embarrassing to a Sanders supporter? Autumn Nov 2015 #73
Well, it's been more than an hour, and no one has explained how it's embarrassing... kath Nov 2015 #80
I'm all for praising MLK. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #89
Who's bludgeoning whom? hootinholler Nov 2015 #92
Good God. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #94
Just make sure to visit AA every so often. bravenak Nov 2015 #109
I'd like to, but SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #117
Honestly, the entire internet is like this. bravenak Nov 2015 #119
Well, maybe I'll visit AA and a few others, SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #124
Put some stuff in your trashcan. bravenak Nov 2015 #125
I tried that when Nance got snarky with me. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #130
If you put gdp in your trash bravenak Nov 2015 #132
The Op is not trying to tie MLK to Bernie. Autumn Nov 2015 #97
Camp Weathervane?? SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #99
You might want to check out that site. As for an app, it's easy enough to log out and leave DU Autumn Nov 2015 #104
I'm going to. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #106
Just send an email to skinner hootinholler Nov 2015 #108
I don't know who Walt Star is. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #126
He demanded to be banned years ago. Walt Starr. bravenak Nov 2015 #128
Thanks. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #133
Only he can stop this bravenak Nov 2015 #135
Yes, he does. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #140
Thom Hartmann has a DU profile. bravenak Nov 2015 #141
If he knows, he should say something. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #144
He did once. He was ignored. bravenak Nov 2015 #145
This is new info to me. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #146
Tad Devine bravenak Nov 2015 #147
I would say "you're kidding," but I know you're not. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #148
I know how you feel. bravenak Nov 2015 #149
Probably the majority of people do that. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #151
I know you do. bravenak Nov 2015 #155
This stuff bothers me as well. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #163
Ha! bravenak Nov 2015 #164
This is not an OP praising MLK. joshcryer Nov 2015 #165
You must have missed this part written by the OP Autumn Nov 2015 #168
That's absolutely fine. joshcryer Nov 2015 #173
There are some posters that I will not read their OPs. I find it best Autumn Nov 2015 #176
"trotting KM out over and over as some sort of prize" SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #186
But this of course is hunky dory. Puglover Nov 2015 #189
Damn. Talk about "trotting out". Autumn Nov 2015 #190
At this point I do not consider them supporters. joshcryer Nov 2015 #156
I'm afraid you are right. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #167
Why do all these white people murielm99 Nov 2015 #198
+1 joshcryer Nov 2015 #153
Ugh Bobbie Jo Nov 2015 #11
Cringe is becoming my reaction. And I'm a Bernie supporter. nt SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #44
this is downright buoyant! MisterP Nov 2015 #13
Seems quite apparent to me. 99Forever Nov 2015 #15
Kicked and recommended! Exactly right, hootinholler! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #16
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Nov 2015 #18
Someone actually alerted on your post.... ??? alittlelark Nov 2015 #20
I suspect someone was already logged in hootinholler Nov 2015 #50
I was Juror #6. OnyxCollie Nov 2015 #22
Because I agree with so much of what MLK said, Vattel Nov 2015 #62
How anyone is getting that you're saying MLK would endorse Bernie is beyond me. marym625 Nov 2015 #68
I'd try to put the MLK Jr. connection in the rear-view fast. ucrdem Nov 2015 #82
If MLK were alive today BainsBane Nov 2015 #112
THANK YOU! SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #122
Susan, I don't think these people are umm... ABLE to understand how much they need you Number23 Nov 2015 #134
Thanks. I hope you are right. SusanCalvin Nov 2015 #137
Post removed Post removed Nov 2015 #154
There is literally nothing that can be done. joshcryer Nov 2015 #170
I know all too well. And you see who they attack, don't you?? Number23 Nov 2015 #174
The thing is this is the bubble. joshcryer Nov 2015 #177
You're right and that's a great point. I made a similar comment about the "bubble" except I called Number23 Nov 2015 #178
I disagree BainsBane Nov 2015 #187
I hope that more Sanders folks see the anguish in josh's post #170 Number23 Nov 2015 #207
Well, if you recall BainsBane Nov 2015 #208
I have to disagree. joshcryer Nov 2015 #217
MLK would've destroyed Michael Moore... joshcryer Nov 2015 #166
Wow! A common sense thought! GitRDun Nov 2015 #210
This Bobbie Jo Nov 2015 #214
Awesome post! Excellent! scarletwoman Nov 2015 #215
Sadly MLK is not alive today. George II Nov 2015 #127
Oh, goodie. okasha Nov 2015 #131
... sheshe2 Nov 2015 #138
So damn funny. bravenak Nov 2015 #142
Sorry about your cold. okasha Nov 2015 #157
This damn cold goes and comes. bravenak Nov 2015 #159
If MLK were alive today this would have never been said: Kalidurga Nov 2015 #161
A-ha! Indeed. Juicy_Bellows Nov 2015 #171
+1 kath Nov 2015 #179
Who is this gentleman? DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #183
If he were, he'd be able to tell us which candidate he preferred. MineralMan Nov 2015 #205
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