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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: If MLK were alive today... [View all]

GitRDun

(1,846 posts)
210. Wow! A common sense thought!
Sat Nov 28, 2015, 04:36 PM
Nov 2015

No bouncing Bernies or recs for you!

You did capture it well. I got crucified on DU after the Seattle event when I said if you step back and listen, the pain in those women's voices was palpable.

I find these OP's...well...offensive. I agree with you that BLM is reflective of MLK's history. Yet this group was vilified by the same SBS supporters who purport to be "next in line" to protect and support MLK's vision / legacy.

The OP's flowery appropriation of an advocate for blacks history finished off with the "weathervane" snark is simply repulsive.

It seems to me if you want to talk about MLK at all, leave the snark at home...they don't belong in the same paragraph.

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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