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In reply to the discussion: Progressive House candidate responds to criticism over past comments about Black Dems [View all]
WhiskeyGrinder
(27,494 posts)112. "And every effort to fix things gets blocked."
The way I see it, that's the white supremacy. A lot of white people (and a lot of people who aren't white!) are willing to live worse, shorter, more expensive lives by defeating programs and benefits that would help everyone, if it means that Black people don't get anything too.
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Progressive House candidate responds to criticism over past comments about Black Dems [View all]
lapucelle
23 hrs ago
OP
Buzzfeed did a deep dive into allegations of tokenization in the Sunrise Movement.
lapucelle
22 hrs ago
#6
A lot of people with very different perspectives see what they want to see in these stories, I think.
WhiskeyGrinder
22 hrs ago
#5
William Lawrence certainly saw what he wanted to see, and it is a different perspective.
lapucelle
22 hrs ago
#8
I want to be clear that I'm not a fan of the Sunrise Movement. But the quotes that you're posting weren't just him
WhiskeyGrinder
9 hrs ago
#108
Marx wasn't wrong when he talked about the inherent contradictions of capitalism and I believe there are inherent
WhiskeyGrinder
8 hrs ago
#110
There's nothing progressive about a young white guy claiming that Black imperialists are the problem,
lapucelle
8 hrs ago
#113
Is this the common element? They both said / wrote terrible things about Black people
lapucelle
22 hrs ago
#10
What's Trumpier than a white man complaining that Black people are standing in his very entitled way?
lapucelle
10 hrs ago
#94
Most people in this country, at least most Democrats and left leaning people, are not happy with the Israeli Government
Quiet Em
20 hrs ago
#71
If the defense of the slaughter of brown Muslim children is not racist I don't know what is.
AloeVera
10 hrs ago
#96
Yup. It's becoming a pattern and it's starting to seem like it's intentional.
Quiet Em
20 hrs ago
#67
sleep on it, but when you wake up ask yourself why to think an ass like this is helpful in any way
Quiet Em
19 hrs ago
#73
Something about U.S. Middle East foreign policy being the most important single issue, apparently.
betsuni
19 hrs ago
#80
You see, the real problem is that Black imperialists are defanging white leftists.
lapucelle
21 hrs ago
#19
Republican voters think whites face the most discrimination, have fewer advantages.
betsuni
19 hrs ago
#74
Like Platner, Lawrence is a white man who grew up in affluence and centers himself.
lapucelle
10 hrs ago
#92
Buzzfeed did a deep dive into allegations of racism in the Sunrise Movement.
lapucelle
9 hrs ago
#107
I'll never forget the Black Caucus standing up to Dubya being awarded the presidency by the SC
Skittles
21 hrs ago
#30
I remember those types saying Black Democratic voters have Stockholm syndrome.
betsuni
21 hrs ago
#21
I think it was WillyT, but Third Way Manny mocking Obama was also garbage, yet so popular.
betsuni
20 hrs ago
#54
He can't walk back the fact that he singled out Black politicians and voters.
yardwork
10 hrs ago
#91
I would like to thank those people on this forum who support the black community
Keepthesoulalive
19 hrs ago
#76