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I'm so proud of her!

hoping to be the 5th!!

Always enjoyed her posts...didn't always agree though.

Eleven is good!

forgot about that.

One person I don't miss is Nadine B.

... could be that my old brain didn't commit it to memory. Or maybe we never crossed paths. (Maybe that's a good thing.)

She's actually achieving her dreams!

from Brave, herding!

My heart was bursting with joy for her when I saw this... I had to share it here where she got her start!

*thumbsup*

She's worked hard and put up with a lot to get where she is. She's 100% fierce!

It looks like we're going to be seeing more of this Wonderbitch in our futures now.

God I love her.

She's an inspiration to me.

It worked out for the best, though. Her voice is loud on Twitter and now she has this new gig, too! She's a powerful voice for her beliefs and she's being heard by a much larger audience now than she ever had here.

Congratulations!

She's a success story!

And I live in British Columbia - as liberal a subdivision of a country (ie, state or province) as you are likely to find. The former provincial govt were a bunch of bloodsucking corporatists how came to power because.......low voter turnout! Can you believe it?

Ironically, their party name is "Liberal" but they are easily the least liberal provincial party around here. Not even remotely close.

My best advice is keep fighting them with facts and organize your local people and mobilize their voices.

Let us know here if there is anything we can do to help!

She's had to fight through waves of RW haters spreading lies about her, and she's kicked all their asses.

She won.

and so happy to see it here. Thank you herding cats...

There's no reason for anyone to thank me for sharing this bit of great news.

One of our own is kicking ass and making a name for themselves out there. I'm proud and screaming it from my little soapbox here!

That Wonkette was smart enough to bring her on board.

I suspect it was a wise business move on Wonkette's part. She's smart and brings her own followers to their site. Win-win!

I'm so happy for her.

And Bravenek is only outmatched by TRUMP in your world? That’s some funny shit right there

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise. Maya Angelou

as you see here.

Apparently they failed... she's still speaking and she's making money for her words now.

Shoo! I'm not entertaining RW bullshit in this thread.

I can't remember which name she was using, probably a combination of bravenak/something.

It was around the time Franken was tanked, she was reported for making statements about getting people to falsely accuse Bernie Sanders of assaults. Something like that. There was also another incident related to her comments about Susan Sarandon, but I don't really remember the details - and that may have been with a different Twitter name she was using.

But yes, she was banned on one of her usernames

it will have to wait for another day.

As I said, I don't remember many details. Frankly it just wasn't that interesting to me

Seriously, look at me here... I'm not controversial in the least. I mostly like everyone that isn't a RWer.

On twitter all I do is go against RW BS, and yes, I've had that twisted against me as being something else way back in 2008. I was banned for racism against Obama, when in fact I was a campaign worker for him and a delegate. It was complete bullshit fabricated by RW trolls. I literally quoted Obama in support, and it was edited and twisted until enough complaints came in my account was banned. That's twitter.

I need A LOT more than that weak sauce to believe any such claims.

Sarandon fans have a sad. Boo hoo, poor little Trump-enabler Sarandon.



Susan Sarandon Inspires Her Fans To Troll A Black Female Activist Because Of Course
https://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2017/09/28/susan-sarandon.html

Sanders. She did not do that. I did not say anything about whether or not she was banned on twitter.

Anyway there is no point in discussing this anymore. Basically If you don’t want to read her, don’t read her.

Take care.

But you're right, if I don't want to read her, I won't.

Night.

Apologize.

You might want to think about this one for a bit.

Not all Bernie supporters on twitter are are Democrats, or decent people. A ton are trolls and RWers. Again, that's twitter.

Come on, catch up! Did you see Mueller's report? We have to ascend beyond such obvious manipulation.

I seem to remember that her little dust up with Susan Sarandon also got her suspended. I'm not defending Sarandon either.

People here said she was not banned from Twitter. I just posted screen grabs where she admits she WAS banned; the backstory notwithstanding.

They tried to label her a myriad of things after that one. She dared to voice an opinion the mob disagreed with on Twitter.

Yeah, as I've said, I'm not holding that against her. Been there, been banned by the mob on Twitter.

I'm not buying it.

and a horde of fans mass alerted her and got her banned. She came back. I'm glad she did.

In a variety of ways. The dude Bros came ravening after her as usual, as well as other certain other AA voices on Twitter who speak their minds. This is a phenomenon that continues to this day.

She also referenced Bernie Sanders sex fantasy essay. She didn’t back down.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bernie-sanders-essay/

how easy it is to get people to make or exaggerate claims against a senator and used Sanders as an example. She did not say she was going to do it. If she had used Ryan as an example, no one would have batted an eye.

are those fantasy essays of his.

Go some place else to propagate your hate.

This is a support thread for a person a lot of us here know who has successfully managed to get her voice into the mainstream.

She's surpassed such petty criticism and moved on. Start your own thread to be negative.

I'm not trying to be negative. I understand that a lot of people like her.
I hope she has moved on because in the past she's had a problem in the delivery of her message. When she crossed the line of reasonable discourse with those who disagree with her, she would get banned. DU, Daily Kos, etc.

That's... well, it's something but not what you labeled it as.

I wish you peace, healing and relaxation.

and we're celebrating her success.

Those who get on to "whatabout..?" says more about them than anything.

She's out there right now in the mainstream educating people... and getting paid for her words.
Not seeing the hate from here as being real, or relevant anymore. She's ascended beyond this petty level of criticism.

What are you doing right now? Who are you influencing right now?

out writing in the World without being censored.

But I am entitled to my opinion.

My water bill is @$500 a year, and I'm sure not using as much as they are!

She deserves our support!

I'd forgotten exactly what her voice was up against until tonight.

She's a badass with the skin of a rhinoceros.

And to think I knew her back when...*sniff*

That's how I felt! I had my nostalgic moment when I saw she's made it big.

I should probably learn from your skill.

so happy for her.

And me too!

Good luck.

I hope it holds for her, and her strong voice.

Their voices do better there than they did here.

any number of times, and allowed to return over and over. Until finally she was "flagged for review" and never unflagged.

I recall her as a troublemaker who didn't care in the least who she offended.

I wonder how long she'll last on Wonkette, especially considering she's also been banned from Twitter, which is quite an accomplishment.

Take your hate to your own thread.

This is a thread for people supporting her accomplishments, which have been extraordinary. We know her, and we support her in her work. If you don't, that's your own cross to bear.

I respect that, I just ask you haul it up your own Calvary. Because, it doesn't belong here.

It's a bit of irony that you make those allegations against someone else.

She'll last. You don't know her.

Yes I do

She deserves it. She's been raked over the coals by the RWers and she's preserved.

She is a writer, a damn good artist and an activist. She simply does not put up with nonsense especially from bigots, and even more especially from bigots who try to hide what they are by Claiming to be on the left. I like her a lot, I’ve learned a lot from her and I think she will do very well

One of ours has earned a voice out there! This is a good thing.

Our own moved on.

what great writing abilities she has. It also drives home how resentful I am that she was hounded away from here.

The messages also convey her ability to laugh at herself, and a healthy perspective about what was happening here with her. I'm glad to see she's made it into bigger pastures.

She's one of us who deserved more.

I'm happy to see she found their level of "more" and moved on.

Bravenak, the fact that you and many others were made uncomfortable here is a satin on this place, much more so the fact that you were pretty much driven out. I am someone who might have been a Sandernista, but he did not get my vote, because he either could not or would not rein in the people who saw human rights as so much baggage to be dumped, which would allow them to paint halos on their heads AND still keep blacks and browns in the back of the bus.

I may pass the whole thread on to her... so she knows we care even after she's moved on and forgotten us here.

I do not post much on twitter.

Love the snark.

Link to tweet

My memory of her is that she tarred me, and many others, for being an concern troll for worrying late in the election that Trump was going to win. Wonder how that’s working out for her.

Considering the words you chose to use here, I’m assuming she is a bit less happy than you about how it worked out.

Grudges are sweet!

"Wonder how that's working out for her." So you're laughing at the horrible damage Trump is doing to the United States. Guess that's working out for you.

I don't remember bravenak participating in that kind of name-calling, but yeah it was ridiculous here for a while that people couldn't come to the community and express concerns about Trump's last-minute surge and the Comey fiasco without someone - quickly - jumping on them claiming they were expressing fake concern in order to depress Democratic voter turnout, when the intent was clearly to seek camaraderie and to ENCOURAGE people to take nothing for granted and GOTV.

And woe be to you if you expressed post-election frustration by saying something like, "This is what I was worried about!" - because then you'd be accused of being smug about the result.

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extent of Russia's hacking and probable vote flipping.. and I certainly didn't know about Cambridge Analytical's brainwashing involvement to Rig in trump.

Your humor is misplaced.. no one thinks this is funny.

when someone is soooo sure of herself at every turn that she name calls and bashes anyone and everyone who disagrees with her and then turns out to be wrong, after which....crickets.

Part of the problem, not part of the answer.

I really like Bravenak.