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Even Cornel West is Critiquing "Brother Trump." (Original Post) msanthrope Feb 2017 OP
Duh to the second tweet. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #1
And remember when True Progressives here would cite West chapter and verse? msanthrope Feb 2017 #3
How could I ever forget it? greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #6
You know....if you cross reference who is blocked from the AA group with OP'S posted quoting West, msanthrope Feb 2017 #10
Yep. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #15
Yep - old AA Group Proverb JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #32
I do remember -- with fury. Hekate Feb 2017 #19
I see Corny is at an airport. DURHAM D Feb 2017 #2
I want to ask him if he got good Inauguration tickets this time. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #4
Really. Cha Feb 2017 #5
lol DURHAM D Feb 2017 #7
Somebody should ask him at his next encounter with a microphone. Hekate Feb 2017 #21
Knowing "Brother West" Chitown Kev Feb 2017 #28
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2017 #23
SHADE! Chitown Kev Feb 2017 #27
Just remember that some wanted Trump to win so they can cash in on the resistance or hrmjustin Feb 2017 #8
Well.....yes....the Greenwald/Stein/Firedoglake contingent make more cash msanthrope Feb 2017 #13
Not a very good judge of character Cha Feb 2017 #9
Yup. DT is an authentic American racist. Happy now, Cornel? n/t pnwmom Feb 2017 #11
West sure did his part. He was given a seat on the rules committee, and then went on to endorse and still_one Feb 2017 #12
Damn straight. No quarter for Trumpsters and no quarter for 3rd party voters. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #14
Ef Corny, he owns a huge part of trump. sheshe2 Feb 2017 #16
Arguably, he did more to elect Trump than Obama. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #17
He sure did. sheshe2 Feb 2017 #26
He helped destroy the corporatist neo-liberal blahblah, he should be happy.. why so sad? JHan Feb 2017 #18
The atrocious judgment of West and similar types BainsBane Feb 2017 #20
Trump ain't my fucking brother Quayblue Feb 2017 #22
Fuck Cornell West uponit7771 Feb 2017 #24
I really do not care at all about the opinion of Prof. West Gothmog Feb 2017 #25
Brother west latinaliberal Feb 2017 #29
Even Cornel West is Critiquing "Brother Trump." LenaBaby61 Feb 2017 #30
he lost relevance years ago Demonaut Feb 2017 #31
Nonsense. He was was highly respected and extremely popular here at DU, where True Progressives msanthrope Feb 2017 #33
"was"...is the key word, I've been here many years and my response is correct Demonaut Feb 2017 #34
It's early. Perhaps your sarcasm meter needs jump-starting with caffeine? msanthrope Feb 2017 #35
"True Progressives"???? More like True Idiots. Blue_true Feb 2017 #38
do not disparage those who held Obama's feet to the fire msanthrope Feb 2017 #39
Fuck Cornel West. He helped elect Trump. yardwork Feb 2017 #36
Yes. I was disappointed to see Slavoj Zizek also semi-endorsed Trump RadiationTherapy Feb 2017 #37
There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them. ― George Orwell DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #40
 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
3. And remember when True Progressives here would cite West chapter and verse?
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 11:29 PM
Feb 2017

THANK OUR LUCKY STARS WE DIDN'T ELECT A CORPORATIST!!!!

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
10. You know....if you cross reference who is blocked from the AA group with OP'S posted quoting West,
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 11:44 PM
Feb 2017

you get some interesting frequency results.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,753 posts)
15. Yep.
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 11:51 PM
Feb 2017

And many of them have left, voluntarily or otherwise. It's curious how the AA group is a bellwether of DU. Not terribly surprising, I guess.

JustAnotherGen

(31,924 posts)
32. Yep - old AA Group Proverb
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 07:12 AM
Feb 2017

We told all y'all!

Now I'm seeing his money maker. And he's wrong. We aren't in a Jim Crow environment.

I hope all of the "y'alls" who tried to shove him down our throats are getting woke now.

Hekate

(90,842 posts)
19. I do remember -- with fury.
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 12:10 AM
Feb 2017

Thank gods we did not elect a corporatist. Sure dodged a bullet there. Now we've got an authentic human being who says he wants to have the most massive military buildup in history.

DURHAM D

(32,611 posts)
7. lol
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 11:35 PM
Feb 2017

I knew if I spotted Susan Saranwrap he would be with her but then I forgot to turn on my tv that day so missed the whole thing.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
8. Just remember that some wanted Trump to win so they can cash in on the resistance or
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 11:38 PM
Feb 2017

change the party in their image.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
13. Well.....yes....the Greenwald/Stein/Firedoglake contingent make more cash
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 11:48 PM
Feb 2017

in a Repuke administration.

still_one

(92,433 posts)
12. West sure did his part. He was given a seat on the rules committee, and then went on to endorse and
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 11:47 PM
Feb 2017

vote for Jill Stein.

As far as I am concerned those "so-called" progressives who refused to vote for Hillary by voting third party, are as deplorable as those who voted for trump. I don't care how they identify themselves, they are as responsible for what has happened, as those who voted for trump, and they should be hanging their heads in shame as Civil Rights, Women's Rights, environmental rights, and so many other causes that have been fought for in the last 70 years are systematically dismantled.

Hillary lost Michigan by .3%. Jill Stein received 1.1% of the vote. Similar results in Wisconsin, and the other critical swing states. Yes, they made the difference, and are responsible for the pain and suffering that will forced on so many people, because of their hypocritical, selfish, egos

BainsBane

(53,074 posts)
20. The atrocious judgment of West and similar types
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 12:11 AM
Feb 2017

Is incredible. All of this was obvious before the election. There was nothing authentic about Trump, other than being authentically incompetent. How West, Stein, Sarandon and their ilk can be so colossally stupid yet feel no regrets is astounding.

LenaBaby61

(6,979 posts)
30. Even Cornel West is Critiquing "Brother Trump."
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 12:54 AM
Feb 2017

He can go take a walk of of an inch long pier and take Stein and Sarandon and their types with him

Frauds, ALL of them.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
33. Nonsense. He was was highly respected and extremely popular here at DU, where True Progressives
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 08:58 AM
Feb 2017

quote him and other leading lights like Tavis Smiley often.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
35. It's early. Perhaps your sarcasm meter needs jump-starting with caffeine?
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 09:03 AM
Feb 2017

Yes....you've been here many years. I am sure you appreciate the irony of those who used to cite Brother West religiously.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
38. "True Progressives"???? More like True Idiots.
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 11:58 AM
Feb 2017

The True Progressives are the people that saw the clear danger of a potential Trump Presidency and made sure they voted for Hillary, regardless of the status of their state.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
39. do not disparage those who held Obama's feet to the fire
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 12:24 PM
Feb 2017

By calling him a used car salesman, and a piece of shit.... and who incorrectly asserted that the ACA did not cover pre-existing conditions.

Do not disparage those who incorrectly asserted that Hillary Clinton's Goldman Sachs speeches were proof of her corporatism. Nor disparage those who insisted that flying on one of Jeffrey Epstein's flights made one a pedophile.

Do not disparage those who approved of and recommended the thread that indicated that blacks and gays must have Stockholm syndrome for supporting Hillary Clinton.

For these were the true progressives of DU.....

RadiationTherapy

(5,818 posts)
37. Yes. I was disappointed to see Slavoj Zizek also semi-endorsed Trump
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 10:41 AM
Feb 2017

claiming that perhaps his election would invigorate the left and that at least Trump (and Bernie) represented something revolutionary whereas Hillary was the corporate status quo, etc.

The consequences of Trump so far have outstripped both of these thinkers' expectations of the worst. Hitchens made the same mistake with Bush, I think, though his reasoning was more sound in terms of his atheism and so on.

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