2016 Postmortem

XemaSab

(60,212 posts) Wed Apr 20, 2016, 02:19 PM Apr 2016

Bernie's family was killed in the Holocaust for not being "white" enough!

How the hell is "He's too white" even a talking point?

He'd be one of two presidents who wasn't 100% Northern & Western European. (Obama being the other one.)

He'd be the only president in a long, long, long time (if ever!) who wasn't a Christian.

I swear the talking points in this place are so asinine.

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Bernie's family was killed in the Holocaust for not being "white" enough! (Original Post) XemaSab Apr 2016 OP

So true All in it together Apr 2016 #1

He's a white guy. Is that something to be ashamed of? LexVegas Apr 2016 #2

Maybe having someone who called Obama niggerized last year stump for him gives people uponit7771 Apr 2016 #3

The routinely posting anti-Semites here are just trying to find politer phrases for it, is all. nt villager Apr 2016 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author geek tragedy Apr 2016 #5

where is this talking point that he is too white? La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #6

And it is no doubt that is one of the reasons he is so supportive jwirr Apr 2016 #7

They were not in Germany. They were in Poland, nt COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #11

Where is this talking point? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #8

Where is this talking point coming from and when did it become shameful to be white? NCTraveler Apr 2016 #9

I'd love to see some proof of that statement. COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #10

His experiences are white. He presents white. He is treated with the privilege of white. This is NOT seabeyond Apr 2016 #12

All in it together

(275 posts)

1. So true

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 02:24 PM

Apr 2016

Some people don't have truth on their side.

LexVegas

(6,067 posts)

2. He's a white guy. Is that something to be ashamed of?

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Wed Apr 20, 2016, 02:26 PM

Apr 2016

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)

3. Maybe having someone who called Obama niggerized last year stump for him gives people

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 02:26 PM

Apr 2016

... the impression that he isn't too white but really disconnected to what bothers certain people?

tia

villager

(26,001 posts)

4. The routinely posting anti-Semites here are just trying to find politer phrases for it, is all. nt

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Wed Apr 20, 2016, 03:29 PM

Apr 2016

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geek tragedy This message was self-deleted by its author.

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)

6. where is this talking point that he is too white?

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 03:31 PM

Apr 2016

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

7. And it is no doubt that is one of the reasons he is so supportive

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 03:33 PM

Apr 2016

of civil rights. His family did not have any in Germany.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)

11. They were not in Germany. They were in Poland, nt

Reply to jwirr (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 06:28 PM

Apr 2016

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

8. Where is this talking point?

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 03:37 PM

Apr 2016

My grandparents left Czarist Russia in the early twentieth century one stop ahead of the latest pogrom. What does his religion have to do with anything? Howard Dean, Bill Bradley, Paul Tsongas, Gary Hart couldn't build a heterogeneous coalition either.

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

9. Where is this talking point coming from and when did it become shameful to be white?

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 03:39 PM

Apr 2016

This seems really strange.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)

10. I'd love to see some proof of that statement.

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 06:27 PM

Apr 2016

Bernie's family was killed because they were Jewish, not because of their 'color'.

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

12. His experiences are white. He presents white. He is treated with the privilege of white. This is NOT

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 06:29 PM

Apr 2016

a tough one.

My friend who has something in him says, why am I called white privilege. Cause his whole life he presents white and therefore, receives the white privilege. Not tough. I do not get the people that do not get it.

And this from someone with Privilege. White and income.

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