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yuiyoshida

(41,833 posts)
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 04:10 PM Nov 2015

I really wish people would

stop saying "people of COLOR will NOT vote for Bernie Sanders". Its a broad brush ignorant statement. Its not true, it will never be true!

POC check in here! We're not having any it! Agree? check in here!
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I really wish people would (Original Post) yuiyoshida Nov 2015 OP
This Latina is not having any of that shit. Autumn Nov 2015 #1
gracias yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #2
de nada Autumn Nov 2015 #5
uhuh! yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #6
dou itashimashite hootinholler Nov 2015 #10
Yeah I have heard that yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #11
Oh to be a young sailor in Japan again... hootinholler Nov 2015 #12
kochira koso yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #13
Thank you. You have every reason to be proud of your culture, yuiyoshida. merrily Nov 2015 #21
Thanks Merrily yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #22
Kochira koso merrily Nov 2015 #23
JAPANESE never say "I love you..." yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #25
Sorry for picking a bad example. merrily Nov 2015 #26
Oh well the perfect example to use "kochira koso" yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #29
Thank you! merrily Nov 2015 #30
Kochira koso! yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #31
If you repeat a fabrication enough times, .. 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #3
Absolutely! yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #4
I loved that thread where one of them told you you didn't count as a PoC Hydra Nov 2015 #7
Yeah i know right ?? yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #8
Ya, that person treated you as a non-person Hydra Nov 2015 #9
OMG! Even these days, it's hard to believe that was on DU. merrily Nov 2015 #24
...Ya...I felt like I was hit with a brick when I saw that n/t Hydra Nov 2015 #28
Me too, Rebkeh Nov 2015 #14
or like Bernie yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #15
Black man ejbr Nov 2015 #16
Its creepy. OK Halloween's done, time to respect people, green or blue. MasonDreams Nov 2015 #17
Most people these days find Klingons cool! yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #20
I'm wrong, yesterday's enemy is tommorow's friend! MasonDreams Nov 2015 #33
Honorable yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #34
Black Bernie supporter here. Can't wait to vote!! n8dogg83 Nov 2015 #18
absolutely awesome!! yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #19
Whistling through a graveyard? Warpy Nov 2015 #27
normally on DU if someone says yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #32

Autumn

(45,114 posts)
1. This Latina is not having any of that shit.
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 04:15 PM
Nov 2015

I support Bernie, my family supports Bernie, the list of friends who support Bernie is growing all the time. Bernie Sanders will be the next President. His administration will benefit the people. All people.

yuiyoshida

(41,833 posts)
11. Yeah I have heard that
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 06:02 PM
Nov 2015


I like to use "Kochira koso"
It means, the same for you/me. for example!


Person A : "Presento, arigatou"
Person B : "Kochira Koso"

Person A : Thank you for the gift.
Person B : It was a pleasure for me to give it to you as it was a pleasure for you to receive it.

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
12. Oh to be a young sailor in Japan again...
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 06:11 PM
Nov 2015

SIGH.

Thank you for that! Much improved, I hope I can remember it.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
21. Thank you. You have every reason to be proud of your culture, yuiyoshida.
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 07:54 PM
Nov 2015

I am so very sorry that hate blinds people so much that they have to claim Asians don't vote. I am especially sorry that it happened on DU, "courtesy" of people who call themselves Democrats. I am ashamed on their behalf and apologize on their behalf.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
23. Kochira koso
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 08:08 PM
Nov 2015

Question: For Americans, this exchange would not be unusual or rude.

"Love you!"

"Love you more!"

Would it be inappropriate for a person of Japanese heritage?

yuiyoshida

(41,833 posts)
25. JAPANESE never say "I love you..."
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 08:19 PM
Nov 2015

in public. When they say "aishiteru" its rare. They may say

suki desu (I like you)

or

Daisuki desu. (I like you very much)

but rarely say

Aishiteru. American servicemen would some times think they can say "aishiteru" to Japanese girls, thinking they are being cute, but its more an insult. Japanese take love very seriously, and think Americans says " I love you" too much, making the word have less of a true meaning.


merrily

(45,251 posts)
26. Sorry for picking a bad example.
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 08:26 PM
Nov 2015

What if, though, the comment were "I like you more."

Or if the exchange were

"Happy to see you." and the reply were:

"Even happier to see you."

Would it be considered poor form for any reason, such as bragging or seeking to compete with or "top" the statement of the other person?

yuiyoshida

(41,833 posts)
29. Oh well the perfect example to use "kochira koso"
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 08:31 PM
Nov 2015

Happy to see you : Oaidekiteureshidesu!

Even Happier to see you: Kochira Koso!

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
3. If you repeat a fabrication enough times, ..
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 04:19 PM
Nov 2015

it can create an echo-chamber effect. You can't blame them
for trying. It's not really lying their asses off, it's "just politics".

But I feel very fortunate to have a candidate who frowns on
such tactics.

Go Bernie!!

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
7. I loved that thread where one of them told you you didn't count as a PoC
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 04:40 PM
Nov 2015

Tells you everything you need to know right there.

yuiyoshida

(41,833 posts)
8. Yeah i know right ??
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 04:52 PM
Nov 2015

so if I am not a Person of color, and I am not White...were do they think I belong?

(oh I know! "And, you should go back to China!!&quot

baka, douji, manuke!

(translation: Idiot, Clumsy, stupid!) They are!

ejbr

(5,856 posts)
16. Black man
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 06:49 PM
Nov 2015

who proudly drives around with a Bernie bumper sticker in Hillary's state of New York! I have a black friend on Facebook who I am fairly certain will vote for Bernie. Also a black friend from college who will vote for Bernie. I just showed another black friend who likes to smoke 420 that clip with the black guy bugging out when Bernie said he would legalize pot. Slow and steady...

MasonDreams

(756 posts)
17. Its creepy. OK Halloween's done, time to respect people, green or blue.
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 07:17 PM
Nov 2015

Except those Equadoran Eskimos. and Klingons!!!
Its just a joke, if you've moved down to 0° latitude from the
Arctic that's OK.

MasonDreams

(756 posts)
33. I'm wrong, yesterday's enemy is tommorow's friend!
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 02:30 AM
Nov 2015

I'd certainly sleep easy, if I was lucky enough to have this ^^^ Head of Security^^^
A fine noble warrior!!

Warpy

(111,290 posts)
27. Whistling through a graveyard?
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 08:29 PM
Nov 2015

People who think any group forms a voting bloc with no exceptions are living in a fantasy world. Maybe they like fantasy. Maybe the only way they can cope with life is by pretending magic will keep it predictable.

Who knows? Just do what I do, give a derisive snort and move on.

yuiyoshida

(41,833 posts)
32. normally on DU if someone says
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 08:37 PM
Nov 2015

"snort" they usually mean, it is funny. How do you do a derisive snort?

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