2016 Postmortem

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DU is brimming with "outrage" over how HRC treats blacks, with thread after thread telling [View all] EffieBlack Feb 2016 OP

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Welcome to DU! Arazi Feb 2016 #8

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Sighhhh ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #45

my first jury duty in a while. Glad I served. bettyellen Feb 2016 #47

Are you kidding? MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #49

you agree with that post that AA voters are stupid and can be steered to any candidate? bettyellen Feb 2016 #50

I didn't read it that way at all... MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #55

"black education is of such a poor level that you can steer this (voting) block into any direction" bettyellen Feb 2016 #59

Because farleftlib Feb 2016 #51

It included a personal attack on the OP, for one. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #53

are you serious? passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #71

You know, I should have cut and pasted it while it was still able to be read... MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #76

I wish I had seen the offending post in full, passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #78

Well, I DID read it, so I'm trying to go by my initial impression... MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #79

Fair enough passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #84

Yep... MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #87

Funny thing, isn't it? EffieBlack Feb 2016 #52

I would say Yes ... If it wasn't so damned sad. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #67

wow. And a lot of people agreed with that racist troll JI7 Feb 2016 #64

But that poster was a long time lurking Black person! ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #68

of course, because of all the discussions that have taken place JI7 Feb 2016 #85

Welcome to DU ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #32

My mom, god bless her memory, was Jewish... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #41

Godwin's Law. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #33

Welcome to DU. 840high Feb 2016 #34

Uh, the bigoted troll is gone. Bobbie Jo Feb 2016 #60

one less buddy for him! bettyellen Feb 2016 #62

Someone alerted on ya. Not very surprised. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #37

Your post seems to assume that all of her critics are white. arcane1 Feb 2016 #2

No, her post clearly states that people who never cared about black issues suddenly lunamagica Feb 2016 #9

Gee I have only been covering BLM issues since it started nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #18

Then the OP is not about you, is it? lunamagica Feb 2016 #30

Oh it is nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #35

No it is not. It ia about people on DU who have never posted about black issues, and now, all of lunamagica Feb 2016 #39

Go ahead and test this talking point on twitter nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #43

LOL ... See I told you! eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author rbrnmw Feb 2016 #63

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #38

I'm just mean that way... lunamagica Feb 2016 #42

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What guy would that be? Tell me about him. LuvLoogie Feb 2016 #27

huh? How do I know what? What post are you answering? I haven't mentione Sanders AT ALL lunamagica Feb 2016 #29

Well, that last part is where you are wrong. passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #74

truth is truth litlbilly Feb 2016 #3

You ain't kidding alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #4

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... NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #11

Michelle Alexander TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #12

+1. eom 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #54

I was told he can get the nomination without the black vote rbrnmw Feb 2016 #66

Excellent post, Effie! leftofcool Feb 2016 #5

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Another great post Effie. Lucinda Feb 2016 #7

Truth. nt Bobbie Jo Feb 2016 #13

Charles Blow has an interesting op-ed today that touches on this frazzled Feb 2016 #14

Thanks, good snippet. Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #21

Mr. Blow has been so on point! Love that man! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #44

Stop attempting to speak for all minorities. TM99 Feb 2016 #15

I just have to say farleftlib Feb 2016 #24

Thank you! Beautifully said Arazi Feb 2016 #25

Correct nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #36

Well said n/t Hydra Feb 2016 #93

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Ok let's play a game of SPOT THE TALKING POINT nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #19

How is this different than the piling on of Bernie Sanders POC "problem"? farleftlib Feb 2016 #20

Pure truth. great white snark Feb 2016 #26

+1 ... Now trash OP without returning being ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #28

She is the worst person who ever lived !!! Check her scalp for 666!!!! dubyadiprecession Feb 2016 #31

Many of us POC have made this point over and over again. It's fallen on deaf ears. Wonder why... Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #40

Noticed this too. You go, Effie! bettyellen Feb 2016 #48

My anger is not so much about her bigotry - it is about the jwirr Feb 2016 #56

You assume it's "sudden conversions" by cynical sanders supporters Armstead Feb 2016 #57

I think you'd have to be a regular in the AA forum to get the full picture. bettyellen Feb 2016 #65

This is what I said about this rbrnmw Feb 2016 #72

Great post. K & R nt Persondem Feb 2016 #58

I think a lot of it is schadenfreude whatchamacallit Feb 2016 #61

Exactly Right! farleftlib Feb 2016 #69

I don't understand why any democrat would support her californiabernin Feb 2016 #70

If I'm reading this correctly... retrowire Feb 2016 #73

Even if all the zentrum Feb 2016 #75

We all voted for President Obama, twice, because we're racists? Major Hogwash Feb 2016 #77

You interpreted the OP to, somehow, be calling ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #89

I strongly agree....and its sad.... markj757 Feb 2016 #80

I agree with you 100% EffieBlack Feb 2016 #82

Exactly. BainsBane Feb 2016 #81

K&R betsuni Feb 2016 #83

Da-a-amn! NurseJackie Feb 2016 #86

Good luck with that. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #88

Thank you for proving the point of this thread.... markj757 Feb 2016 #90

Proving who I will listen to? Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #92

NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BERNIE !! Hiraeth Feb 2016 #91

Kick & very highly recommended! William769 Feb 2016 #94

Bernie is tone deaf on race...wasn't that the line that opened this can of worms? noiretextatique Feb 2016 #95

No, not at all EffieBlack Feb 2016 #96

Hmm will try putting this in the virtual trash again nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #97