2016 Postmortem

aikoaiko

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48. HRC supporters have been playing this game ever since Bernie's announcement

Sun Mar 27, 2016, 03:34 PM

Mar 2016

For example, they said, I like Bernie, but look, there are few black faces standing with him. There must be some reason for this.

Not all are HRC supporters, some just don't really like Sanders.

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A vote for Bernie is NOT anti-black or pro-racism (updated) [View all] Rebkeh Mar 2016 OP

n/t. MadBadger Mar 2016 #1

NOBODY EVER SAID IT WAS! (Until today) emulatorloo Mar 2016 #2

I don't think anyone is implying Bernie is a racist. Trenzalore Mar 2016 #3

I think it's a false narrative, and yes this is anecdotal. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #4

I belong to Bernie's targeted Demographic Trenzalore Mar 2016 #11

My objective: To keep us from sliding to the right as the New Democratic Party ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #20

I, too, wish we could get back to the issues. Aerows Mar 2016 #43

You must be quite blind not to see the many "Brave" implications from some with a "nak" Dragonfli Mar 2016 #8

+++++++ marions ghost Mar 2016 #19

Campaign Tactic noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #53

Rebekah: I suspect this is an OUTSIDER meme, planted by emulatorloo Mar 2016 #5

Just more Brock super PAC spew, David Brock's Big Lie strategy is still in play Dragonfli Mar 2016 #13

More likely GOP operatives emulatorloo Mar 2016 #14

I disagree /nt Dragonfli Mar 2016 #15

So do I Hydra Mar 2016 #29

No this race baiting has been a HRC campaign tactic from the begining nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #30

Please see my post #50 nt Rebkeh Mar 2016 #51

I suspect that as well but... Rebkeh Mar 2016 #50

I didn't see that. Do you have a link? whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #6

It's called being bitter. desmiller Mar 2016 #7

Are the Hillary supporters really trying to peddle that after she played the race card in 2008? BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #9

Of course not. Anyone trying to convince you of that is a liar. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2016 #10

That trope was hand crafted by a poster who later admitted to being antisemitic when found posting Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #12

+10 million!!!! So obvious nt riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #17

Exactly. libtodeath Mar 2016 #42

It made me want to barf Aerows Mar 2016 #44

^^^THIS^^^ beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #49

It's an extension of the "Bernie can't win black voters" meme, and desperate. CentralCoaster Mar 2016 #16

Build a strawman, knock it over, declare victory. JoePhilly Mar 2016 #18

Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #21

Get this anti-choice, right-wing crap out of here KingFlorez Mar 2016 #22

We can be pro-choice without supporting homicidal racist douchebags Lorien Mar 2016 #23

Yeah, sure KingFlorez Mar 2016 #24

How often are rw talking points used to defend Hillary though? libtodeath Mar 2016 #32

No one said it did, except for you right now KingFlorez Mar 2016 #25

Not all of them, just one. Fozzledick Mar 2016 #38

And just a reminder to people there are other cultures and ethnicities other jillan Mar 2016 #26

I know, right? me b zola Mar 2016 #35

Maybe it's just here on DU HassleCat Mar 2016 #27

The problem is that Team Hill is getting these talking points directly from the campaign Hydra Mar 2016 #31

Nonsense. The campaign does no such thing. n/t Lucinda Mar 2016 #36

It is a reasonable position, even if I disagree with it Rebkeh Mar 2016 #54

I'd like to know how "Bernie" and "racism" even end up in the same sentence. Vinca Mar 2016 #28

It certainly is divisive in the nastiest way possible me b zola Mar 2016 #33

Nobody thinks that gollygee Mar 2016 #34

Thank you for saying this. bettyellen Mar 2016 #39

Your post will do nothing for the paranoid loons that have determined that everyone black here Number23 Mar 2016 #61

AA's are the least liberal of the Democratic voting block thebeautifulstruggle Mar 2016 #37

According to data collected by the General Social Survey (GSS) and the American National Election... obamneycare Mar 2016 #46

please see my update to the OP or post #50 nt Rebkeh Mar 2016 #56

I find it interesting that posters that say that minorities have Stockholm syndrome get liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #40

I can come up with Aerows Mar 2016 #45

It seems like someone is deliberately posting racist memes just to make trouble for DU. Fozzledick Mar 2016 #41

The latest despicable meme: Bernie's the candidate of straight white Christian males. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #47

That's such a ridiculous meme... sigh Rebkeh Mar 2016 #55

Have you seen what's trending on Twitter? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #57

lol... oh man. I loves the internets Rebkeh Mar 2016 #58

HRC supporters have been playing this game ever since Bernie's announcement aikoaiko Mar 2016 #48

If the Hillary camp is actually peddling this NorthCarolina Mar 2016 #52

Still grasping for straws I see d_legendary1 Mar 2016 #59

The "Bernie is struggling to connect with Blacks" meme is racial trolling. ZX86 Mar 2016 #60