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2016 Postmortem

GummyBearz

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18. You misunderstood

Reply to hellofromreddit (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 12:18 PM

Dec 2016

The "postmortem" board isn't where we brainstorm to solve problems or figure out why things happened as they did. It is a place for supporters of a certain candidate to blame everyone else for what happened without any introspection. If you suggest anything else you are risking alerts

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Blaming external problems is just asserting weakness [View all] hellofromreddit Dec 2016 OP

this assumes we lost fair and square. unblock Dec 2016 #1

white working class people don't face these obstacles... but guess who does. boston bean Dec 2016 #2

+1, yeap... seems the exit poll skewing etc is happening in the voter suppression states and uponit7771 Dec 2016 #6

Of course it's not fair! In what world do you think we live? hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #8

Burying your head in the sand isn't strength kcr Dec 2016 #3

+1, "It's nothing but a false sense of control." uponit7771 Dec 2016 #5

You're right, Comey, Voter suppression and Russia were the only DOCUMENTED reasons she uponit7771 Dec 2016 #4

Why lead in by calling me Comey? I know that you mean it as an insult. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #9

sry bout that...edited uponit7771 Dec 2016 #10

When you've won the PV twice in the last 16 years and all you get is Dubya and Trump BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #7

Does that apply to Bernie too? BainsBane Dec 2016 #11

Sure, have at it. But mind the context. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #13

Push votes away? BainsBane Dec 2016 #15

Congress got decimated. States got decimated. If you have internet access, it's easy to check. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #17

Nonsense TwilightZone Dec 2016 #12

Address? Sure. Scapegoat? No. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #14

No, you really aren't. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #16

You misunderstood GummyBearz Dec 2016 #18

From the "blame the DNC, DWS, blacks/gays/women for Bernie's loss" crowd, this argument is BobbyDrake Dec 2016 #19