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67. If King were alive, I bet he'd be more interested in talking about economic justice ...

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #37)

Sat Apr 7, 2018, 02:53 AM

Apr 2018

... than about himself.

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In Event Honoring MLK, Bernie Sanders Comments on Race and Barack Obama Raise Eyebrows [View all] sheshe2 Apr 2018 OP

GooD Catch Me. Apr 2018 #1

He can't talk about a topic he does not understand. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #3

Word. NurseJackie Apr 2018 #139

Oh God. When will this end? Do we need ANOTHER Bernie thread? Admins? Please? rainin Apr 2018 #2

You Didn't Have To Open This Thread Me. Apr 2018 #5

"The Admins" aren't going to help you.. Cha Apr 2018 #6

... LexVegas Apr 2018 #8

... sheshe2 Apr 2018 #10

... LexVegas Apr 2018 #11

What do you expect the Admins to do? lunamagica Apr 2018 #13

I'll let Robinson Jeffers answer your question. Jim Lane Apr 2018 #18

Martin Luther King sheshe2 Apr 2018 #19

Well, to be complete... Jim Lane Apr 2018 #32

What a beautiful quotation and source. Thank you, Jim Lane. nt Hekate Apr 2018 #38

Thank you for sharing that piece of inspiration. nt TexasTowelie Apr 2018 #70

Just ignore it if you don't want to read it EffieBlack Apr 2018 #23

It truly does given Sanders own words. arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #144

Who went to Mississippi and decided to criticize the Democratic Party and Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #84

This! MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #89

Yep, he brings criticism upon himself. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #94

+1000! arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #145

Who benefits from that, I wonder? ehrnst Apr 2018 #125

Who could it be? Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #127

Putin wants his Gopigs puppets and what better way to to keep arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #146

That is how I feel about Sanders pushing himself into this celebration. yardwork Apr 2018 #102

Well said. EffieBlack Apr 2018 #128

You nailed it darling! TY 👍👏✊️ arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #147

### NurseJackie Apr 2018 #140

K & R SunSeeker Apr 2018 #4

K&R Gothmog Apr 2018 #7

So typical.. he can't Cha Apr 2018 #9

He feels the need to control the discussion... sheshe2 Apr 2018 #14

Right.. I can imagine Cha Apr 2018 #15

He did the exact same thing with Rachel Maddow LisaM Apr 2018 #39

I knew that was his Cha Apr 2018 #42

Hi Cha! LisaM Apr 2018 #53

Aloha, LisaM! Cha Apr 2018 #54

K&R. Like Me asked in another thread, I wonder, whi invited him? Who thought lunamagica Apr 2018 #12

I read something about that. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #17

KnR! Good find, she. Its good to see these kinds R B Garr Apr 2018 #16

I thought Sanders' remarks were totally on point floppyboo Apr 2018 #20

the sanitation workers were already unionized. they were marching because of the treatment of Black JI7 Apr 2018 #21

This is all Bernie said to honor MLK. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #22

No, BS wasn't .. he was Cha Apr 2018 #24

What speech did you hear him give for unionizing sanitation workers? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #25

Fine, fine, not unionizing - but in support of unions floppyboo Apr 2018 #29

What speech was that? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #31

Fed to me? sheshe2 Apr 2018 #33

".. fed to you?" What are you implying? Cha Apr 2018 #45

Interesting comment. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #71

Insulting and a personal attack.. Cha Apr 2018 #72

Serioulsy??? I question your source, not you. floppyboo Apr 2018 #74

We are both perhaps finding the facts we want to hear? floppyboo Apr 2018 #76

Since I know who you and she are, to see "fed to you" makes my entire body tremble in rage Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #104

Thank you, Eliot.. just words Cha Apr 2018 #122

Thank you! 👍👏 arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #148

"Shame on you all" sheshe2 Apr 2018 #37

If King were alive, I bet he'd be more interested in talking about economic justice ... markpkessinger Apr 2018 #67

Not really. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #75

No matter how much they Cha Apr 2018 #79

Slavery ended with WWII? Prison labor isn't slavery? floppyboo Apr 2018 #81

Prison labor wasn't slavery? sheshe2 Apr 2018 #115

Really??? No - I'm not talking about African Americans floppyboo Apr 2018 #78

Why is it so hard for you to accept the fact that MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #92

Exactly EffieBlack Apr 2018 #129

Thank you 😊 MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #138

In case you haven't noticed, it seems to me that whenever Bernie is present it is always smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #88

Hello, smirky. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #116

Me too! arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #149

Right back at you. "Shame on you all". Cha Apr 2018 #47

Absolutely not. It was a campaign speech with a nasty attack on both Democrats and President Obama Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #85

Completely agree onetexan Apr 2018 #87

I think there would have been less damage to the party had he run as an independent. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #96

agree, but he should have never been allowed to run as Dem, and never should be allowed again onetexan Apr 2018 #142

Can he be stopped? Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #150

No. Shame on you. Adrahil Apr 2018 #95

THANK you! EffieBlack Apr 2018 #130

Sigh.... nt Susan Calvin Apr 2018 #26

Thanks! Scurrilous Apr 2018 #27

Bernie keeps insisting that racism is a symptom of poverty RandySF Apr 2018 #28

Correct. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #30

yes, it certainly is. And why is that? floppyboo Apr 2018 #34

Is this something you've actually studied in depth? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #36

;) hmmm sheshe2 Apr 2018 #44

I feel comfortable saying, obviously not. herding cats Apr 2018 #48

yes, I have studied this in my distant youth floppyboo Apr 2018 #50

So, the answer is no EffieBlack Apr 2018 #90

Yea. Now take the next step. Adrahil Apr 2018 #98

That's ridiculous.. look at President Obama.. Cha Apr 2018 #35

huh? what? are you responding to my comment? floppyboo Apr 2018 #43

As you can see by my post I'm responding Cha Apr 2018 #46

oops - didn't see floppyboo Apr 2018 #60

Yup EffieBlack Apr 2018 #132

Exactly, Effie.. President Obama is a prime Cha Apr 2018 #137

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2018 #154

MLK was interested in addressing both racism and economic polarization. David__77 Apr 2018 #40

No. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #52

No what? David__77 Apr 2018 #58

My bad. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #59

Perhaps the senator could explain why AA doctors and lawyers mcar Apr 2018 #91

Even better, maybe non black people could shut up and listen for once Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #105

Now there's a fine idea! mcar Apr 2018 #113

actually racism is a tool of the 1 % to divide us ,which of course questionseverything Apr 2018 #101

actually racism is Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #106

"Racism is a tool of the 1%?" Please just stop. You just don't seem to know enough EffieBlack Apr 2018 #134

How do those studies do that work? That doesn't entirely make sense to me. Institutional racism JCanete Apr 2018 #103

If it was all and only about free labor, why were white people also not enslaved? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #135

It was a valuable thing to keep that belief system in place. It was not good for poor whites. JCanete Apr 2018 #141

Study after study after study - none of which, I'll bet - Bernie has bothered to read EffieBlack Apr 2018 #131

I always look forward to The Root posts, thanks for posting! betsuni Apr 2018 #41

I love the Root...they be bad asses. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #49

Bernie is going to be exposed to a lot of sunlight between now and 2020. herding cats Apr 2018 #51

Sunlight have at 'er! The past has been picked over - floppyboo Apr 2018 #55

This is predawn. herding cats Apr 2018 #56

I missed that. What was his response to the criticism? floppyboo Apr 2018 #64

Yes, he did on Twitter yesterday. herding cats Apr 2018 #65

can you copy/paste that? I don't do twitter nt floppyboo Apr 2018 #80

No. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #68

Exactly! herding cats Apr 2018 #73

If he wishes to persue a 2020 run... sheshe2 Apr 2018 #57

I think he is, and that's exactly what I'm saying here. herding cats Apr 2018 #61

Thanks. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #66

We should ask other politicians how being in the spotlight as a front runner worked for them? herding cats Apr 2018 #69

I suspect that in 2020, like in 2016, the GOP will lay off Bernie in the primary... SidDithers Apr 2018 #93

So am I. NurseJackie Apr 2018 #117

Where are Bernie's tax returns? Nobody should give a pass to that again. yardwork Apr 2018 #151

Poor Bernie has only one analysis to work with, and it is reductionist... Hekate Apr 2018 #62

Reductionist, yes, but I believe after reading everything Hortensis Apr 2018 #82

+1000 Great post and very true. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #86

Don't want to get into the rest, but the truth is the goals difference IS there, and can be seen JCanete Apr 2018 #114

Now, you must know his goals are basically Democratic Party Hortensis Apr 2018 #143

Your POst Makes Me Think Of Ann Richards Me. Apr 2018 #97

+1000. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2018 #126

Bernie is so tiny tiny next to the genius of Obama AlexSFCA Apr 2018 #63

To put the last paragraph in the OP in perpective: floppyboo Apr 2018 #77

What Sen. Sanders has never understood is that both racism and sexism are the main Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #83

We just discussed dthat its more complicated than that, and that economic incentives actually call JCanete Apr 2018 #100

I posted this before that. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #108

yeah, I edited after the fact to reflect that. nt JCanete Apr 2018 #111

Sorry missed it. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #124

What policy does Sanders propose that won't actually begin to address these things? JCanete Apr 2018 #99

To respond BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #107

Your post was compelling and I think true. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #109

Right, I agree that that is what white people think. That's why you dismantle that premise by JCanete Apr 2018 #112

As a (unfortunately long) response BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #120

We are simply cynical about different aspects of the same problem. Actually, on edit, we are JCanete Apr 2018 #121

Again in response BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #123

Teach! sheshe2 Apr 2018 #118

This is a fair criticism and that is refreshing GaryCnf Apr 2018 #110

Thank you, Gary. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #119

Compared to what I've heard him say about Barack in interviews, this was high praise. ucrdem Apr 2018 #133

Gotcha. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #136

Sanders isnt a racist. Hes more Archie Bunker Renew Deal Apr 2018 #152

That is a great explanation, Renew Deal. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #153