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2016 Postmortem

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peacebird

(14,195 posts)
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 08:21 AM Feb 2016

Hillary DID call black kids Super Predators, here is a Wash Po article that covers it all [View all]

"Of course, every part of Williams’s short-lived protest was a reference to actual language that Clinton used in another speech. That one happened in 1996 when Clinton was on the stump advancing President Bill Clinton’s criminal justice reforms. That’s true of the “super-predator” language Williams mentioned. That’s true of the phrase, “We have to bring them to heel.” And although, Williams didn't mention it, Clinton’s 1996 speech included some language about these so-called super-predators implying that they were a generation of guilt- and compassion-free sociopaths who, in the interest of society, simply had to be contained."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/26/why-hillary-clintons-super-predator-apology-is-such-a-big-moment-for-political-protest/

Includes a link to ViDEO of Clinton back in the day saying it

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More and more I see people lying in the face of truth Fairgo Feb 2016 #1
I hardly see any difference between the psyche and tactics of Hillary supporters Broward Feb 2016 #3
I agree... sad how some here put winning over principled debate. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2016 #5
I join you in Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #54
A beautiful and eye opening way to say it. libtodeath Feb 2016 #9
Compelling Wisdom - Vs - Disheartening Cynicism - The Choice Is Clear cantbeserious Feb 2016 #2
Call me old fashioned, but my sympathy has always been for the victims oasis Feb 2016 #4
Yeah. And on occasion I like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. ret5hd Feb 2016 #6
Sure. Call me progressive, but I've always felt sympathy for kids growing up in horrible conditions. eomer Feb 2016 #10
If growing up in horrible conditions is the excuse, 7962 Feb 2016 #33
People who continually offend are often a result of systems we could change. eomer Feb 2016 #60
Out-of-school suspension is BS for sure. Kids view it as a vacation. 7962 Feb 2016 #72
Me, too. hamsterjill Feb 2016 #12
Some find it more useful to address the "language" Hillary used 20 years ago. oasis Feb 2016 #19
Actually, it's about reduction of recidivism rates and crime itself -nt Bradical79 Feb 2016 #29
So you think that the Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #13
Drive by shootings also "ruined so many lives" and ended many others. oasis Feb 2016 #17
I am a victim of a drive by shooting localroger Feb 2016 #24
I'm glad you survived, others did not. oasis Feb 2016 #32
It's about generalization of blame and three-strikes laws localroger Feb 2016 #34
So if you are black, Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #41
It's obvious you've ignored the post you're referring to. oasis Feb 2016 #47
Ruined many lives! Dustlawyer Feb 2016 #35
Don't forget the victims are on both sides of that divide. A Simple Game Feb 2016 #21
During that period, minority communities plagued with widespread murder, oasis Feb 2016 #23
And they needed a quick fix at the time, but sadly long term solutions A Simple Game Feb 2016 #31
I lived in one such minority community during that period-North Minneapolis azurnoir Feb 2016 #37
Sorry son, it was a myth. TM99 Feb 2016 #52
#1. If you have any offspring on DU, great , but I am NOT one of them. oasis Feb 2016 #58
Listen buddy TM99 Feb 2016 #62
I read your OP "buddy" and I soundly reject it. oasis Feb 2016 #68
It is irrelevant that you lived in LA. TM99 Feb 2016 #70
One of the many people I've work with over the Years Mbrow Feb 2016 #22
True, it was a sad situation for all concerned. While I understand oasis Feb 2016 #26
It's hard to believe you understand that when you support non-solutions Bradical79 Feb 2016 #38
I am for workable solutions for today's problems. It's hard to find oasis Feb 2016 #40
Me too. tazkcmo Feb 2016 #55
But that's exactly the solution needed noiretextatique Feb 2016 #75
kick kgnu_fan Feb 2016 #7
It appears they don't care what she called them or that they were ordered "brought to heel." Vinca Feb 2016 #8
I think it is because Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #14
"brought to heel" Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #44
I'm aware of the useage in dog training. And that doesn't bother people of color??? Vinca Feb 2016 #69
You would think it does. TM99 Feb 2016 #71
Did the WP also print this? Jitter65 Feb 2016 #11
What is the point of this post? ybbor Feb 2016 #15
Without any context, I can't imagine why the WP would print it. Gore1FL Feb 2016 #18
'Hard-working' Americans don't care what she called other people's kids HereSince1628 Feb 2016 #16
This is posted in GDP while the pro-Hillary argument is posted in a protected HRC fan group Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #20
Coronation interruption. N/T NRaleighLiberal Feb 2016 #25
The Hillary group banned me Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #46
What did you say to the repukes Loki Feb 2016 #27
100% EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #28
Many of her supporters could care less what she says or what she stands for. Broward Feb 2016 #30
It's about working with what we have, not someone we wish we had. randome Feb 2016 #36
"the only hope"--that's why they're always attacking Trump, MisterP Feb 2016 #73
Did Hillary give Ashley UglyGreed Feb 2016 #39
if she got a refund I'm sure it was prorated krawhitham Feb 2016 #43
Saying “We have to bring them to heel.” is worse than calling them Super Predators, right? krawhitham Feb 2016 #42
I agree Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #49
If you repeat a lie often enought, people will believe it? Amimnoch Feb 2016 #45
She didn't use the word "black". She didn't say "African American". She used the word "gangs". Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #48
You are right, Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #51
if that is what you have to tell yourself in order to be able to sleep with your decision notadmblnd Feb 2016 #56
You are absolutly correct but... 40RatRod Feb 2016 #61
Yes, there are all sorts of gangs in this country.. not just black. DCBob Feb 2016 #66
One of my favorite movies, "Goodfellas", opens with..... Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #67
Who was she trying to pander to at that time? Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2016 #50
Yep Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #57
I am offended by what Hillary said and Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #53
Worse, Clinton participated in a pattern of manufactured fear. DirkGently Feb 2016 #59
The superpredator myth of the 1990's TM99 Feb 2016 #63
Thank you Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #64
K & R AzDar Feb 2016 #65
Kick azmom Feb 2016 #74
The voters in South Carolina don't seem to be concerned n;t doc03 Feb 2016 #76
Can't find "black kids" anywhere in the speech? MadDAsHell Feb 2016 #77
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