2016 Postmortem

oasis

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19. Some find it more useful to address the "language" Hillary used 20 years ago.

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Hillary DID call black kids Super Predators, here is a Wash Po article that covers it all [View all] peacebird Feb 2016 OP

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