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Celerity

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42. elements with his core supporters and his campaign have been viciously attacking, lying, smearing
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 10:57 PM
Mar 2020

Buttigieg for damn near a year straight, homophobia included.


Sanders Supporter: Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg is "a bloodless asexual."

https://www.democraticunderground.org/1287608116

The people in the crowd were angry, and “Chapo Trap House” wanted them to stay that way. The five hosts of the popular socialist podcast wanted everyone to know they had all been lied to. About everything.

The media they consumed was fake news aimed to distract them from the only war worth fighting: the class war. Politesse, civility, even pleasure — those were tools of the neoliberal oppressor. The right answer is rage.

“That joy,” the Chapo co-host Will Menaker said to the crowd gathered in Iowa City on the eve of the Iowa caucus. “That’s good but it’s not as good a motivator when you’re really going to war as spite.”

“Let the hate feed you,” the co-host Amber A’Lee Frost added as the audience roared.

And it does. Especially toward other Democrats.

Supporters of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. are “gelatinous 100-year-olds.”

Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg is “a bloodless asexual.”

“The gayest thing about him is he descends from an ethnic group that’s like a little toy dog,” Ms. A’Lee Frost said.



'Racist' TYT reporter continues smear campaign against Buttigieg

(A must read, this backs up what I have been saying since spring 2019. The whole Sirota/JD/TYT/DSA/BoBer crowd has been camping down in South Bend for 8 months or so, trying to dig up dirt and smear Pete.)

October 25, 2019

https://orderofthecoif.wordpress.com/2019/10/25/racist-tyt-reporter-continues-smear-campaign-against-buttigieg/

The Young Turks today published the latest in a series of articles about Pete Buttigieg that they’ve characterised as “investigative reporting”. As will be shown in this article, these articles by Jonathan Larsen constitute nothing less than a sustained smear campaign that breaks all the basic rules of good, objective journalism. Mr Larsen consistently relies upon anonymous sources with suspect motivations, and often misleads his readers about the nature of documents on which he purports to rely.

The articles have also consistently pressed the most slanted and unfavourable interpretation against Mr Buttigieg, and relied substantially on innuendo and conspiracy theory dressed up as searching questions. The articles have sought to create an impression that Mr Buttigieg is engaging in racist policies or corrupt conduct, while failing to establish corroborated facts that actually support such an interpretation. This article will also set out Mr Larsen has questions to answer about his own conduct, which has been alleged in open court to include racist bullying, harassment and racial discrimination. Cenk Uygur should explain why a reporter credibly accused of racist conduct is allowed to continue on his staff while the issue remains unresolved.

Secret Tapes

The matter begins in January 2012 when Mr Buttigieg commenced his first term as Mayor of South Bend. Upon taking up a mayoralty, an Indiana mayor will determine who their chief of police shall be. The incumbent is not guaranteed to be appointed to continue under the new mayor. The incumbent chief in South Bend was Chief Darryl Boykins, an African-American police officer who enjoyed the confidence and respect of the community. Mr Buttigieg interviewed three candidates from the South Bend Police Department; Chief Boykins and division chiefs Steve Richmond and Tim Corbett. Mayor Buttigieg decided, based on his performance as chief and his good relations with the community, to reappoint Chief Boykins.

It has been alleged that six days after Mayor Buttigieg took office, on 6th January, 2012, Chief Boykins called division chief Richmond into his office and, “berated him for having been disloyal to him by seeking his job and for being a ‘backstabber'”. Chief Boykins also told Richmond that he had been wiretapping his and other senior officers phone lines, and that “he would fire anyone he determined to be disloyal”. It is also said that on 17th January, Richmond spoke to Karen DePaepe, SBPD Director of Communications, and asked her whether it was true that his line had been tapped. DePaepe responded that the chief requested a line tap “the day he promoted you to division chief”.

Richmond and other officers whose phone lines it transpired had been tapped by DePaepe at the request of the chief since 2010, went to the US Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, a Democrat Mr David Capp (who was incidentally later fired by Donald Trump), to complain about the taps which they interpreted to be illegal breaches of their constitutional 4th amendment rights. The FBI commenced an investigation of Chief Boykins, and Mayor Buttigieg was informed. Prior to this the mayor was unaware of the existence of the tapes. The US Attorney informed the mayor that if Chief Boykins was quietly dispensed with as head of the SBPD, they would agree not to press charges.

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a lot more at the link, all documented



I can list a SHEDLOAD more of the bollocks and slander and hate from a myriad number of the Sanderite social media sphere, far left, radical sites (that rathole hate site JPR for a great example), blogs, mags, and shows like TYT, etc


If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
If Bernie had been in Selma today, he could have discussed it with Pete in person...nt SidDithers Mar 2020 #1
Touche! OhZone Mar 2020 #14
Boom! mcar Mar 2020 #38
He was a little busy. nt sheshe2 Mar 2020 #69
I see what Cha Mar 2020 #81
Hmmmmm. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #84
Exactly! Cha Mar 2020 #80
+1000. ehrnst Mar 2020 #89
join the movement and you too can own 3 houses and be a multi millionaire nt msongs Mar 2020 #2
Ummm... no. dansolo Mar 2020 #3
21% of Buttigieg supporters rank Sanders as their second choice. Higher than any other candidate. Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #4
That will change when he endorses Biden. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2020 #6
Probably. But by how much? Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #11
His supporters were center-left Democrats NCProgressive Mar 2020 #16
The polling data says otherwise. Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #17
polling schmolling NCProgressive Mar 2020 #21
My, you certainly make a compelling argument SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #79
this get's the obligatory "Welcome to DU!" mikelgb Mar 2020 #91
Polling data had BS win/tie/dead heat in SC. nt sheshe2 Mar 2020 #70
LOL. tarheelsunc Mar 2020 #7
It's higher than any other candidate. So should everyone else be embarrassed too? Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #12
Higher within the margin of error... tarheelsunc Mar 2020 #15
Inevitable? quakerboy Mar 2020 #27
I doubt it is that high, and even it it is, up to 79% will go elsewhere. Celerity Mar 2020 #8
That's one poll. There are others. squirecam Mar 2020 #9
Still tied with Biden. Which is significant. It might not impact the race as much as thought. Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #10
And Sanders is far down in the third poll. squirecam Mar 2020 #18
It's over for Bernie NCProgressive Mar 2020 #19
Ha. Thanks for the hearty laugh. Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #23
I'll laugh louder and last. NCProgressive Mar 2020 #31
The only way to answer this question is with a laugh-off. Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #33
Go look on twitter and see the homophobic and insulting tweets about Mayor Pete NCProgressive Mar 2020 #34
Biden supporters Bernie is their 2nd choice. William769 Mar 2020 #71
Yeah.. that makes Cha Mar 2020 #82
Opportunist. Meh. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2020 #5
Pandering is the other adverb. NCProgressive Mar 2020 #24
I think it's a gerund. I always read profiles. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2020 #39
I won't argue grammar here! NCProgressive Mar 2020 #43
K. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2020 #46
No shame whatsoever. W_HAMILTON Mar 2020 #13
Well Said.. Thank You! Cha Mar 2020 #83
LOL. Bernie puts out a kind and complimentary statement, and people are outraged! DanTex Mar 2020 #20
"Kind and complimentary"? Of all the best wishes from other candidates, his was the ONLY one.... George II Mar 2020 #26
I agree. This is a total non-issue. Gravitycollapse Mar 2020 #28
Each additional candidate that becomes viable in California TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #47
Bernie supporters had a gazillion tweets NCProgressive Mar 2020 #30
Random people who had nothing to do with Bernie or his campaign? DanTex Mar 2020 #35
Right on cue. dware Mar 2020 #40
What "Bros"? You mean the term the media fabricated to pretend that Bernie's supporters DanTex Mar 2020 #44
+1000 yep. Every. Time. Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #76
No, people are outraged at his hypocrisy. dware Mar 2020 #37
Actually, Bernie is the only candidate who has addressed online harassment. DanTex Mar 2020 #41
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!! dware Mar 2020 #45
It's true. Exclamation points don't change facts. DanTex Mar 2020 #48
LOLOL. dware Mar 2020 #49
Yes, Bernie is the only candidate who has addressed online harassment TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #51
All candidates have rude supporters on twitter. Obviously. DanTex Mar 2020 #52
I vaguely recalled his name from a tweet that I saw several months ago. TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #57
Interesting take. I disagree. I don't think recovering addicts should be shamed about their past. DanTex Mar 2020 #61
I don't think that recovering addicts should be shamed about their past either, TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #68
+10000. ehrnst Mar 2020 #87
What about people being shamed with racist and misogynistic names for supporting Warren? ehrnst Mar 2020 #86
that twitter troll in your link's a perfect example of the Sanderite social hit job patrol on parade Celerity Mar 2020 #74
elements with his core supporters and his campaign have been viciously attacking, lying, smearing Celerity Mar 2020 #42
Well done, Celerity. Thank you for shutting that hogwash down. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #65
All this. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #72
Oh please. nt sheshe2 Mar 2020 #73
Don't count on it, Bernie. George II Mar 2020 #22
"Mayor Cheat", "Wall Street Pete", "Mayo Pete", rat emojis AGeddy Mar 2020 #25
I saw that, pretty disgusting. George II Mar 2020 #29
No way, no how. Capt. America Mar 2020 #75
Lol still_one Mar 2020 #32
Any Candidate who isnt asking Petes supporters to join them quakerboy Mar 2020 #36
Pete's Peeps have Been talking to Biden's People.. Cha Mar 2020 #85
Voters get to make up their own minds. quakerboy Mar 2020 #90
I WILL NEVER SUPPORT BERNIE. PERIOD. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2020 #50
hej hej my dear Peggy! huge hugzzzz, and I so hear you Celerity Mar 2020 #53
I got to vote for him too, my dear Celerity! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2020 #55
you were wonderful, and I adored the pics you took when you met him!!! Celerity Mar 2020 #60
It was a great night! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2020 #62
I was so jelly when I saw those! ihihihihih Celerity Mar 2020 #63
I was REALLY LUCKY to be in the right place at the right time! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2020 #64
I've rarely seen you so emphatic. TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #54
Thank you, dear TT! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2020 #56
You're a wise woman, Peg. nolabear Mar 2020 #58
Thank you so much, my dear nolabear........ CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2020 #59
Nope! radical noodle Mar 2020 #66
A bit too hungry for my taste... SKKY Mar 2020 #67
How shameless! Smdh..... Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #77
I'm sure there's some overlap democrattotheend Mar 2020 #78
LOL. ehrnst Mar 2020 #88
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