MLK associate tells Memphis Baptist group he’s backing Bernie Sanders

[w4rma]

Knoxville minister Rev. Harold Middlebrook, a Memphis native and former lieutenant of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., told the gathering of more than 50 black preachers at Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in South Memphis that Sanders represented everything he had struggled for over the last 50 years, detailing the Vermont senator's plans to offer free college, reform the criminal justice system, raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and provide universal health care for all Americans.

"We've got to be concerned not just about popularity and names, but we've got to look at the issues and see who is going to really speak on our behalf," Middlebrook said. "And if we make a solid impression in Memphis, if Memphis wants to, Memphis can carry any election in this state."

Middlebrook, a Booker T. Washington High School graduate, is the retired pastor of Canaan Baptist Church in Knoxville and has spent his life involved in the fight for civil rights.

Locally, he helped organize marches and the Black Monday school boycotts in the 1960s. He was at the Lorraine Motel when King was killed in 1968.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/mlk-associate-tells-memphis-baptist-group-hes-backing-sanders-2c73e08d-8bd8-321c-e053-0100007f70ec-369892701.html

[JustAnotherGen]

1. What are your thoughts on this? n/t

[w4rma]

2. I think MLK has influenced Bernie more than any other activist / politician.

So, it's good to see that those closest to MLK would think highly of Bernie.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. I think who 'backs who'

Doesn't matter to me.

I'm still going to make up my own mind and do my own thing -

And I think everyone should do the same.

[w4rma]

4. Some people don't think much of MLK or his politics. I think MLK was prescient. (nt)

[zappaman]

5. "Some people don't think much of MLK or his politics"

Like who?
Racists?
Yes, we know, thanks.

[w4rma]

6. Sanders took MLK's words to heart and got himself arrested for it.

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I don't think that the neoliberals, or any Republicans think much of MLK's politics.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. Take it to GDP

I'm asking you to as a group host.

Sanders and Clinton supporters have their respective groups, GDP, and GD.

There isn't going to be a tit for tat argument back here.

Bring your Focus back onto on Sanders - or self delete.

He's your candidate and you should only be promoting him. I did that all the time when O'Malley was in the running on the ballot - though he remains in my heart.

[zappaman]

8. Whats with the sudden influx of posters here telling us how great Sanders is and why Clinton sucks?

Did a memo go out?

[JustAnotherGen]

9. I don't know

I know now how Sally Field felt when she won the Oscar -

[randys1]

10. No place on DU is safe ....

[JustAnotherGen]

11. You know

[Number23]

13. If it was people that posted here regularly, I wouldn't mind it all. I'd love to have that

discussion about Hillary's weaknesses and Sanders' strengths and vice versa.

But I have absolutely no time for johnny come lately's that want to wander into this forum, and skip pass the 62 threads on BLM, the 55 threads on racism in media, the 187 threads on racism in prison sentencing and only want to talk about Bernie Damn Sanders.

They are transparent as hell and we have absolutely no interest in them or what they think they are going to sell here.

[Number23]

12. And that has fuckall to do with anyone or anything in this forum

Please do not return here.

[Behind the Aegis]

14. FYI

On Wed Feb 24, 2016, 03:35 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

And that has fuckall to do with anyone or anything in this forum
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1187&pid=42394

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

It is *extremely* inappropriate for a Clinton supporter to tell a Bernie supporter that that they are not allowed to post in this forum, just because the Bernie supporter had something positive to say about Bernie and the Clinton supporter didn't want to hear it.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Feb 24, 2016, 03:41 PM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: There is no reason this post should have been alerted on. While the language may not be for everyone, there is no violation of the TOS in this post.

Voting to leave alone.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: This is a pattern of rude behavior from this poster. Hide it.
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: These alerts based on internecine bickering are silly.
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Play nice.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: This is the AA group and the reason stated in the alert is not the reason for the request from someone who is a host for the AA group.

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[Digital Puppy]

15. WTF is wrong with these people???

They wanna cry if they can't get their way in whitesplaining me to death about their candidate...jezzus...just send me an invite to GD-P, BS, or HC forums so I can ignore it...why come in here and harass, talk down to, then alert-stalk...rinse, repeat. How many posts like this in the past 2 weeks? 20? 30?

Don't even get me started on these lazy jurors who have NO IDEA the context of all these stupid "candidate carpet bombers" tactics and even some who advocate this action (Juror #5, and holier-than-thou Juror #2).

[Number23]

16. And the alerter knows good and damned well it doesn't have anything to do with the BS they stated

in that alert.

Props to Juror #7. Juror #2 has issues. These so-called dispassionate jurors are making it easy as hell for us to stop asking folks to leave and just start banning.

So I tip my hat to the clueless folks that have decided that those of us in the AA Group don't have the right to ask people to stop barging in here for the sole purpose of plugging some presidential candidate. You are making things mighty easy for us.

[Behind the Aegis]

17. Of course, you know who juror #7 was...right?

I wasn't too surprised when I saw the alert.

BTW...Did you see it? Did you see Vixen? AWESOME!

[Number23]

18. Ha! I should have known!!

And no, I haven't seen it yet! I may have to fire up old Betsey (my browser with the thing that allows me to watch stuff from the USA) on it and check it out. God only knows when it will make its way to regular television!