2016 Postmortem
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hashtag BernieMadeMeWhite is trending on twitter. It's intentions backfired. They're all white people tweeting saying things like " " "Bernie did not make me white, Jesus did." #BernieMadeMeWhite Lol Also,
"No Bernie didnt #BernieMadeMeWhite make me white.
For the 1st time in Forever
He made me UNASHAMED 2 be White.
THATS what Bernie did."
Looks like his white supporters hijacked the hashtag.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Instead of applauding the people who are fighting to be recognized and respected the op searched for and found one tweet to use to mock eveyone else.
Sad.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Trump supporters are doing it too.
And the anti-Semitic trolls showed up as well.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)with those tactics...
It will be dreamy
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)dchill
(38,432 posts)Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
It's from Matthew, but I think it could also apply here.
kristopher
(29,798 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)of silly, at this point.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)We both know what this op is really about and it's not pretty. The fact that it hasn't been deleted yet confirms my suspicions.
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Looks like you understood #Berniemademewhite
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)What a shameful OP this is. Consider self-deleting.
Silver_Witch
(1,820 posts)when the OP wakes up and realizes what he has done.
Bassomar
(58 posts)Considering that I am looking at it at the moment, I see lots of minorities expressing their frustration with being erased by comments like yours. sad.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Twitter MsNonoESQ
People who claim to not get #BernieMadeMeWhite buy into false MSM narratives and have no real desire to "understand" us at all
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Bassomar
(58 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)So much so you took the time to dig for one tweet to use to marginalize them.
Pathetic.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)They're not. It is only a handful of minorities. The rest of the people using it are white.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)African Fighter @Africanfighter 2h2 hours ago
What a stupid idea #BernieMadeMeWhite
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bwdone2017 @theonlyadult 2h2 hours ago
I don't even want to know what's under #BernieMadeMeWhite
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WesleyZ3 @50th_President 2h2 hours ago Georgia, USA
Finally I have white privilege.
#BernieMadeMeWhite
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Delonté @dilemmv 2h2 hours ago
#BernieMadeMeWhite tag is proving EXACTLY how white his supporters are. They take one pic w/t a POC and call it a revolution... smh
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Are you fucking kidding me?
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)Going back to study because I want a job...that's J O B
Bernie supporters, something you do to get money.
Sounds very RW.
https://twitter.com/dilemmv/status/714233511230746624
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(4,451 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)I know which one I think. I expect you know which one as well.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)[img][/img]
arcane1
(38,613 posts)you didn't look at those accounts too closely.
https://twitter.com/50th_president
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)There's a word for that kind of behaviour.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)WesleyZ3 @50th_President 2h2 hours ago Georgia, USA
Finally I have white privilege.
#BernieMadeMeWhite
Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)And how can you tell via internet?
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Twitter AbeFroman
This #BernieMadeMeWhite hashtag is great. I don't understand why it's bothering so many ppl; they should be upset at what it's pointing out.
I think he means you.
Bassomar
(58 posts)and they don't like it. CNN finally saying hawaii was the last straw for many people.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)I'm glad women and minorities are taking the fight to Twitter, we should have done it a long time ago.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)If Bern didn't have a minority problem they wouldn't need to try to prove how NOT white a handful of his fans are. #BernieMadeMeWhite
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)This hashtag was created by PoC as a counter to the shameful media narrative that Bernie won "non-black" Hawai'i and Alaska (implying there aren't PoC there) which is a fairly obvious dog whistle.
Here's the guy who started it:
There was little mention of it while HRC won states that were predominantly white. But WA & AK results started coming in & here we go again
Only problem was, HI was sitting right smack in the middle messing up their "bernie/white vote" narrative. Then this morning I read WaPo
They changed the "Bernie only does good w/white voters" to "Bernie only does good w/non-black voters." Since we're redefining the argument..
Let' refine it completely: HRC only does well with people who can afford to focus solely on identity over economics concerns...
But never mind the diversity of his support. They're non-black. This gives pundits a convenient way of continuing this "minority problem"
For people who constantly complain abt being erased, they've no problem erasing the diversity of sanders support for a convenient narrative
I guess some of them wouldn't have anything to say on TV if they couldn't push that narrative.
https://twitter.com/TheBpDShow/status/714064055984660480
cui bono
(19,926 posts)the narrative and use race to divide and conquer.
It's truly a shame that black Hillary supporters are willing to use racism as a political tool. I noticed the same thing that person did, that the black Hillary supporters who were fine economically were the ones pushing the false social vs. economic meme. They got theirs, who cares about the poor people.
How very Republican of them. I asked someone who gets to decide who dies? Because poor people die from lace of a/c or heat among other things, so why would anyone be wiling to give up on the economic fight in order to choose another fight? Why not fight for both? They had no answer. Of course. Because it's all about smearing Bernie and anointing Hillary.
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bravenak
(34,648 posts)melman
(7,681 posts)djean111
(14,255 posts)we can, and will, check on it - in real time. Sad. And amusing.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)I just looked. It has been co-opted.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)and the majority are POC
Like this oh so white guy
:large
Journey to Bernie @Ibelieveinberni 5m5 minutes ago
#BernieMadeMeWhite but we still believe in him! #Feelthebern
cui bono
(19,926 posts)have a right to express themselves.
Not kidding. You can guess who sent it. People think she's brave and she has a knack for word salad.
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nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)I grew up in Iowa and I am neither Jewish or Latina...
cui bono
(19,926 posts).
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Busted!!!!
Way ahead of her times
cui bono
(19,926 posts)That cow is too white!!!
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nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)I can have fun with this all day
cui bono
(19,926 posts).
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)and pissed off that their voices are being erased by the MSM. That hashtag is overwhelmingly dominated by PoC and posts like the OP is why it was created.
No surprise at all.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Remember, I am the person who posted berniesoblack. It was also co-opted hilariously.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)Will you also laugh when Trump's racist's drown them out completely?
Let me know when this white woman can laugh with you. Because, as you have requested many times and I have taken it to heart, it is all about listening to black people and I am here to listen.
So, please, let me know when I can laugh at white people shutting down, squashing, silencing, neutering, destroying, making irrelevant, mocking... a PoC twitter protest.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)It was not about THEM. But they made it so and drown out the voices of the marginalized. And they are on the SAME SIDE! Why co-opt? Why not just let them speak without throwing themselves into it. Because LOL it is always about THEM. They drown out their own members voices.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)you understand this now.
By the way nice avatar... it fits.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)It's difficult to tell them apart from trump supporters.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Some of them are very upfront about it.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)You would never suggest that nasty crap. Polly said you were nice, I don't see it.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)And you're the one who created a thread to laugh about minorities who are sick of being told they don't exist or don't count. You're doing the exact thing that made them create the hashtag.
If I were worried about what people thought of me I'd delete this thread.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Ok, then we are talking not about you.
But as BMUS suggested... you might want to self delete. Though the twitter feed is getting down right smacking hilarious, The Trump supporters and the HRC supporters are getting very funny responses from some of these PoC. You should applaud at least half of it. They purposely have been ignoring the antisemites tough.
Now let me try to explain this to you very, very, slowly. PoC who support Sanders are pissed that the media has created a false narrative. This is one you tried to spread here, without actually checking who was posting.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)I don't think Sanders is racist and I do not blame him but.... far left liberal socialist tend to be white and mostly in white states. Like where I live, Oregon and Vermont... No one is at fault, it's just true.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)why do you think people finally had it?
If you mean that only black people can be minority, by all means, knock yourself silly. But you really going to stick by that?
Here, this is a good example of the FUD you are buying
:large
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)and also.. Hawaii is not similar as the rest of the US.. It's a place of it's own
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)neither is white, nor is WA, or a few other states.
We have had it.
Stop the racist shit.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)According to the 2010 United States census, the racial and ethnic composition of Washington was the following:[40][50]
White: 77.3% (Non-Hispanic Whites 71%, White Hispanics 6.3%)
Black or African American: 3.6%
Native Americans: 1.5%
Asian: 7.2%
Pacific Islander: 0.4% (0.2% Samoan, 0.1% Guamanian, 0.1% Hawaiian)
Two or more races: 4.7%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_(state)
I live a bridge from WA. I think I know.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)we have had it.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)You sound like a birther.
Thank you Hawaii, Obama's home state, for voting so overwhelmingly for Sanders!
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Bernie is NOT
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)And it was a thing of beauty!
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)The continued smears against a minority candidate and the minorities who support him from so-called Dems are starting to look a lot like what happened in 2008.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)And thank you, Hawaii for feeling the Bern!
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)I love that this thread has one rec, from guess who... "the voice of the marginalized."
Thank you Hawaii!
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)And thank you Washington state voters! And to some great music that's come out of your state...
Mmm, Eddie.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)RIP Layne.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)You like keeping crap going don't you?
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Don't you wonder why this oh so clever thread only has one rec and other Hillary supporters aren't joining in the "fun"?
That should be a clue.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)I'm in the mood for music.
Not sure how I've made it half a century with never hearing this song, but I can't stop listening to it.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)I've never heard it played on air in the states.
So much great music from the 60's and 70's.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)So much so he spent 11K of his own money to make this video:
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)thanks for sharing that!
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)to mock the very real grievance behind the hashtag. Very telling that you that you take glee in that .000000000000001 and ignore the message behind the hashtag.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Being that she is PoC, that is kind of odd. but whatever, proving the point that not all the people she claims to speak for, well actually would allow her to be the spokesperson.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)I'll laugh and celebrate their voices being silenced.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Hence the LOL. This op is about the co-opters. Yours was about the originators. Did you see me come there and LOL or try to talk crazy about them? No. I stayed out so as to not attract attention to myself as opposed to them. I did see the coopting start, thanks to your post. But I did not post an op and chose to come here to say, LOL. See? Nothing sinister. Just trying not to come and ruin your thing.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)a laughing matter that a righteous hashtag could end up being taken over by clueless white people in order to silence PoC voices.
Apparently the you and the OP think it is wise to ignore those thousands of PoC voices and celebrate a handful of ignorance.
Looking forward to celebrating ignorance. It will be a new experience. I've never done it before. It could be liberating.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)Because you perceive this as a hashtag against Bernie.
Too bad all your rants about racism are merely blatant attempts to smear Bernie. Here you have a real racial issue and you are on the wrong side of it. No surprise since it's against the media marginalized blacks who are Bernie supporters.
You claim you don't even like Hillary and yet you put her - or your personal hatred of anyone who doesn't supporter her or dares to run against her - above the tragic issue of racism yet again.
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Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)choie
(4,107 posts)Sorry for busting in on the thread, but can I ask you where you got the Bernie Bird JPEG? Did you create it??? I love it!
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)Here is the link. Just take out the word "space" after https to get the image
https:space//pbs.twimg.com/media/CebzaK-XEAE-X2d.jpg
choie
(4,107 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Todd Whitney @Joplin09 5m5 minutes ago
Wow, Unreal, First he summons birds, now according to @cnn @nytimes he makes entire states white! #berniemademewhite
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Katie Halper @kthalps 6m6 minutes ago
Turns out telling people of color who support #BernieSanders that they don't exist isn't a good strategy. #WhoKnew #BernieMadeMeWhite
Ooopsie, these were from PoC
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(4,451 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)WhiteWizard
@WhiteWizaard
#BernieMadeMeWhite
You're Not White !
You'll Never Be White !
You Wish You Were White !
Did I mention this is an antisemite? All chuckles all right
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)I don't think I have to. It is obvious. As to the underlying antisemitism and erasing of minorities has been happening all this campaign. That Hasthtag, started by Benjamin Dixon, who happens to be African American, is a reaction to the attitudes in your OP, and the major media.
I think the Hawaii is a white state was the drop actually.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)but the two are PoC, and PoC are pissed by this, so finally reacting to it. The only little truth in the OP is that some HRC supporters are trying (to no effect) to correct PoC in what they feel
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)You said you didn't "see it" even though it was listed on a website that keeps track of hate speech.
So why am I not surprised that you can't see the minorities who created and are tweeting this are actually minorities?
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)I already know how broad your brush is.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Anyone who didn't see it didn't want to see it.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)a thing of beauty
Sara Jackson-Holzman @Saraplenty 24m24 minutes ago
#HillaryMadeMeRealistic now I know that as long as I "evolve" to be electable my former views don't matter.
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Khari Effin Lester @Khari_FN_Lester 28m28 minutes ago
#HillaryMadeMeRealistic and now I know that breaking national security laws, is only punishable if you're poor & not connected.
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Khari Effin Lester @Khari_FN_Lester 33m33 minutes ago
Incarcerated Black Men are more profitable than educated Black Men.
#HillaryMadeMeRealistic
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L.A. LOVES Bernie @GinaBrucato 1h1 hour ago
#HillaryMadeMeRealistic and now I no longer believe that mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow. #BernieOrBust
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Sara Jackson-Holzman @Saraplenty 2h2 hours ago
#HillaryMadeMeRealistic now I think "there's a special place in hell for women who don't support other women."
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Sara Jackson-Holzman @Saraplenty 2h2 hours ago
#HillaryMadeMeRealistic now I no longer care that the middle class has all but disappeared.
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Jay Elliot Coburn @AsapJayCob 2h2 hours ago
@50th_President #HillaryMadeMeRealistic So Obamacare and lifting Cuban embargo were delirious wet dreams woken up from b/c governing is hard
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WesleyZ3 @50th_President 2h2 hours ago Georgia, USA
#HillaryMadeMeRealistic so now I don't am high.
I aim about my eye level.
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WesleyZ3 @50th_President 2h2 hours ago Georgia, USA
#HillaryMadeMeRealistic so I took all my dreams buried them.
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WesleyZ3 @50th_President 2h2 hours ago Georgia, USA
Dear #BernieMadeMeWhite tweeters.
Stop using the hashtag use a pro Hillary hashtag like the following.
#HillaryMadeMeRealistic
Thank you
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)cui bono
(19,926 posts)Yikes.
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nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)in a good way
beedle
(1,235 posts)FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)The media has picked up on the Hillary Campaign's Dirty Little Tricks and is reporting on it.
This marks the beginning of the End for Team Clinton - and everyone knows it
one_voice
(20,043 posts)been received if the southern dems made up some snarky assed hashtag. You know, something about how they didn't matter. Wonder if that would have been ok. Probably not.
My AA family across the south that VOTED FOR BERNIE didn't like that shit. But, confederate, red state, low info voters, etc. what do they know, eh?
Easter dinner at my house; family & friends. Different candidate choices & undecided. No one talked about this kind of shit. Sure, we talked about who was stronger where, maybe why, what could be done to make it better. It wasn't nasty. Black, white, Hispanic & mixed. Young, middle aged and seniors. Agreements & disagreements. All under one roof. No nasty, snarky, hash tags needed. (not a shot at you)
One thing we all agreed on, fuck the republicans.
So glad the real world is nothing like the internet. It would be very discouraging.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)said that Hawaii was a white state...
So of course people are to their wits end. After all. some folks are smearing PoC who are following a minority candidate... this got uglier than 2008 already, and some here are not even coding their hate anymore.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Sorry you don't get to play guilt by association game, not after this thread.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)I'm not sure you have any idea how much so.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)So do carry on. This OP of yours is well quite ugly. And for the record, I did not say that. What I will say is that what she did in 2008 and now, is not different from a variation of the Southern Strategy.
Stop trying to silence PoC you do not agree with politically. It is not pretty. And that by the way includes me.
dchill
(38,432 posts)But go with it. You don't seem to realize that it makes you look, um, bad...
In any number of ways. Put the shoe on the other foot, if you can.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)dchill
(38,432 posts)jillan
(39,451 posts)point.
As did the tweets that you posted.