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In reply to the discussion: William Rivers Pitt: Coward-in-Chief: Trump Wilts in the Face of Fascist Terrorism [View all]R B Garr
(17,056 posts)219. No, he was not right about Hillary. That kind of divisive shunning of Hillary
was intended to influence people not to vote for her, and now look what we have. That's the point. He was not right about Hillary. Con men like Donald knew how to manipulate people with divisive rhetoric because all he had to do was look at what was being done to Hillary and copy it. It's shameful how she was maligned.
And you are misusing "purist". The "purists" are those who savage any Democrat who isn't "pure" enough to measure up to the idealists standards because they live in the real world.
In fact, your comments about torch-carriers in Virginia show you have a lot of things backwards.
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Beringia
Aug 2017
OP
Very courageous of them to attack a DUer who can't defend himself isn't it?
TastyTaters
Aug 2017
#263
Why is the link to his garbage still up here? Surely it was sent to jury, you know what that tells
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#567
He's FFR. Will won't create a sock to post here at DU. You being a new sign up from last month,
Autumn
Aug 2017
#316
Because you say so? I remember a former poster, now FFR who was very racist. It was amazing how
Autumn
Aug 2017
#326
Do you have a screen cap of the post by Will? Pardon me if I don't take your word.
Autumn
Aug 2017
#329
He posted to stick up for himself in a thread attacking him. He disn't post his articles
Autumn
Aug 2017
#334
Do you have screen caps? Of the mysterious person who was supposedly racist? nt
R B Garr
Aug 2017
#357
I'm done with this discussion since a MIRT member posted the MIRT message about the banned poster
Autumn
Aug 2017
#397
I'm not on his FB and you were the one hinting that it was Will. You want screen caps of your
Autumn
Aug 2017
#401
I got on FB, since he is public I saw Will ask if anyone who could post on DU would give his
Autumn
Aug 2017
#410
You are contradicting yourself again. You acknowledge downthread that you know
R B Garr
Aug 2017
#411
You ignore the part where he asked if anyone still on DU could post it. Have a nice day. nt
Autumn
Aug 2017
#424
I know who you refer to and she is good people...one could consider what happened to her as unfair.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#423
Skinner said, it doesn't take a lot to not get banned or flagged. Just be civil. Have a nice day. n
Autumn
Aug 2017
#425
Like Will, that person is not a member here, that tidbit is posted all over in this thread . nt
Autumn
Aug 2017
#446
Will is a known writer,articles by writers are posted here all the time. One of the features of DU.
Autumn
Aug 2017
#450
I read his work at Truthout. He seems to support the Democratic party and it's values.
Autumn
Aug 2017
#455
In a blue state a missed vote doesn't change the fact that Hillary won the election by over
Autumn
Aug 2017
#462
I have no interest in discussing any past election or any voters and the choice they made.
Autumn
Aug 2017
#466
No, Trump and his campaign brought us Trump. YMMV but that's my opinion, I don't do hate.
Autumn
Aug 2017
#470
I'm just saying, as a party we need to get over Hillary's loss and move on...
AntiFascist
Aug 2017
#552
"Coming down hard on her" is why we lost. Too much divisiveness for a prolonged
R B Garr
Aug 2017
#554
A lot of people voted for Trump out of protest, even though they suspected he wouldn't be good...
AntiFascist
Aug 2017
#555
I figured this was just another divisive exercise to cap on "Hillary supporters"
R B Garr
Aug 2017
#561
I'm not defending whatever it was that William Pitt said that got him booted...
AntiFascist
Aug 2017
#564
Something Hillary said in 1993 will be taken out of context and repeated over and over
betsuni
Aug 2017
#465
That's only the second half of it, the complete comment was "piece of shit used car salesman".
George II
Aug 2017
#29
Dear god, I bet the preson who said that isnt fit to wipe Obama's ass anymore
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#430
Everyone didn't vote for HRC. There are some "returners" here, some in this very thread,
Squinch
Aug 2017
#344
He threatened to kill a DUer, he was disgusting about Obama, he vowed not to vote for Hillary, he
Squinch
Aug 2017
#373
The man who wrote this has no right to complain as he refused to vote for Hillary!
Foamfollower
Aug 2017
#2
... and all who admire him or defend him or excuse him or validate him or flatter him.
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#23
"...and all who admire him or defend him or excuse him or validate him or flatter him".
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2017
#95
You misread my post and the post it is commenting upon. It's about purging other DUers.
aikoaiko
Aug 2017
#536
Google it...you will see it when you click on it ...it was self deleted but did say it clearly.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#400
I interacted with him in the "political arena." I don't think any poster here should feel ashamed.
VermontKevin
Aug 2017
#524
No, this is about TRUMP. which is who William Rivers Pitt supported in 2016.
Foamfollower
Aug 2017
#14
The way you are foaming at the mouth and spewing such nonsense you seem to have an axe to grind.
TastyTaters
Aug 2017
#265
Agreed. Saying all non-Hillary voters are Nazis dilutes the meaning of that word.
Beartracks
Aug 2017
#191
What does that mean? The guy's work has been banned from this site yet someone keeps posting it.
brush
Aug 2017
#261
One more time. The guy has been banned. Among other vile things he did here is threaten to kill...
brush
Aug 2017
#479
Check the other responses to the thread. Apparently you weren't here when he spewed his vileness
brush
Aug 2017
#510
his good mind told him to be a shithead which helped get Trump elected, so...
LibraLiz1973
Aug 2017
#150
He voted for Trump, encouraged others to do so, if he truly did vote for Bernie in the
Ninsianna
Aug 2017
#521
No matter how one lies to twist and spin and attack those who point out that
Ninsianna
Aug 2017
#558
Could you please provide a link showing Will advocating for people not to vote for Hillary?
mahina
Aug 2017
#387
Now I remember that I forgot to set a block where his name appears in the title
phylny
Aug 2017
#115
Spell it out - "Piece of shit used car salesman". Our DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT!!!!
George II
Aug 2017
#34
Like I said earlier, those are the people to SHAME and BLAME for what might
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#437
I honest to god did NOT know if it was safe to talk about the Clinton's here in
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#439
He's not that good of a writer either. It's all so contrived. He's trying too hard (and failing.)
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#21
Did he also encourage others to leave the ballot blank? If so he's responsible
Ninsianna
Aug 2017
#120
They need to have their own moment to come to reason, they knew what Trump was
Ninsianna
Aug 2017
#244
So not slaughtering them after we slaughtered their civilians was an act of great
Ninsianna
Aug 2017
#523
Are you serious? Hillary Clinton won New Hampshire by less than THREE THOUSAND VOTES!
George II
Aug 2017
#187
No way as a former MA resident was he unaware NH is more purple than blue. NH
seaglass
Aug 2017
#205
Each person who rags on a candidate, whoever it is, inflicts that crap
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#459
No, you are the one who has it backwards. The "purity" standards applied to supposedly impure
R B Garr
Aug 2017
#393
You aren't being 'targeted' or 'driven away'. Please drop the rhetorical melodrama/martyrdom
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#209
There is a reason for the disdain of William Pitt on DU, and it isn't unfounded.
still_one
Aug 2017
#147
Nailed it! I don't know how you could be any CLEARER. Still, unfortunately...
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#206
His wife WAS COVERED FOR HER MEDS, and Mr. "know it all" opened his big mouth before knowing all
still_one
Aug 2017
#179
It was not possible...and I for one am thankful we got something...it changed the way
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#506
This is just a pure flamebait thread. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of the garbage that Pitt
still_one
Aug 2017
#180
You realize who was doing most of what you refer to? Follow the link bellow for the an
still_one
Aug 2017
#325
No offense but drop the strawmen and hyperbole and people might engage you.
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#107
Good for you. Maybe you could go further and self-delete that post where you accused him falsely
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#116
Dude I am not "raging mad" about anything or anyone, especially op-ed writers
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#124
The whole strawman argument that, "you need to give us an argument to vote for you" is bullshit
still_one
Aug 2017
#158
Wow, YOU saw him do that??? You're amazing. Unless you were there with him. This is a lie.
auntAgonist
Aug 2017
#488
Thank you for this background. I had an unpleasant experience with this gentleman IRL.
VermontKevin
Aug 2017
#515
People who wrote articles that attacked the Democratic nominee and then did not vote for her
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#507
I read the articles. I saw his own words attacking Hillary. Google is your friend.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#543
Gee, let's hear what the asshole who refused to vote for Hillary in the general election thinks
still_one
Aug 2017
#101
Pitt, and his ilk, is responsible for Trump. So he can take a long walk on a short peer AFAIC.
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2017
#105
Interesting Thread ! Bill Pitt sure can be as flippant as Trump is for sure !
Wash. state Desk Jet
Aug 2017
#122
Appreciate your post. Yes, I did not like hearing young DU didn't admire and appreciate him because
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#167
You are seriously equating people here who don't want to hear Pitt's crap to torch carrying
MrsCoffee
Aug 2017
#214
No, he was not right about Hillary. That kind of divisive shunning of Hillary
R B Garr
Aug 2017
#219
So where's the part where he discloses that he supported Trump in the last election?
DanTex
Aug 2017
#128
My opinion of his admirers and defenders has dropped even LOWER than before.
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#170
A vote for Bernie in the General was a vote for Trump...anyway you calculate it.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#508
Grifter enables grifter to attain the White House and still collects a paycheck, news at 11
Starry Messenger
Aug 2017
#143
i think it's fucked up that Pitt threatened to Kill another DU member and was allowed to continue
JI7
Aug 2017
#200
Omg you have got to be kidding . So other Du posters were lying and together making her up ?
lunasun
Aug 2017
#258
And plenty trashing Obama even when he was President, so it wasn't the heat of the campaign....
George II
Aug 2017
#471
Hah! Yes, now I remember that. Thanks for reminding me. And he continues to want his crap....
George II
Aug 2017
#483
No, he wasn't "helping to warn us." He'd written a piece about how much he disliked Hillary
ucrdem
Aug 2017
#227
Pitt seems to have his supporters and those that just don't like him at all.
Wash. state Desk Jet
Aug 2017
#231
National election- They don't award electoral votes by county. So that was NOT a safe vote.
bettyellen
Aug 2017
#467
Erudite must mean being wrong all the time while overusing vulgar curse words and ...
betsuni
Aug 2017
#480
He did not vote for the Democratic Candidate...there is no excuse for that.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#343
Yep, and god knows where they learned it. Pretty stupid to claiim to be liberal or
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#463
I am with you...I would crawl across broken glass to vote for the Dem ...for years
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#513
I don't buy protest votes...and those votes would have counted in the popular vote...we are
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#433
I never accused him of that. I say he is a phony bullshit artist, who called President Obama every
still_one
Aug 2017
#379
He asked some one to post that response is what I saw when I got on my FB and googled his name.
Autumn
Aug 2017
#403
Will didn't say he created a sock to post that, he asked if anyone who could still post at DU
Autumn
Aug 2017
#415
From the author of: "Hillary Clinton is a terrible fucking candidate, and I'm not voting for her"
oberliner
Aug 2017
#491
Thank you for this, but just to note that "what he does everyday, day after day" is the problem.
ucrdem
Aug 2017
#495
I quoted accurately and selected carefully. If you think I misrepresented your words,
ucrdem
Aug 2017
#498
That is all well and good, but I read his articles about Hillary Clinton before the election.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#500
Pitt, nor his writing, anything about him, does NOT belong on a board dedicated
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#509
I think so too. I despise this guy after reading what he wrote. And I remember him saying
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#544
Sorry, but I can't respect anything said by someone who told OUR President Obama:
George II
Aug 2017
#539