I don't buy your premise (Reply #195) - Democratic Underground

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Wed Mar 2, 2016, 06:04 PM

195. I don't buy your premise

That AA voters are hypersensitive crybabies who cannot handle criticism, or people disagreeing with them, on political issues. I just don't buy it, sorry.

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208 replies	Author	Time	Post
Stop 3/5ing the vote of the AA community. [View all]	msanthrope	Mar 2016	OP
K&R!	stonecutter357	Mar 2016	#1
KnR	Hekate	Mar 2016	#2
Rec	JustAnotherGen	Mar 2016	#3
And who has benefitted from the past 8 months of nonstop insults thrown at Sanders supporters?	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#4
Downthread, the point was made that Sanders won the white male	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#9
Yeah, that's what I thought.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#11
Honestly, Warren, this thread is about something serious....a deliberate	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#13
Come on, tell me how my opinion doesn't matter because I'm a, you know..	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#16
You're still pissed at me for that? Jesus, Warren....nt.	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#18
Nah, I don't stay pissed.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#19
You know what's interesting to me, Warren.....your personalization	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#21
I merely asked a question, which was who exactly benefits from the shit what has been flung at	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#25
HRC will get her millenials. First and formost, her campaign is smart enough to	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#27
"her" Millennials.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#30
Poor dears.The demographic I am talking about worry about getting	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#33
The people shooting African Americans are the people guarding the gated communities of the	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#39
Indeed. So, then Gwen Carr is what? Not seeing how HRC is responsible	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#58
deflect, insult, and try and make the conversation into something it isnt.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#79
Sorry Warren, but black lives are more important in this campaign	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#89
+1	fleur-de-lisa	Mar 2016	#108
You insult them, "how is this helping?"- that's your question.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#186
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Mar 2016	#135
Welcome to DU. MIRT!!!!! Cleanup in aisle three!!!!! nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#136
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Mar 2016	#137
I'm white, and you say "bitch" like it's a bad thing. I welcome your hatred. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#138
How do people get banned these days?	auntpurl	Mar 2016	#142
You can alert on a post, but MIRT, a committee of troll zappers, keeps a pretty tight rein	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#144
Cool, thanks for info nt	auntpurl	Mar 2016	#145
Good lord.	auntpurl	Mar 2016	#139
He's dead, Jim. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#141
They may, on a daily basis, worry about getting raped and	whathehell	Mar 2016	#202
Hillary's only chance of getting a significant number of millennials if she wins the nomination is..	nikto	Mar 2016	#34
Um. No. Either Castro or Warren will draw the millenials.	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#35
That's a sad indictment of millennials, isn't it?	onenote	Mar 2016	#46
"HRC didn't need millenials primary votes" so she ignored them	azurnoir	Mar 2016	#166
No....she allocated her resources to people who would show up to the primary. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#169
hmmm Bernie won by 20+ points in my state so millenials here must have shown up	azurnoir	Mar 2016	#172
Hillary getting the Millennials is not guaranteed	nikto	Mar 2016	#203
No words could be uttered, typed, or written by me or anyone else here...	cherokeeprogressive	Mar 2016	#72
"Other than that... please fucking stop lecturing me. It ain't fucking workin'."	JTFrog	Mar 2016	#76
Indeed. One wonders what would, actually, work. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#124
I agree with that.	John Poet	Mar 2016	#146
Warren, I'm sure you've seen the OPs	yardwork	Mar 2016	#36
+1 n/t	JTFrog	Mar 2016	#70
Of course not. But I didnt bring up "white males"	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#83
As a Hillary supporter I'm here to tell you that there's been a lot of mean stuff thrown our way too	yardwork	Mar 2016	#101
And likewise.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#188
Oh look, black people and white people are throwing shit at each other on the Internet again.	Jester Messiah	Mar 2016	#90
Actually, we're not. This white person is proud to stand with people of color.	yardwork	Mar 2016	#105
This white person is proud and happy of her OP. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#185
The Clinton campaign has been treating Sanders with kid gloves	Gothmog	Mar 2016	#177
that wasn't my question, was it.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#187
Your post 4 referenced eight months poor treatment of Sanders supporters	Gothmog	Mar 2016	#191
people made the same argument about Obama, in '08.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#192
But for Sanders, the attack ads write themselves	Gothmog	Mar 2016	#194
I think we do better when we inspire people and are perceived as actually standing for something	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#196
I have the template for a button similar to your vote for theme	Gothmog	Mar 2016	#205
Anyone who has to live there has my sincerest sympathy.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#206
"nonstop insults thrown at Sanders supporters'?	anigbrowl	Mar 2016	#207
Only one side has tried frantically to make "the supporters" & associated memes an actual issue	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#208
KNR	Lucinda	Mar 2016	#5
My pleasure to kick and rec	leftynyc	Mar 2016	#6
Very well put. Nt	NCTraveler	Mar 2016	#7
Especially puzzling since she's winning every demo	Starry Messenger	Mar 2016	#8
The Republicans need depressed Democratic turnout to win the GE and keep	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#10
Well thank God hillary is doing such a bang up job with Millennials, right?	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#12
Warren, step back a second. The downballot....the Senate	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#14
I know she's gonna be our nominee, in all likelihood.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2016	#17
She's doing great with young black and Hispanic Millennials	YCHDT	Mar 2016	#100
Some have even suggested that we 'discount' or 'ignore'	lovemydog	Mar 2016	#15
+1.	VulgarPoet	Mar 2016	#143
Yes, 3/5th has been institutionalized	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#20
I think this post should be it's own OP.....	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#24
I wish I had time	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#32
Great post. nt	sufrommich	Mar 2016	#40
Excellent post. nt	auntpurl	Mar 2016	#80
Dr. Frantz Fanon, M.D. wrote about that very subject.	Octafish	Mar 2016	#87
Had his books in my household growing up	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#95
War Hero. Psychiatrist. Anti-Colonialist. Revolutionary.	Octafish	Mar 2016	#97
"Wretched of the Earth"	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#98
Outstanding analysis. More than relevant, it is basic for human progress.	Octafish	Mar 2016	#106
Institutionalized; hook line and sinker.	VulgarPoet	Mar 2016	#147
^ This is an outstanding explanation	lovemydog	Mar 2016	#160
K&R	betsuni	Mar 2016	#22
There have been other black people who have said the same thing.	nc4bo	Mar 2016	#23
Do you belive Bernie Sanders directly insulted black voters in the South?	That Guy 888	Mar 2016	#26
What are you referring to? nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#28
I wouldn't say directly	72DejaVu	Mar 2016	#31
Yes, and the tone deafness of "Killer Mike" speaks volumes. He is a rare known and is being	YCHDT	Mar 2016	#104
The quick reply of the person in the audience about the average donation being $27?	That Guy 888	Mar 2016	#130
K&R	liberal N proud	Mar 2016	#29
Indeed, it's appalling	treestar	Mar 2016	#37
I keep seeing 2 kinds of posts appear to predominate among Hillary supporters.	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#38
Why do folks continue to insist that it is "Hillary supporters"	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#45
I could break the internet pulling up posts on DU complaining that rural and lower class whites	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#53
The difference is	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#59
I think you've made an assumption.	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#47
Whatever. You blast Sanders supporters without the slightest hint of discretion then	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#51
I am surprised you have taken my OP so personally. Why? nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#54
Whatever. Call people racist one minute, want to know why they don't want	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#57
I called no one a racist. But are you denying that the terms "Stockholm Syndrome" or	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#61
You're not calling anyone a racist, you're just claiming they're being racist.	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#65
ok....what about "Confederacy." nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#69
What about the fact you're looking for any excuse to call people racists?	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#75
Pointing out the use of racist terminolgy and talking points	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#81
Maybe you're just mad the parrots have been trained to repeat "super predators."	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#110
There's no being "mad" at anything	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#112
"'Parrots' repeat what they hear and are often rewarded for the 'repeating'."	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#113
Yet you miss the point of the analogy	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#115
Racist crap should be denounced but it's not racist crap you're denouncing.	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#118
Ahh there it is...	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#129
I think you illustrate the problem in your post......	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#92
What racism have I failed to address?	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#109
You really don't think using "Stockholm Syndrome" to describe Black voting choices isn't problematic	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#116
"Stockholm Syndrome" has no racial connatation. You're fabricating that out of wholecloth.	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#117
Again....do you really think suggesting that Black people have a psychological problem	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#119
I will not address something with no context. Care to address "super predators?"	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#200
Yes it does. Tons of it and boatloads.	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2016	#128
I don't identify as straight. Thanks. mt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#133
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Mar 2016	#148
Back for another round? How sweet. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#149
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Mar 2016	#150
I'll tell you what I've told the other 2 --	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 2016	#201
Excellent response	nikto	Mar 2016	#204
I have struggled to understand	RunInCircles	Mar 2016	#41
And here we have an example of	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#50
Yep My bad!	RunInCircles	Mar 2016	#52
And once again	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#62
Well...he gave you three choices! What are you complaining about? nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#73
Which is it?	RunInCircles	Mar 2016	#74
You still don't get	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#77
Yes	auntpurl	Mar 2016	#82
This is it exactly	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#93
K&R. Enough of minimizing black voters! NT	Adrahil	Mar 2016	#42
What a stupid original post. Okay, give us a round number....	Herman4747	Mar 2016	#43
One can start with	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#55
And just how is this denigrating specifically black VOTERS? n/t	Herman4747	Mar 2016	#60
Really?	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#63
For real? You don't see how that OP would be offensive to Black people? nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#64
It would be offensive to ALL the voters who elected the President	Herman4747	Mar 2016	#67
Ok....but we are talking about Black people. So let's stick to them. Can you	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#71
Given that our President is half-white,	Herman4747	Mar 2016	#122
Because Black voters is my OP subject. And you aren't answering my question. Why? nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#123
Do you answer mine? n/t	Herman4747	Mar 2016	#151
Yes. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#152
NO, YOU DON'T!	Herman4747	Mar 2016	#154
You were given an answer. My OP also detailed several other threads. And of course, you've	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#156
I WANTED A PERCENTAGE, WHICH YOU FAILED TO PROVIDE.	Herman4747	Mar 2016	#158
Ok then....nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#164
"Given that our President is half-white"	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#134
Guy, Don't be giving me Plessy v. Ferguson nonsense.	Herman4747	Mar 2016	#153
"Plessy v. Ferguson has been repudiated by the U.S. Supreme Court."	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#180
Just wanted to insert here that I think your posts are great.	auntpurl	Mar 2016	#197
I bow down to others here on DU	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#198
Yes it will.	auntpurl	Mar 2016	#199
I suggest DU-searching the term "low information voters"	auntpurl	Mar 2016	#84
A 'round number'? Don't be ridiculous.	randome	Mar 2016	#88
K AND R!	JaneyVee	Mar 2016	#44
K/r.	VulgarPoet	Mar 2016	#48
It is the same petulant mentality that is not getting what it wants.	AgadorSparticus	Mar 2016	#49
+1.	VulgarPoet	Mar 2016	#161
Posted to for later. eom.	1StrongBlackMan	Mar 2016	#56
k&r	bigtree	Mar 2016	#66
Excellent post.	NurseJackie	Mar 2016	#68
Cosigning and could not agree more!	consciouslocs	Mar 2016	#78
Actually, when blacks are this denigrated and trashed, as voters, they just get more determined.	Jitter65	Mar 2016	#85
Nails it.	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#99
Pow! nt	Quayblue	Mar 2016	#111
Here's one for ya how many more times will the South see Hillary before the convention?	azurnoir	Mar 2016	#140
"ya know all those churches she was singing hallelujah with?"	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#163
really or you just avoided my question - I'll take that as what you can't say	azurnoir	Mar 2016	#165
I think your implication that Black voters were somehow hoodwinked by a candidate who will	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#167
Blacks being hoodwinked is your apparent projection I said the South and churches	azurnoir	Mar 2016	#170
This is a thread about the Black vote. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#171
well you seemed okay when threw millennials into the thread	azurnoir	Mar 2016	#173
Oh....I thought it rather proved my point. On a thread about the Black vote, it	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#174
the only demographic in Texas that is - in my state he won across the board at least according to	azurnoir	Mar 2016	#176
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Mar 2016	#175
Hey, I try to point this out and get ignored	Blue_Tires	Mar 2016	#86
Well said!	mcar	Mar 2016	#91
K&R	fleur-de-lisa	Mar 2016	#94
You don't have to apologize	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2016	#103
Great post -- k & r	obamanut2012	Mar 2016	#96
Great strawman.	Octafish	Mar 2016	#102
I don't answer your questions. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#120
I can see why.	Octafish	Mar 2016	#125
K&R	ismnotwasm	Mar 2016	#107
Never mind the 1/4ing, of course.	Orsino	Mar 2016	#114
K&R	Gothmog	Mar 2016	#121
You know, I'm personally bothered that the infamous Stockholm post is constantly mentioned sans	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2016	#126
I identify as Bi. Been a long journey. But thanks for asking.	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#131
People must take that care when suffering the bitterness of a loss	Agnosticsherbet	Mar 2016	#127
FACT	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 2016	#132
Which is why McConnell's stupidity on the SCOTUS vacancy is so stupid	Gothmog	Mar 2016	#178
Wow	silenttigersong	Mar 2016	#155
Yes. The opinion of one Black person does not negate the postings on this board. They are there,	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#157
Nina Turner	silenttigersong	Mar 2016	#159
Well said!	Spazito	Mar 2016	#162
are we back to race because Hillary is pandering for NRA $$$ so gunz are off the table for now?	azurnoir	Mar 2016	#168
"Back to race?" nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#184
seemes last week or week before it was all guns	azurnoir	Mar 2016	#189
The fact that a former First Lady of Arkansas does better in Dixie than a Jewish civil right leader	Attorney in Texas	Mar 2016	#179
I thank you for providing an example of what I was saying in my OP. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#181
Why do you hold African American voters and not white voters responsible for the vote in the South?	Attorney in Texas	Mar 2016	#182
Again, Thanks for your views on the "Confederacy." nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#183
I feel free to criticize the vote of ANYONE I think is voting for a bad candidate.	Lizzie Poppet	Mar 2016	#190
If anyone is specifically denigrating the worth of even a single Democratic vote	RiverNoord	Mar 2016	#193
I don't buy your premise	AgingAmerican	Mar 2016	#195

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