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In reply to the discussion: so we have a racist piece of shit being posted because she calls Bernie a racist [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)7. no kidding. And this and the repeated posting of this racist here to attack sanders
is just the sort of crap I was referring to when I posted my op about the concerted effort to make Bernie look racist. Because that is what it is really about.
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so we have a racist piece of shit being posted because she calls Bernie a racist [View all]
cali
Sep 2015
OP
Bernie called me this afternoon. At least I think that's who he said it was.
Hortensis
Sep 2015
#507
Disgusting and despicable. They are losing badly with these tactics. No wonder he's rising in the
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#547
It hasn't helped them much has it? Let them waste all that Corporate Dark Money on stuff NO ONE
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#551
I'm broke but even I chipped in an extra 10 bucks just to say Fuck You Brock!
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#553
It's just getting worse and worse for them and they still think it's everyone else's fault.
sibelian
Sep 2015
#635
Despicable garbage. But they can't go after him on the issues, so this is how low they are willing
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#620
And we're expected to denounce every troll who claims to support Bernie?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#94
Bernie has no such problem of course. I knew from the start considering where it came from, that it
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#623
Please point me to where this is happening. Perhaps, I'm just missing it somewhere.
juajen
Sep 2015
#641
If you mean where the 'Bernie has an AA problem' is happening, you probably have missed it, it has
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#669
I didn't recognize him in that hilarious Bloomberg interview where he was stammering and spluttering
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#748
Yes, that was about as low as someone can go and while it only increased support
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#752
And it's failing so badly you would think someone would tell them it is only harming Hillary. I see
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#624
no kidding. And this and the repeated posting of this racist here to attack sanders
cali
Sep 2015
#7
A Close Look at columnist FROMA HARROP in an interview with John Oliver on The Daily Show,
appalachiablue
Sep 2015
#378
There's something wrong with these people. Maybe that's why they are hired, because no decent
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#626
As always when someone points a finger at someone else, they are usually projecting. I had not seen
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#628
It costs four hundred thousand dollars... to fire this weapon for twelve seconds...
Scootaloo
Sep 2015
#335
He will rise above it. All they are doing is PROVING what he has been saying all along, about
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#629
LOL! So does I! Just don't do it in the Hillary room...take it from me got the tee shirt, scars, etc
PatrickforO
Sep 2015
#226
Yep, they know they can't get away with it here so they've found another outlet.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#24
Wait, the creator of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers holds Foreign Policy meetings in DC?? Is this
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#707
That is exactly what John Oliver established in the clip posted upthread. It's unbelievable.
merrily
Sep 2015
#449
It's been played already. Just in case anyone was misled by the WASPy sounding surname.
merrily
Sep 2015
#345
Nice, eh? Good to know what they really think about DU and its members.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#30
Oh I knew what they thought about us, it's just nice to see it out in the open like that.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#471
If we're going to play guilt by association which people are hanging out with anti-Semites again?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#503
I really can't recognize it, and I've thought about it because it has been directed at me, too.
delrem
Sep 2015
#724
Polly, I guess we all look alike, we women who are independent enough to choose a candidate not
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#708
What it tells you is, since you never had a thing to do with any of this, that someone isn't
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#718
yes, antisemitism clearly plays a part. I'm surprised they were so open about their bigotry
cali
Sep 2015
#98
Nothing is exposed I am the site Administrator and if you look in my sig line it's been there for
William769
Sep 2015
#114
Good to know who is allowing anti-Semitic comments to be posted about a Dem candidate there.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#122
Mobs = Bernie's supporters calling out anti-Semitism, claims of racism and other assorted smears.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#150
It looks like it's still possible to register there, so the "mob-prevention" thing is bullshit
arcane1
Sep 2015
#171
I don't know what groups they post in but it was a lot like the Cave.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#292
Conservative Cave is the first thing that came to mind after reading some of that garbage!
BeanMusical
Sep 2015
#301
So about that nest egg Bernie allegedly has in Israel, any proof of that claim?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#256
Nice dodge. I think Skinner would get rid of a blatant anti-Semite pdq.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#270
Why? I'm sure he knows all about your site and what you do there isn't his responsibility.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#273
No, we've all seen enough, thanks. I used to like and respect some of the members.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#277
Who called you an anti-Semite? Are you one? And again you're not Skinner's responsibility.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#288
It's closed to outsiders now, they decided that it was getting too much bad press here.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#285
You say you are the admins over there. I was an admins on a far, far larger site than that is ever
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#710
I sure did and if it weren't for the sliming and nasty stuff, it would be slim pickings, imo.
polly7
Sep 2015
#287
I thought that a pig was the only animal that ate, played, and slept its own shit.
bvar22
Sep 2015
#185
Not as clean as you think. Shit and mud can be very sticky after playing in it for a while.
BeanMusical
Sep 2015
#427
I've been reading a lot of that filt (I guess that I enjoy train-wrecks) and it's obvious that
BeanMusical
Sep 2015
#352
I think HRC lived in Arkansas too long and associated with the people at Stephens too much.
LiberalArkie
Sep 2015
#683
The projection on that particular issue is astounding- and interesting from a psychoanalytical
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#524
I can count her actual "positions" on one hand. That's part of the thing.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#591
Well... I think it's what I've been banging on about on this site since I started here.
sibelian
Oct 2015
#772
"This is, plain and simple, personal stalking AND attacks on other members, one in particular. "
BeanMusical
Sep 2015
#459
Conservatives are the authoritarians. Conservatives are not all Republicans. (nt)
jeff47
Sep 2015
#428
Wow, look at all the cheerleading for a bigot like this woman over there! They better never again
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#755
No kidding. It's like they started a competing website to complain about DUers.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#91
Wow. The 'Grumble' isn't readable anymore .......... too much awfulness being spewed, I guess, for
polly7
Sep 2015
#407
They can delete as many posts as they want, I archived several pages yesterday.
BeanMusical
Sep 2015
#429
Well there's still plenty of it all over the site, from what I read this morning.
polly7
Sep 2015
#440
I was surprised to see that they had invented such a fictional "Sanders" to rag on
arcane1
Sep 2015
#442
Exactly. And since it's nearly impossible to beat him on policy, they defame him.
arcane1
Sep 2015
#450
And they're posting post after post here about how awful Bernie's supporters are.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#205
And how they love him so much, but they just can't support him because his supporters are nasty.
merrily
Sep 2015
#494
That person is on a time out from DU, because they were "silenced" you know.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#71
I wasn't talking about her, I was talking about the author of the anti-Semitic hit piece.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#80
want a laugh? go back and check your orginal link to the thread on that other site
azurnoir
Sep 2015
#370
I wasn't able to go to that link earlier but it now works and I could read the
BeanMusical
Sep 2015
#346
I guess making fun of someone's initials is what passes for political discourse over there.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#423
Isn't that the same person who called Hillary "a lying, pandering fighter"?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#438
If you DU search quite a few screen names, you are likely to come up with the same kind of thing.
merrily
Sep 2015
#461
I noticed that a majority of the BOGs are now Hillary zealots. And the most fanatical ones.
BeanMusical
Sep 2015
#465
HillsHouse. I read a post there and I know exactly who that is. I was wondering where she
Autumn
Sep 2015
#742
They posted links to it here, like they want us to see what they're saying.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#23
it's the "other, friendlier place wink wink" some keep alluding to lately in their posts. nt
m-lekktor
Sep 2015
#41
I haven't read much there, I DID take note of their list of unbiased sources.
m-lekktor
Sep 2015
#50
The perfect fusion of sad, disappointing, pitiful, insightful, disgusting, and contemptible.
TheKentuckian
Sep 2015
#97
they're having a big discussion in their "members only" group over there probably.
m-lekktor
Sep 2015
#64
Or whether to change their names so we don't know who's posting that garbage.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#67
I figured it out quickly too. I am surprised at the things they're saying about Bernie.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#115
He tells the truth about the corrupt system we've been living under and that scares them to death
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#552
What he's done is to succeed in challenging the status quo that has so failed the American people.
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#759
So do you polly. I am sad about your country, and we feel responsible for some of it since our
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#761
Oh, my! Lots of familiar names over there. And Bravenak posting Froma Harrop crap, too.
Comrade Grumpy
Sep 2015
#54
Hi Ism! Have you determined if Nadin is "allowed" to be a person of color yet?
Scootaloo
Sep 2015
#66
Was that on the Cave? Or the latest version of the Cave? Disgusting bigotry on display.
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#743
That is true, Skinner appears to be simply providing honest support for a candidate
Dragonfli
Sep 2015
#390
Mahalo, huh? That's a terribly familiar salutation. Is it related to the person here who signs
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#82
It looks just like the Cave really. Angry people obsessed with DUers.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#281
Alerts are going out like mad targeting those criticizing the outside website.
Decoy of Fenris
Sep 2015
#320
But calling out a troll for using a disguised c-word against Hillary will get one banned.
arcane1
Sep 2015
#26
I think my star will probably need to disappear if this place remains as hostile as it is.
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#90
It's not a "like" here. It's a recommend, and I think this is some highly recommended reading.
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#108
PUMAS. They object when I call them that, but it's the same racist group from 08
Doctor_J
Sep 2015
#28
I was posting then on a message board owned by a Hillary supporter who went full bore PUMA after
merrily
Sep 2015
#480
I remember that but didn't know it was her. So she's a racist AND a hypocrite!
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#233
It looks similar to when republicans call out people for shit they themselves are doing. It's like
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#113
This is confusing -- why didn't you post a link to Harrop calling Bernie a racist???
senz
Sep 2015
#112
Thanks, bmus. Wow -- what a cobbled-together jumble of anti_Bernie smear that is.
senz
Sep 2015
#144
That's all you saw, really? I guess I know enough about why you're here now.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#189
Sure. Everyone is making it up, it's all in our heads. Never happened. Hard working WHITE Americans.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#217
I'm sorry about that, I get frustrated when people dismiss evidence.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#239
African Americans objected to the 'dog whistles that came from Bill Clinton during that campaign. I
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#756
Please. His own campaign compiled a memo of the "racially-tinged" dog whistles. Google.
merrily
Sep 2015
#498
she could never just say no...he kept asking...she kept adding a qualifier
virtualobserver
Sep 2015
#196
I didn't call her a racist, I said she ran a racist campaign and she did.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#198
And HC supporters have done far more than "insinuate" Bernie is a racist here.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#199
It happened at NRN. Soon as I saw that, I knew it was a 'campaign tactic'. Never doubted it, now am
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#763
I am confused. Are you saying that someone posted this here? Do you have a link to the OP?
Hiraeth
Sep 2015
#139
well, things on DU are so much different from where I live. Honestly, the contrarains I know will
Hiraeth
Sep 2015
#173
Apparently not. It's a misleading OP. If anything 'bad' is posted on the internet and attributable
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#244
Yes, it is convoluted/badly worded but, kind of eye opening all the same. It took me all day
Hiraeth
Sep 2015
#245
FACT: An op from a right wing racist was posted here by a HC supporter today.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#249
What racism? I don't see it so it must not exist! What link? I don't see a link.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#414
Looks like this pot stirring has engendered lots of discussion and more jury duty.
L. Coyote
Sep 2015
#162
Pitiful post...pity is now what I have. Supporting one candidate by smearing another works wonders
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#164
Classic example of the lack of self-awareness that's being discussed upthread.
frylock
Sep 2015
#296
This post just kicked up to the top of my "My Posts" list, so someone on my ignore list responded.
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#265
Is "racist piece of shit" what passes for polite discourse now? I ask because I have
McCamy Taylor
Sep 2015
#308
OMG! That is the funniest thing I have ever read on DU............."DU Martyr"
leftofcool
Sep 2015
#369
In 12 years plus on DU, I have NEVER seen a more ridiculous and unintentionally hilarious post.
Bonobo
Sep 2015
#561
What is particularly funny is that since on average 6 of 7 jurors is a Bernie supporter
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#554
With 85% of DUers being Bernie supporters, & random jury selection, it would be hard to do that
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#570
She' considerably more deserving of the term than 1Strongblackman or bravenak
sibelian
Sep 2015
#673
Of course they did, she calls out bullshit when she sees it and that makes her a target.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#419
It they can't disprove what she brings here or it hits too close to home ...... get rid of her.
polly7
Sep 2015
#367
Sanders supporters on this very site have argued reverse racism against POC they don't like.
NCTraveler
Sep 2015
#373
This thread starts with outrage about attempts to paint Bernie as racist to make him less electable.
Nitram
Sep 2015
#397
You think you've got us in a technicality where Clinton's dog-whistle campaign can't be called out?
Romulox
Sep 2015
#416
Cali, I am so sorry they got you. Thank you for all you do for Bernie. Hope you will be back soon
senz
Sep 2015
#405
Still alert stalking the op, that's the third alert in this thread - that we know of.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#473
Indeed, I wouldn't know the background of the author of that nonsense article..
arcane1
Sep 2015
#486
She won't be back til November. That was the LAST time the alert stalked her.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#586
But Hillary supporters are all perfect angels while Bernie supporters are all big meanies
jfern
Sep 2015
#604
We can assume they have our IP address information and are using it over there.
Bonobo
Sep 2015
#661
He's talking about that filthy site having visitors' IP addresses and using them to track people.
BeanMusical
Sep 2015
#666
It's clear as day that she was alert stalked until she was silenced for supporting Bernie
jfern
Sep 2015
#603
Ismnotwasm: "I'd love to turn Bonobo or cali into the quivering little chickenshits they are."
Bonobo
Sep 2015
#611
Well, at least she admitted that she isn't qualified to "call you out properly".
cui bono
Sep 2015
#613
What a bunch of chickenshits. They can't stand the heat of DU so they leave and create their own
neverforget
Sep 2015
#622
"Ismnotwasm: I'd love to turn Bonobo or cali into the quivering little chickenshits they are."
BeanMusical
Sep 2015
#655
It does my heart good to see that cast of characters exposed for whom they are. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Sep 2015
#722
Especially since GeorgeII is the one who is proudly alert stalking and is on MIRT.
cui bono
Sep 2015
#684
Impartial and fair ........ especially the one who used MIRT to try to get me banned.
polly7
Sep 2015
#631
Wow! Who needs the far right when we have people like this in our own party!!
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#618
Yes, we knew something didn't make sense and it took a while to figure it all out, after all honest
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#680
Well since they got a collective orgasm out of it I guess that in their mind(s?) it was.
BeanMusical
Sep 2015
#664
Froma Harrumph doesn't belong in this party, let alone as an advocate for any Democratic candidate
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#675
Apparently it's okay as long as it's a Bernie supporter. At least they kicked the thread, polly.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#768
They have been at it the whole damn time. They used to pretend it was Uber duber super UNPOSSIBLE!
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#818
Kicking because that racist piece of shit is still on the front page. n/t
hootinholler
Oct 2015
#814