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F4lconF16

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7. No, I went back and thought about this some more. This doesn't just feel wrong.
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 11:24 PM
Apr 2015

It very much is.

Here's why.

Both of those on the left have challenged power in a way that Bernie Sanders never has, or ever could, no disrespect to him. They have pushed back against institutions and power structures that have been in place for centuries and millennia. To do so is no easy task, no matter how privileged a background they came from. That has had real and positive effects on millions in this country.

If you think that becoming the first black president in a nation whose history is rife with racial horrors, a genocide, and an enslavement of an entire people is not standing with the people against entrenched power, think again. That was, is, and always will be a triumph of the people in this nation, and it takes courage to do so. He has fought with stunning calm against one of the worst threads of history in this country despite the intense, blatant, and direct hatred thrown his way.

If you think that her positions of power have not inspired millions of girls in this country, than you are very wrong. Clinton's accomplishments (and that they are, like her or not) have shown so many that there can be strong women. She has fought harder for women than the vast majority of men in our government, and that, to me, is more than just something. She has challenged a multi-thousand year old beast that still refuses to die, and I fully support that.

For all my criticisms of those two politicians, I refuse to ignore or diminish those things. You can argue that their policies have made these same things they fought against worse--I would not disagree. But that was a stand with the people, for the people, by the people, and it can not and should not be taken away from the people. This meme is theft of those accomplishments.

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old white guy [View all] rbnyc Apr 2015 OP
Not sure what you're saying here. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #1
it speaks to irony. /nt Dragonfli Apr 2015 #2
Is that when you let an iron.... daleanime Apr 2015 #19
No that is what happens when I try to operate an iron with my fumbling hands (or a burned shirt) Dragonfli Apr 2015 #21
The irony BainsBane Apr 2015 #24
I don't equate Sanders with white male supremacy, I equate the other two with it Dragonfli Apr 2015 #26
You equate two of the most radically different, welcome changes in american politics in years F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #33
They support the status quo of white male supremecy, so yeah Dragonfli Apr 2015 #36
No, you're ignoring the point here. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #38
No, I see them Quite clearly, and all they stand for Dragonfli Apr 2015 #40
You clearly don't. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #41
Yes, but irony based in great part on skin color, gender and age. merrily Apr 2015 #45
I wouldn't have gone that way either, but I do understand what is being said Dragonfli Apr 2015 #46
I understand the objective, but, again, I would not have gone that way. merrily Apr 2015 #47
It means quite simply TM99 Apr 2015 #4
thanks rbnyc Apr 2015 #5
Using literary devices on DU is no longer the useful way of illustrating Zorra Apr 2015 #20
Thanks, I thought I was going crazy. rbnyc Apr 2015 #22
+1 Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #8
I would like to think BainsBane Apr 2015 #23
From what I've seen F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #37
Bingo! Scuba Apr 2015 #3
Nice reminder Warpy Apr 2015 #6
No, I went back and thought about this some more. This doesn't just feel wrong. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #7
Excellent post AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #10
+1 daleanime Apr 2015 #16
You seem happy to ignore and diminish Bernie's accomplishments nxylas Apr 2015 #42
Take a look through my posts. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #43
ah, well now... if this one does not turn me right off, and turn my back. maybe i will step out seabeyond Apr 2015 #9
Don't bail out based on one idiotic post on a web forum. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #11
ty. it made me so angry, the different insults in it. i see it has nothing to do with sanders. seabeyond Apr 2015 #18
I don't support this kind of talk. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #12
It's not a fued rbnyc Apr 2015 #14
Good luck I don't think DU can handle this kind of talk. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #15
I think we shouldn't be afraid to talk about it. rbnyc Apr 2015 #25
A lot of people voted for George Bush because he wore cowboy boots and prayed to Jesus. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #27
Then say that. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #39
Too idiotic and offensive to have come from Sander's campaign. JTFrog Apr 2015 #13
This is really stupid, and I really don't think Sanders would approve. cyberswede Apr 2015 #17
I vote to leave it up. Katashi_itto Apr 2015 #28
narcissists BainsBane Apr 2015 #30
Lol! So predictable. Katashi_itto Apr 2015 #31
Yes, if you can predict one thing BainsBane Apr 2015 #32
Lol I refer you to #31 Katashi_itto Apr 2015 #34
"My issues" BainsBane Apr 2015 #35
"Your issues" F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #44
Please delete this post. Other members are using it smokey nj Apr 2015 #29
Locking this post on the grounds that it can be taken the wrong way, doesn't advance the cause. SRY NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #48
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