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2016 Postmortem

R B Garr

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7. Quote for those feigning confusion and phony outrage about merely observing Sanders,

Reply to Fast Walker 52 (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 01:54 PM

Dec 2016

a quote from the article:

"Trump’s rejection of political correctness seems to resonate with voters who Sanders sees as particularly important. So Sanders is trying to adopt and rework the rhetoric on political correctness into something he can use—to turn it into an all-purpose attack on elites."

You don't have to call Democrats "conservatives" and other holier-than-thou divisive names because they are merely observing and/or questioning Sanders' own strategies.

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"Bernie Sanders anti-political correctness rant proves the left is learning the wrong lessons" [View all] Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 OP

Different definitions for different people Zambero Dec 2016 #1

None of the definitions have to do with not offending "powerful people" -in fact that's pretty much bettyellen Dec 2016 #5

yes, I thought he's made a number of weird comments post-election, like this one Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #9

He's made the weirdest gaffes around racial issues .... Mike brown should have been going to college bettyellen Dec 2016 #10

yes, I didn't really see his weakness on racial issues before but it seems more obvious now Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #12

Well it was similar w women's issues - not one word on his site or while stumping and when I brought bettyellen Dec 2016 #13

+1, strange gaffes, indeed, like when he said his campaign was moving up North R B Garr Dec 2016 #14

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #17

Deleted. Thank you for clarifying. think Dec 2016 #2

To rationalize their dislike for Sanders lastone Dec 2016 #4

I actually like Sanders and voted for him Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #8

deleted in response to new info ;-) QC Dec 2016 #6

"Unfortunately, he also reminded me why many others didnt." Tarheel_Dem Dec 2016 #3

Quote for those feigning confusion and phony outrage about merely observing Sanders, R B Garr Dec 2016 #7

He's contributing to the "words mean nothing" bullshit and I don't like it. bettyellen Dec 2016 #11

I agree with this completely bravenak Dec 2016 #15

Your last sentence is why he turned me off. Oddly, when I told my husband it was his single focus... Hekate Dec 2016 #16

Thanks. I'm not sure what would fix our cultural fixation on race and sex but I don't think it will Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #18

He realizes that racism is the confluence of many things and that he can start to erode those JCanete Dec 2016 #19