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| 2008-05-09 |
A discussion thread at DU. It was started by a poster named "BenDavid" who uses a Star of David as his avatar (seems to be self-identifying with a particular ethnic and religious/cultural affiliation, ya think?), and he asks:What is the goal of the Democratic Party? If it is to nominate a Black man then we should vote for obama. BUT, What if our goal is to win the White House? He then goes on to deploy one of the standard Hillary arguments: she does better in swing states, yadda yadda yadda. He finishes with: I thought you obama folks have been saying for months on end that we weren't supposed to notice if voters were Black, white or purple. Maybe you are looking in the wrong damn place to brand us HRC supporters bigots and racist. One poster responds with: You are going to get flamed big time. . . . which is like predicting that it'll get dark tonight. There's a scattering of the usual "RACIST!" allegations, and then this curious gem from a poster calling him/her/itself "Independent-Voter": Ahhh, our jewish friend throwing the race card! No surprises here. That's what I find interesting. "Independent-Voter" is only the ninth person to respond--posting about ten minutes after the thread got started--and he responds to a comment he doesn't like, made by a person clearly self-identifying as Jewish, with a fat scoop of anti-Semitism. This, in a forum at the very center of the heart of the party of diversity, tolerance, and inclusion. As of this writing, the DU thread is about a half hour old. It might be an interesting sociological experiment to come back later and see if (1) there are more overtly anti-Semitic replies, and (2) if anyone calls out "Independent-Voter" on his/her/its anti-Semitism. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #3 CNN > BLITZER'S BEST POLITICAL TEAM > are all gener asking the question how does Hillary benefit by staying in the race, as BLITZER > her SUPERDELEGATE LEAD IS NOW DOWN TO FOUR AHEAD OF OBAMA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-05-09 19:43 |
#2 There was one reply to "Independent-Voter" before the thread got locked down:I am a jew. This cat don't speak for me. (shudder) |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-05-09 15:27 |
| #1 The thread got locked by a Mod for being "racist" by post #37. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2008-05-09 14:58 |