This from a Bernie Sanders supporter. This is not just one or two or three supporters. Increasingly, a large number of his supporters sound like this when they open their mouths, and it’s disturbing. Message to the other Democratic candidates: STOP TAKING BLACK VOTERS FOR GRANTED
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Bernie Sanders attracts some delightful supporters: @BlazePhoenix_
Feel the Hate. http://t.co/lY8NtBgvs6
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) July 18, 2015
Real tweet (honest): #BernieSoBlack he "helped CREATE affirmative action"
twitter.com/MissEnji/statu… http://t.co/rTNeF0XTFk
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) July 19, 2015
This is *not* the right response for Sanders and O'Malley supporters on dKos #BlackLivesMatter http://t.co/lKzw1pT0ED
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Tom Watson (@tomwatson) July 19, 2015
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Time and time again, we show up. Recent example: Governor Terry McAuliffe
Here's an idea: don't fucking lecture black people on how to fight for progress when they are the only group that reliably votes Democratic.
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Danielle (@abradacabla) July 19, 2015
Stop invoking MLK to silence us or justify your own silence on issues that affect us.
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Jeremy Jewitt (@jeremyjewitt) July 18, 2015
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Truth
If you truly believe all lives matter, then the importance of saying "#BlackLivesMatter" should not be vexing to you
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Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) July 18, 2015
I just can't fathom that it's July 2015 and folks are chastising Black voters for taking their time and weighing things.
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W.E.B.B.I.E DuBois (@fivefifths) July 19, 2015
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"We're all equal now! What are you talking about?" Exactly when since '65 did we get equal? During the Drug Wars? 😑 http://t.co/qoIFSgj9SR
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Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) July 19, 2015
Millennials are no less racist than Generation X and hardly less racist than Boomers. http://t.co/NRQRWcmRGT
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zellie (@zellieimani) July 17, 2015
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Saying #BernieSoBlack is counterproductive are missing the point: it's about his stans claiming he's done more for POC than POC themselves
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Danielle (@abradacabla) July 19, 2015
Insulting POC, dismissing activism regarding issues that are badly hurting them specifically is what's counterproductive, not a hashtag.
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Danielle (@abradacabla) July 19, 2015
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The #AllLivesMatter hashtag is such dehumanizing BS. It’s not just conservatives promoting it, but also progressives. You are not the one being murdered everyday. You are not the one facing the horrors of institutional racism, yet you want to derail a movement by centering yourself. Selfishness in a nutshell
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(1) For people who think they are being more inclusive by saying #AllLivesMatter in response to #BlackLivesMatter , they are in reality
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Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015
(2) (un)consciously undermining the purpose of the movement because THIS particular movement is about SPECIFIC issues, as any decently
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Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015
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(3) effective movement is. For example, it's hard to have an effective protest that's about gender equality, animal rights, racial equality,
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Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015
(4) and saving the environment because that's not how getting shit done works. But I've never seen #AllLivesMatter promoted by someone who
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Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015
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(5) actually fights for social justice. So someone getting up in arms bc of #BlackLivesMatter while they sit on the sidelines and do little
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Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015
(6) to nothing for Black lives or anyone's other than their own is probably not actually promoting that "All Lives Matter (Equally)" as
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Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015
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(7) much as they're trying to take down the idea that #blacklivesmatter" and denying its necessity and value. So. Show me the person who
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Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015
(8) spends their life fighting for all lives ACTUALLY mattering and who says #AllLivesMatter and I'll show you a world where people are
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Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015
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(9) treated like they actually do (neither of those things as far as I've seen). Now I don't know much about all of this but I know enough
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Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015
(10) to not consciously or unconsciously undermine a very needed movement that promotes EQUALITY. #BlackLivesMatter #EricGarner
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Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015
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#BlackLivesMatter doesn't mean other lives don't. Like people who say "Save The Rainforests" aren't saying "Fuck All Other Types of Forests"
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Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015
did y'all see what @MattMcGorry posted on instagram about #BlackLivesMatter ? 😌 if not, here you go http://t.co/XfaZ1CEJEv
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sarah (@SARAH2TIRED) July 18, 2015
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@MattMcGorry thanks for always taking the time to acknowledge this stuff and not just staying silent like so many others in your position ♥️
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♡ harley quinn ♡ (@kecorpse) July 18, 2015
@MattMcGorry if all lives mattered so much then they'd all be getting equal news coverage, protection/respect from the police, etc.
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♡ harley quinn ♡ (@kecorpse) July 18, 2015
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@MattMcGorry it's similar to people taking personal issue with the word feminism as opposed to 'equalism' or some shit like that
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♡ harley quinn ♡ (@kecorpse) July 18, 2015
@MattMcGorry my issue with alllivesmatter is that it's insinuating that white lives are in equal danger as black lives, when that's not true
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♡ harley quinn ♡ (@kecorpse) July 18, 2015
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