Can we knock it off with the DMX song stuff? Good Grief!

[bravenak]

No disrespect, but.....

Does anybody believe that if that song was even played at his rally, that he actually chose it himself?
Have you heard DMX rap? Half the time I have no clue what he just said, gotta listen over and over.
And if, this is a big ass if, IF Bernie chose it himself, is he so immersed in hip hop culture that he would understand the vernacular used by the artist DMX?
Do we really think he was sitting there in his 'Beats by Dre' headphones looking for some homophobic lyrics to get the crowd juiced up at the rally?

My opinion is this... If it was played he had no hand in it so lets just move the fuck on. This is stupid.
Also, it probably was just an overzealous fan who themselves had not listened to the lyrics, but thought it would be cool and funny to have Bernie walking to a bumping rap beat. I think we need to stop this drama. It's dumb.

I did not want to write this but I am studiously ignoring the 'homophobicsongthreads', and would rather chit chat with y'all about stuff we care about. Which is not this, imo.

[bravenak]

2. Gah!

But it's STOOPID! Why? Do we have to do this to death?

[SusanCalvin]

3. Thanks.

As far as I've currently been able to make out, some rap fan overlaid it on the video and some-media-or-other ran with it. But you're right even if it really happened, and thanks again.

[bravenak]

9. People thought it was cool, I get that. It's hard to understand DMX. Period. It just is.

[SusanCalvin]

12. I dunno.

I listened to the song by itself (somebody had posted them side by side) and I understood the (stupid) words fine. Of course, I had been given a heads-up as to the content, so who knows....

[bravenak]

19. I Heard it a thousand times and only recently even noticed what he was saying

I only checked cause I saw it in the video forum, and decided to stfu for once.

[SusanCalvin]

59. Yeah, looks like knowing the topic in advance does help. nt

[cali]

4. No. The point is that it was a deliberate dirty trick.

[bravenak]

8. I think it was a fan made video. Who just did not know the words but liked the hook.

Shit happens. It does not seem deliberate.

[TwilightZone]

20. Sanders fan made it as a social experiment

http://americablog.com/2016/05/sanders-plays-kill-gays-rap-song-ca-rally.html

Still think it's a dirty trick?

[Time for change]

69. Yeah, right

Either he's a Sanders supporter, like he says, or he's a Hillary supporter pretending to be a Sanders supporter. Since it would be really stupid for a Sanders supporter to do that, and stupider yet to admit to it after doing it, I'd bet 10-1 on the latter.

[bravenak]

71. He is just a KID!!

He made one damn mistake and did not know the words were in the song. The song is thirteen years old! He was damn near a baby when it came out. He just wanted to make something cool for his twitter buddies. People HERE posted it that same night and deleted it when they realized what the song said. A mistake from a new voter who was very excited about Bernie. Not a conspiracy.

[LexVegas]

5. Some Berniebro thought he was being clever.nt

[bravenak]

6. Probably. Most people have no idea what the rappers are saying, just hear the beat.

[forjusticethunders]

15. I've heard that song since I was like 13

I had no idea what he was saying lyrically. Honestly for a lot of hip hop and rap the lyrics are secondary to the beat, or they're just there to showcase the rapper's technical proficiency at spitting verses. (similar to how Dream Theater uses like twice as many riffs as they actually need).

[bravenak]

16. Me too

I had no idea what it said until I checked the lyrics, the other day.

[Iliyah]

35. I don't understand majority of what rapper is singing or saying although

some of the beat is cool. That said, whomever chose that song, well it was not appropriate.

[bravenak]

36. A fan of Sanders thought it would be cool to play this joke. Not cool. At all.

Imo, some of these 'fans' of his are not actually supporters. The rightwing is NOTORIOUS for trolling the hell out of the left.

[Warren DeMontague]

43. And Hill Folk are still spreading the meme even though they know it is false

so I'd say the "berniebro" made his point perfectly.

[Garrett78]

47. Do you have any links?

Which "Hill Folk" and where?

[Warren DeMontague]

48. All over GDP. Still flogging the thing.

Hill Folk are easy to find, you know. Just follow the gnome mobile.

[Garrett78]

52. Most of the posts on DU about it were from Sanders supporters refuting it.

Many of whom jumped to the baseless conclusion that "they" (whoever they are) or David Brock were behind it.

Show me one shred of evidence that Clinton supporters on DU are still peddling the bogus tale.

[chascarrillo]

62. You all were posting it all over the place yesterday. Come on.

[Garrett78]

64. I just started a thread about this. Your perception doesn't match reality.

[ebayfool]

7. Be still my beating heart ...

[TwilightZone]

10. Sanders supporter did it as a "social experiment"

http://americablog.com/2016/05/sanders-plays-kill-gays-rap-song-ca-rally.html

[bravenak]

14. It just gets dumber and dumber

[TwilightZone]

18. Agreed.

[hootinholler]

11. Just wait until bravenak finds out her account was hacked

You'll be in trouble then buster.

[bravenak]

17. Ha ha ha

[bobbobbins01]

13. Yall gonna make me lose my mind.

up in here...ok, I'm stopping.

[DonCoquixote]

46. yall gonna make me act a fool

OK, this just proves that the internet will enable little fools to pull stupid shit because it gets attention which , as the GOP found out, is equal to fame and credibility (Half of them still cannot admit their party elected Trump, who is worse than DMX.)

Seriously, if you wanted to represent Sander's politics, bring on Public Enemy, or Azaelia banks

[JRLeft]

21. He should have played Drake, Future, ASAP Ferg, Yo Gotti, Kendrick Lamar,

and Rich Homie Quan.

[bravenak]

22. Stop making me laugh

This whole this was ridiculous

[JRLeft]

24. Come on, you would be weak if was reciting ASAP Ferg Feat. Future - New Level word for word.

😂😂😂😂😂

[bravenak]

25. I would piss my pants lmao

[1StrongBlackMan]

23. What's this about?

[bravenak]

27. Some fan of bernie's dubbed a dmx some about killing the gays onto a video of Bernie walking

into a rally in Cali. Gdp is all abuzz.

It's just dumb. A dumb thing from a silly fan that has the conspiracy theorists all running around acting out

[Bob-o the Clown]

26. It's been debunked

I agree with you, it needs to be knocked off. A little too much obsession there, folks.

[bravenak]

32. So glad to have another sane person who see's how stupid this is. Welcome!

[Bob-o the Clown]

33. We may not have the same candidate of choice, but there's a fine line.

[bravenak]

34. Awesome!

[Duckhunter935]

28. Wow, for once we agree, lol

[Metric System]

29. Co-signed.

[aidbo]

30. Stop! Drop! Shut em down, open up shop.

[bravenak]

31. Please. I am trying to to laugh.

[XemaSab]

37. Thank you!

The thing I posted earlier wasn't as much a response to your OP in particular as it was EVERYTHING, ya know?

"Bernie allegedly played a homophobic song. Therefore, Bernie's supporters are all homophobes."

Uh huh. Right. Sure.

(Not saying you said/implied this, just saying it's been hinted at.)

[bravenak]

38. I'm almost 100 percent sure it was not even played at his rally at all

Things have gotten way stupid this week

[betsuni]

39. I've just seen this song flap and it certainly does seem stupider than usual.

Every single thing about it is stupid. I'm getting back into bed with a book made of paper and ink; I'm already stupid enough without making my brains deal with this sort of online foolishness.

[bravenak]

40. It is very much the stupidest thing today

I might lie down too.

[jillan]

41. Hey Bravenak - thanks! I know how you feel about Bernie and this means even more coming

from you.

[bravenak]

42. I actually don't really hate him at all. Serious.

[SusanCalvin]

60. I can vouch for that.

Sure wish she'd had the ear of someone in the campaign a long time ago.

[bravenak]

65. That would have been nice. Might have helped.

I still think Weaver and Devine were BAD choices.

[SusanCalvin]

68. Agree, my friend.

But I'm sure he was never expecting to get this far.

[bravenak]

70. Yup. That's why he kept Weaver

Devine never wins. I think the next time the left wants to have a go at the Whitehouse with a similar agenda, it has to be planned a couple of years in advance at least. Reach out to all of our demographics and build a force from the ground up. Might need establishment assistance so I think the fight should be against the right not the far left against the left left.

Fucking Trump makes me ill insude. I'd take anybody over him. Anybody.

[SusanCalvin]

72. Exactly. Let's start planning now. nt

[.99center]

44. Is it true that DMX sung it live which caused Bernies young angry mob

To start rioting which lead to chairs being thrown at the stage and multiple injuries? There was also a video blackout orchestrated by the rioters , which explains why there's no video of the violence in this day and age. Luckily some guy tweeted what he heard happen though, so I'm sure there will be charges against those involved! Has he apologized for inciting the riot yet?

Expect a whole lot more of this stuff, it's coming from the top and her supporters and the msm are eating it up.

[bravenak]

45. No

[EndElectoral]

49. Rovian

[wildeyed]

50. I saw that on Twitter.

It strained credibility One of those things that makes you think "Onion? Can't be real!"

[bravenak]

51. I saw it here and promptly thought it was fake

[JI7]

53. probably the overzealous fan who thought it would be cool and probably get him minority support

and the fan himself has no idea about the lyrics.

[Garrett78]

54. No, no, it was David Brock or some shadowy "they" who was behind it.

Many people here on DU said so this afternoon.

[Bluenorthwest]

55. Ronald Reagan was an AIDS Activist, those photos are not Bernie, people threw chairs and bottles

Bernie played hateful music. The lies just march on and on and those who have done this are toxic. It is despicable to misuse good people and exploit minority groups for your candidate's advantage.

This shit weakens Hillary and I pray to God she is not our nominee because years of lies like this would be a nightmare. Too similar to Trump and his cohort, this baiting and exploiting crap.

[oberliner]

56. This had nothing to do with Hillary or her campaign

I don't understand why this is so hard to understand.

[bravenak]

57. Me neither

[Bluenorthwest]

58. It takes a village. The culture o' Clinton allowed a stream of lies and posts on DU repeating those

lies. Try to grasp that I don't believe anything said by those who nodded along with the Reagan shit, who repeated the obvious lies about the photos, who claimed chairs and bottles were thrown. The very idea that persons who have told all of those fictions think they and explain their latest exposure away by rattling off more narrative is absurd.

All trust is gone. The Clinton cohort has shown itself repeatedly willing to create and repeat lies about Bernie Sanders. I listed them.

It's the culture. It Takes a Village, and this village has ethical problems and raging biases.

[bravenak]

66. People actually stopped posting those threads from the Clinton side after I posted this

The only ones keeping it going are you guys. And you are just super CT.

[SusanCalvin]

61. In this particular case I think you are correct.

I think it was an individual fool plus gullible media.

[Gothmog]

63. Lets pay attention to the real issues in this race

[stevenleser]

67. Agreed. nt

[SusanCalvin]

73. I notice this thread has brought a lot of people together.

Good deal.


https://m.

[bravenak]

74. I wish it were so

[SusanCalvin]

75. Me too, my friend.

[annavictorious]

76. Whether the song was played or not is immaterial.

Between what Sanders tried to do to Barney Frank and what he did this week to AIDS activists, he's lost what little support he had from one particular community.

http://americablog.com/2016/05/aids-activists-blast-sanders-lying-meeting.html
http://www.mediaite.com/online/berned-again-hivaids-activists-say-bernie-sanders-misled-public-and-exploited-their-meeting/
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/05/27/hivaids-activists-disgruntled-with-sanders-after-meeting/

[bravenak]

77. It was just deceptive to blame us when they were the ones who spread the meme

Lots of deception going on and it is tiring.