Just days ago Killer Mike and LilB gave Sanders their stamp of approval

[snagglepuss]

which signifies acknowledgement in a part of the AA community that Sanders has standing when it comes to fighting for PofC. Today an orchestrated attempt to not just dis Sanders and O'Malley but to dis PROGRESSIVES.

The fact that BlackLilvesMatter targeted progressives suggests this was a set-up by if not Team Hillary by a Hillary sympathizer, to diminish progressives in the eyes of the AA community. No proof at all but it doesn't smell right. I'm interested seeing if Hillary gets the same treatment.

It'll also be interesting to see if Killer Mike and LILB respond to what happened. It seems to me that they too were dissed.

[DinahMoeHum]

1. Sorry, but I don't buy conspiracy. I say it was incompetence

by the Netroots Nation organizers.

It hasn't been the same ever since DailyKos opted out of it, at least for this year.

And I say this as a Bernie Sanders supporter.

[snagglepuss]

3. Conspiracy suggests some intricate plot which is not

what I am suggesting. It could be simple as the individuals involved think Hillary is best and realize that her lock on the AA vote could be severely diminished by people LilB and KillerMike giving Burnie the thumbs up.

[1StrongBlackMan]

8. Really ... a couple rappers endorse Bernie ...

and that signifies the AA vote could be severely diminished ... as opposed to endorsements by ... say ... Marcia Fudge?

[Agschmid]

23. I've never even heard of those folks...

I doubt it had anything to do with it.

This OP should be self deleted.

[JaneyVee]

2. Jesus Christ.

This goes BEYOND petty politics. Way to prove BLMs entire point.

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. I said early ...

"Oh ... Those unruly negroes."

Little did I know ... these were #Negroes4Clinton, unruly negroes!

[JaneyVee]

9. Unbelievable. Its getting weird around here.

Also, "a Hillary sympathizer", on a site called DEMOCRATIC Underground. Where do they get this shit.

[1StrongBlackMan]

10. I know ...

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. LOL ...

[sufrommich]

5. Oh my God. You're talking about one of the most

popular civil rights groups to form in this young century. Stop.

[zappaman]

7. Hmmmm

[Agschmid]

20. Yup.

[JI7]

11. so blacklivesmatter is now a pro Clinton Front set up because of the threat of black people leaving

because some rappers endorsed sanders.

that she has many black elected officials and scholars and activists supporting her has nothing to do with why she is leading among black voters.

[JI7]

12. wasn't Hillary heckled by some protestors on the environment or some other issues recently ?

yet you didn't see a bunch of conspiracy theories start up to explain it.

politicians get heckled ,e specially if they are running forpresident. happens to obama all the time.

[Scootaloo]

13. Oh come on

BLM would have given clinton the same treatment.

But since she didn't figure it was worth her time to show up...

You want a real laugh? Go back a little bit and look at all the people defending Clinton for spurning Netroots nations, claiming it was "completely irrelevant" anyway and "nothing but white faux-progressives" - and compare those rosters, with the people who are fist-pumping now. Same schmucks.

[udbcrzy2]

14. Hillary was booed there in 2007

She already knew.

The crowd started to laugh. Then it cheered. Then the cheering grew even louder than the booing. Up to that moment, the debate audience had been voicing their disapproval of Clinton for defending Washington lobbyists, whom she allows to contribute money to her campaign unlike her top two rivals, Barack Obama and John Edwards. “A lot of those lobbyists, whether you like it or not, represent real Americans,” she told them.

http://www.salon.com/2007/08/06/yearlykos/

[Cleita]

15. The first trolls 100 years ago.

Uptown Sinclair in his book "Oil" writes about groups of workers back in the early twenties who adopted Bolshevism and communism as their philosophy while they tried to form worker's unions. The meetings were usually underground because they were prone to being raided by the police and the participants jailed on trumped up charges. The business owners, in this case oil barons would send in spies to the meetings. These infiltrators were always very extreme in proclaiming their beliefs to the point of being more Marxist than Marx. It's how the union leaders identified the moles among them. Today we call them trolls and I'll bet those disruptors are the same.

[Le Taz Hot]

16. I find the timing on this just too damned convenient.

[mythology]

17. Now I admit that I'm not up on all the latest music fads

and in particular I find most rap to not be my style, but I've never heard of either of these two. I'm sure they have an audience, but I can't imagine them being some sort of major game changer that would require the sort of deviousness you are suggesting.

[msanthrope]

18. Yeah, but you still haven't explained how Jade Helm is involved. nt

[Agschmid]

21. I going to Texas this weekend I'll do a litte research and get back to you on that...

I'm sure it's part of it!

[bravenak]

19. Hilarious!

[Agschmid]

22. Wow.

Go DU...

[MohRokTah]

24. WOW!

You really have no clue about the #blacklivesmatter movement, do you?

[oberliner]

25. You think Team Hillary controls the BlackLivesMatter activists?

Are you serious?