My plea: let's stop feeding into Ghetto-gate

[Mufaddal]

The more we respond to troll bait over people trying to make Ghetto-gate and Excuse-me-gate a thing, the more it actually becomes on. My suggestion is to leave it alone, both in the Bernie Group and also in God Damned Primaries. It's been addressed more than it needed to, and anything more is simply giving credibility to the lie.

[appalachiablue]

1. Yes, thank you. ~ Enough is enough, is enough! ~

[angstlessk]

2. Sorry I do believe ghetto is a very realistic depiction of what black

neighborhoods have become.

[Mufaddal]

4. I'm not disagreeing at all

I'm saying by getting down in the mud and having the argument, it legitimizes an illegitimate complaint from the HRC crew, and that's not worth it, IMO.

[noiretextatique]

8. It is how this non-issue is being framed

He was using the words of a BLM activist, not his own words. Another FAKE controversy.

[noiretextatique]

25. View Park is not a ghetto

Lots of black neighborhoods are not ghettos. You are talking about low-income areas. Clarity will help stop some of this BS.

[warrprayer]

3. Agree

Wholeheartedly.
Do not let them frame the issues.

[warrprayer]

7. I bet Bernie

Has a better understanding of the word than a lot of people.

Ghetto | Define Ghetto at Dictionary.com
dictionary.reference.com › browse › ghetto
Mobile-friendly - a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships. 2. (formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews were required to live. "

[noiretextatique]

10. I am sure he does

But since he was quoting a BLM activist, this is truly much ado about nothing.

[warrprayer]

12. Totally agree

They are getting worried - and desperate.

[noiretextatique]

15. Yep...she needs black voters

And she is losing some of the younger ones. All of this disinformation is desperation...and it is not working.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

18. She has framed Bernie throughout this election

so that he doesn't get the black vote.

[warrprayer]

20. The truth

Has a way of "catching up"

[noiretextatique]

24. She has tried...but

Some black people really dislike the Clintons for their role in facillitating mass incarceration. I see a lot of those posts on Facebook. Her condescension towards those acitvists did not help her either. Even my family members who support her were put off by that.

[noiretextatique]

6. Don't feed into any of that crap

Bernie was quoting a Black person, so this one is extra ridiculous.

[Fawke Em]

9. I've ignored it all day except once.

When I heard this:

Michigan's Largest Independent African-American Blog/Podcast Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

http://www.reachoutjobsearch.com/2016/03/michigans-largest-independent-african.html

I Tweeted this:

Guess #GhettoGate wasn't that big of a deal. (His policies are simply better) #FeelTheBern

My one and only mention of it.

[warrprayer]

17. Giving them a...

[noiretextatique]

13. Both are fake issues to detract from substance eom

[Art_from_Ark]

21. That's all they have are fake issues

"Ghettogate", "Excuse-me-gate", "Buttongate", "Logogate", "Pingate". That's why I've put about 50 of the most vociferous "gatemongers" on Ignore.

[noiretextatique]

22. So true...I keep them off ignore

So I can call them on their BS.

[Hydra]

14. Yes, don't feed the trolls

And frankly, I can't keep track of their talking points anymore- they are changing them every 5 mins. They seem to be following Hillary's increasing spin speed.

[noiretextatique]

16. They have been hammering away at race since he announced

I kept quiet about it at first...until it became obvious that it is a strategy. A very distasteful one at that.

[Hydra]

19. That one was a very important one to refute

I was here when they set up the BLM based attack, and it was ugly to see Team Hill turn on BLM last week when they were no longer useful for their aims.

Just say the truth about what he and we stand for. They can keep lying, but without something solid from their side(there won't be) it's hollow.

[noiretextatique]

23. The whole thing has been ugly

And annoying. And embarrassing, really. The BLM thing was just absurd. And now...they are the hitlist too! Plus all the claims of stalking, etc. Very manipulative.

[artislife]

26. I am with you on that. nt

[Hatchling]

27. Yes.

Let the "Gates" drop.

Every response kicks a negative thread.

How I wish we still had an unrec function.