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In reply to the discussion: 500+ at multicultural Bernie event in San Diego [View all]BainsBane
(54,708 posts)59. Definitely not the impression this sentence leaves:
If culture includes gender, income level. education and age then it is pretty diverse.
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There's a big difference between respectful political discussion and misleading "reporting".
George II
Jul 2015
#7
There's big difference between respectful discussion and a slew of pompous posts, too
villager
Jul 2015
#8
The real headline of the linked article is "At Least 500 San Diegans Show Up for Bernie Event"....
George II
Jul 2015
#19
It's in the fucking article:"included old and young, as well as minorities and whites alike."
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#36
I think they are trying to say that Bernie made sure there were no blacks in the crowd.
L0oniX
Jul 2015
#56
Posting articles critical of Hillary's record is not swift boating.
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#327
Could it be an issue is needed to pass over the fact that Bernie talked about Sandra Bland?
Autumn
Jul 2015
#241
Classic ad hominem attacks. If you don't like the message, attack the messanger.
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#310
Clearly projection. What issues can they speak to? Seriously, what issues can they speak to? nm
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#316
"You invited the snark", ah yes, where have I heard that justification before
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#314
I guess next time I will have to go back to the media descriptors for race of the 1960s
nadinbrzezinski
Jul 2015
#255
I know that my copy and news editors would not be pleased with me with the "multicultural event" headline going to print.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#256
Your OP headline is not your headline? Your are conflating two things...my minor quibble is with YOUR
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#259
My mistake...your defending the misleading headline so voraciously confused me. Apologies, I guess.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#262
The crowd was diverse if you include age as diversity.....what about racial diversity, how
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#266
You misunderstand. A racially diverse audience is easily identifiable as such by an attendee, and I really have no idea what
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#268
Again, there's coterie here who won't/can't "discuss" anything without the need to "score points"
villager
Jul 2015
#10
"this OP is clearly imaginary" So nadin is LYING, kwassa? And the poc in that picture don't exist?
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#163
Oh they'll bring it back again, just wait til they run out of click bait.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#166
Apparently poc only "matter" to some Hillary fans as long as they support her.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#226
Well, that was apparent a long time ago, the lack of interest here by the same
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#233
And you won't hear a peep out of them about this AFTER the election. So not worth
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#235
True, but it was very few, Bernie being one who eg, voted against DOMA with only about
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#237
Excellent, who would have thought just two months ago that was even possible?
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#221
"Old and young" is "diverse", it is not racial "diversity". Or was this a "multicultural event"?
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#258
You are the one digging...you even have a picture of a digging machine in one of your posts to me!
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#263
Nice try but your sincere "concern" about racial diversity is on record.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#275
"diverse crowd that included old and young, as well as minorities and whites alike"
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#31
I thought nadin did a great job reporting. Very descriptive recounting of the event.
AtomicKitten
Jul 2015
#184
I am truly puzzled by this. One of our own reporting and it's disregarded so capriciously.
AtomicKitten
Jul 2015
#191
It's a fantastic article. Exciting to see the amount of enthusiasm for Bernie
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#227
When a progressive candidate and state is viciously attacked by Democrats it cuts deep.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#280
To be fair, at the end of the article it used Synonymous wording which represents "multicultural"
still_one
Jul 2015
#238
The superpowers of BooScout! Knowing who's white and who's Latino in a crowd formed in a city
villager
Jul 2015
#17
You can see different colours of HC's pantsuits in your sig line but only white folks in that photo?
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#15
It's actually kind of pathetic, that they think this Free Republic style "nasty snark" will win...
villager
Jul 2015
#22
I can't believe they're actually saying there are no poc in that crowd.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#25
They are indistinguishable, in their tone and nastiness, from online GOP posters
villager
Jul 2015
#27
Yep, I was told women who support Bernie do so because of "tribalism".
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#129
Their unrestrained nastiness is the kind of thing we used to criticize with Bush supporters...
villager
Jul 2015
#71
They needed some way to attack the story from the get go. They weren't here to discuss.
villager
Jul 2015
#134
If he posted the actual headline, which had all to do with the subject of the story
nadinbrzezinski
Jul 2015
#130
Let me get this straight, you don't think the crowd was diverse and you know that because of
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#313
"Silly" would be the very polite term for how they are making themselves look.
villager
Jul 2015
#30
So you're admitting you were wrong about the crowd not being multicultural, George?
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#33
How is describing a multicultural crowd as multicultural a "false characterization"?
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#51
Your words: "the San Diego Education Association, which has 3.5 million members nationwide"
George II
Jul 2015
#180
Your words: Bottom line, you were caught in a fabrication...why not just own up to it and move on?
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#198
Maybe George II is from the UK and 'nationwide' means something else there?
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#229
what is hilarious is that they use that slur against me since English is my third language
nadinbrzezinski
Jul 2015
#247
Again, YOU reported "the San Diego Education Association, which has 3.5 million members nationwide."
George II
Jul 2015
#182
A journalist generally corroborated information given to him/her before putting it into print.
George II
Aug 2015
#318
So now that you admitted you were wrong, are you going to apologize to the op?
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#85
Some posters are incapable of the empathy, or the "listening," that are prerequisites for apologies,
villager
Jul 2015
#101
Her posts are exactly the kind of nasty attack you referred to in your op.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#119
But "I just did a word search under multi" and that's not in there!
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#141
Well you just went and ruined everything for the HC supporters in this thread, didn't you?
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#155
Bottom line, you were caught in a fabrication...why not just own up to it and move on?
George II
Jul 2015
#55
The only ones being dishonest are HC supporters. Why don't you own up to it?
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#88
"We'll be as nasty as we possibly can be to everyone -- *that*'s how we'll build support!"
villager
Jul 2015
#94
And they abandon the thread once they realize how foolish they look.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#143
They did a great service keeping it kicked, the exact extent of their compassion visible...
villager
Jul 2015
#145
Their refusal to admit they were wrong and apologize for claiming you made it up
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#148
I wonder if they realize they're doing the *opposite" of "promote," w/ their scorched-Earth tactics?
villager
Jul 2015
#149
Maybe there is a "multifaceted" explanation for the edited and misleading posted OP headline?
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#276
And I quoted him speaking about Sara Bland and the incarceration crisis
nadinbrzezinski
Jul 2015
#89
Kind of astonishing, the unchecked middle school-ethos of so many of the posters in this thread.
villager
Jul 2015
#99
Somebody's desperate to hang on to that "Bernie only appeals to whites" narrative. n/t
winter is coming
Jul 2015
#102
Gotta love how DUers who weren't there pretend to know more than the DUer who was.
winter is coming
Jul 2015
#111
That's part of the imperious condescension:"I know better than you! In all things!...
villager
Jul 2015
#116