Open Left

Black blogosphere v. White blogosphere (0.00 / 1)

As I have pointed out before and will continue to point out until there is evidence to the contrary, the complaints from the left about Obama are coming out of the white male blogosphere(i.e. OpenLeft).

Your piece was rambling and bitter and I think that it is important for people to realize that OpenLeft does not reflect the opinion of not only the 90% of democrats that support Obama's agenda but the 95% of blacks who support his agenda.

You are the fringe 10% ROSENBERG.  

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by: oak tree @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 at 15:39:23 PM CDT

Tell That To Black Agenda Report! (4.00 / 4)

You also need to learn how to read (check a community college near you!), as this was not an attack on Obama (read the bolded text at the end much?), it was an attack on the Broderism of a certain strain of mostly white progressives characterized by the majority of commentators at DKos.

"Senate passes expanded GI bill despite Bush, McCain opposition"

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by: Paul Rosenberg @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 at 15:47:47 PM CDT

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"Bitter"... (0.00 / 0)

and (by implication) racist, too. That's the accusation.

Have you no decency, Obama Fans? At long last, have you no decency?

I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.  

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by: lambert @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 at 15:58:31 PM CDT

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No lumping, please (4.00 / 2)

Please don't lump "Obama fans" into a single category defined by some wacko's post.  Every "ism" out there is spawned by this one human tendency.

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by: Mark Matson @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 at 16:16:52 PM CDT

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Seriously (0.00 / 0)

There doesn't seem to be a way to express fuzzy sets in English. One has the class, one has the individual. There seems to be no way to express the idea of a class with members who are members in varying degrees members of the class.

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As for lumping, anybody who paid attention in the primaries knows perfectly well who got "bitter" flung at them, and why. ISMed, I responded in kind.  

I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.  

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by: lambert @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 at 20:56:46 PM CDT

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"Sumbutnotall" (4.00 / 1)

I think this came from Robert Anton Wilson, the Illuminatus Trillogy guy.  It's close enough to fuzzy-sets for jazz.

This inevitably leads to "mostbutnotall", "almostallofthemalmostallthetimebutnotyounow", "everyoneimetlasttuesday" and a virtual infinitude of other such variants.

"Senate passes expanded GI bill despite Bush, McCain opposition"

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by: Paul Rosenberg @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 at 21:10:08 PM CDT

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I support Obama's agenda (4.00 / 6)

the one he campaigned on. He didn't campaign on ignoring well-founded majority progressive positions. He said it's time for a change from Bush and Repubs. We've seen some welcome changes.. and much frankly unchanged abhorrent positions.

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by: T Maysle @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 at 16:16:13 PM CDT

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