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Why I'm for Bernie Sanders - Oliver Stone


               
2016 Apr 2, 11:31am   15,086 views  69 comments

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-stone/why-im-for-bernie-sanders_b_9576984.html?1459369253=

When fear becomes collective, when anger becomes collective, it’s extremely dangerous. It is overwhelming... The mass media and the military-industrial complex create a prison for us, so we continue to think, see, and act in the same way... We need the courage to express ourselves even when the majority is going in the opposite direction... because a change of direction can happen only when there is a collective awakening... Therefore, it is very important to say, ‘I am here!’ to those who share the same kind of insight. — Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist Monk, The Art of Power

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1   FortWayne   @   2016 Apr 2, 3:41pm  

uomo_senza_nome_0 says

When fear becomes collective, when anger becomes collective, it’s extremely dangerous.

Big bad Republicans, who are completely racist and eat poor peoples babies while secretly planning to put negroes back to pick cotton, are out to get you, so better vote for Bernie to save yourself! Quickly, before the Republicans get you, you don't have much time.

2   uomo_senza_nome_0   @   2016 Apr 2, 8:21pm  

FortWayne says

Big bad Republicans, who are completely racist and eat poor peoples babies while secretly planning to put negroes back to pick cotton, are out to get you, so better vote for Bernie to save yourself! Quickly, before the Republicans get you, you don't have much time.

Ah the sarcasm. If only you realize there's truth in it.
A Republican presidential candidate has based his entire candidacy on divisional rhetoric.
Another Republican presidential candidate wants to carpet bomb civilians.
And then there's the myth of the pragmatic progressive.

This video describes clearly the state of electing a president in an empire.

www.mBZLnfKSa_k

3   FortWayne   @   2016 Apr 2, 9:18pm  

uomo_senza_nome_0 says

Ah the sarcasm. If only you realize there's truth in it.

Noam Chumsky is a brilliant man, but all his stuff is theories and ideas.

uomo_senza_nome_0 says

A Republican presidential candidate has based his entire candidacy on divisional rhetoric.

Every single candidate is "divisional". You don't get a party nomination if you don't do that, for there is no "American" party. There are liberals and conservatives, D's and R's, you get the point... The most divisional are Democrats, they call everyone a racist, an anti-woman, Hitler, just about anything.

So the only difference is you picking the side you probably what easier appeals to you, if younger = Democrat, if older = Republican.

4   Ceffer   @   2016 Apr 2, 10:31pm  

Whenever liberals want to drag out an "intellectual" they go pull old Noam out of the woodwork. In the times I get suckered into listening to him, I feel that his voice after about two minutes is like gargling nails. His circumlocutory rants are insane, nattering, endless logorrhea, like he needs his meds doubled or tripled to make him actually get some kind of syllogistic perspective going.

Taking a class from him, aside from the bizarre commentary, must be pure torture.

5   uomo_senza_nome_0   @   2016 Apr 3, 5:59am  

Ceffer says

In the times I get suckered into listening to him, I feel that his voice after about two minutes is like gargling nails. His circumlocutory rants are insane, nattering, endless logorrhea, like he needs his meds doubled or tripled to make him actually get some kind of syllogistic perspective going.

Taking a class from him, aside from the bizarre commentary, must be pure torture.

Excellent Ad-Hominem. Bravo! Not a single word actually critiquing the message.

FortWayne says

but all his stuff is theories and ideas.

That indicates you did not even listen to what he had to say. Mainstream academic papers, such as this are showing citizens have zero effect on public policy. Chomsky also cites IMF studies that show how subsidies benefit big corporations (corporate welfare).

Even with these practical references, calling what he says as "theories" is not sincere.

FortWayne says

Every single candidate is "divisional". You don't get a party nomination if you don't do that, for there is no "American" party. There are liberals and conservatives, D's and R's, you get the point... The most divisional are Democrats, they call everyone a racist, an anti-woman, Hitler, just about anything.

I think the establishment Democrats are divisive, but not Bernie.
He is pointing out why division is useful in a political sense, but very damaging in a human sense.

6   Ceffer   @   2016 Apr 3, 9:32am  

It's probably a standard freshman prank at the MIT cafeteria.

"Hey, there's the brilliant Noam Chomsky. He just loves to talk to freshman, why don't you go over there and say hello!"

Snigger, Snigger as they watch the expression on the newbie's faces as Noam launches off on one of his endless schizoaffective tirades.

They have guys like him on the street corners in Berkeley.

7   Dan8267   @   2016 Apr 3, 10:06am  

FortWayne says

Big bad Republicans, who are completely racist and eat poor peoples babies while secretly planning to put negroes back to pick cotton,

Well, let's go over the Republican record since the Southern Strategy was implemented. Republican were for
- segregation
- the Vietnam War
- shooting Vietnam War protesters (which they actually did at Kent State)
- pollution that causes miscarriages, birth defects, developmental diseases in fetuses and children, methylmercury poisoning
- destroying the middle class with economic policies that allow the owner class to steal vast quantities of wealth from the workers that produce that wealth
- a war on drugs that has killed millions including innocent grandmothers, sleeping children, and babies
- letting criminal police literally get away with murder
- preventing U.S. citizens from legally casting votes as is their right under the 15th Amendment
- gerrymandering districts to a ridiculous extent
- lying under oath to Congress and the American people during questioning about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and NSA domestic spying
- engaging in a political witchhunt against President Clinton derailing mid-East peace talks and ultimately lead to 9/11
- starting an illegal war on false pretenses which killed over a million civilians including children, a body count that is still rising, destroyed America's credibility, prevented us from stopping genocide in other areas, and allowed ISIS to rise to power
- allowing cops to strip search and body cavity at gunpoint search men, women, and children for traffic stops and other alleged minor offenses without them even being charged with a crime
- forcing every man, woman, and child to get a virtual strip search at airports using machines that record images of breasts and genitalia and saving these images, some of which have been circulated around the Internet
- yet at the same time bitching and moaning that a post-op transgender using a woman's bathroom is somehow a perversion and will lead to rape
- allowing the NSA and other agencies to remotely activate mobile phone cameras, steal pictures including nude selfies that adolescent girls take of themselves, and listen in on private phone conversations including sex talk between deployed soldiers and their wives, all without warrant, accountability, or oversight

So now, I don't blame Republicans for making negroes pick cotton in the 21st century; that's what they use illegal immigrants for. But I do blame Republicans for all the above. And feel free to challenge me on any of those issues so I can write a 15-page exposé on it.

8   FortWayne   @   2016 Apr 3, 10:27am  

Dan8267 says

Well, let's go over the Republican record since the Southern Strategy was implemented.

Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. - freed slaves and made America great.
Theodore Roosevelt was a Republican. - fought against Monopolies and made America great and strong.

Jimmy Carter (D) - increased welfare, increased inflation, failed the nation miserably.
Kennedy and LBJ (D * 2) - started Vietnam war, failed America.

Dan8267 says

So now, I don't blame Republicans for making negroes pick cotton in the 21st century; that's what they use illegal immigrants for. But I do blame Republicans for all the above. And feel free to challenge me on any of those issues so I can write a 15-page exposé on it.

It's the Democrats who keep on trying to bring them here as much as possible and give them government assistance so subsidize their lifestyles. You probably missed that Republicans want these people out, or as usual like a typical liberal put your head in the sand to ignore reality.

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