2016 Democratic National Convention - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - July 25-28

[akris15]

Its almost like when you act like a spoiled cunt you get your privileges taken away.

Good. I hope all those delegates are removed from the party entirely and they pick new ones.

Be butthurt, but being an asshole the entirety conference is deserving of removal.

Ironically here I have been complaining about them all week and look what 538 just dropped: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...us-at-the-dnc/

[Shadowferal]

A number of Sanders delegates who have trekked to this week’s festivities from across the country told POLITICO that they just can’t do it. A few even promised protests, cat calls, and unfurled banners to display their disdain for a candidate and a political party that they think rigged the primary process from the get-go.

“When you cheat and lie and steal to get something, is there anything you can say to make it right?” asked Jonathan Holt, a 53-year-old Sanders delegate and teacher’s aide from Lake County, California, who participated in Tuesday night’s convention walkout and expects additional disruptions.

[akris15]

A number of Sanders delegates who have trekked to this week’s festivities from across the country told POLITICO that they just can’t do it. A few even promised protests, cat calls, and unfurled banners to display their disdain for a candidate and a political party that they think rigged the primary process from the get-go.

“When you cheat and lie and steal to get something, is there anything you can say to make it right?” asked Jonathan Holt, a 53-year-old Sanders delegate and teacher’s aide from Lake County, California, who participated in Tuesday night’s convention walkout and expects additional disruptions.

Bolded is the key part. Again the California delegates are the ones basically all the noise and protests. Those "OMG the arena is empty" videos were from...you guess it...California!

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This guy is channeling MLK and the Riverside Church Speech, in style anyway.

[Theodarzna]

Ugh so far I get the feeling this is about to be the "economy and direction of the country is great for everyone!" Vs. the racist who at is willing to tell 70% of the country for whom things don't seem to be going well that indeed things are shit. Someone somewhere needs to throw a populist Molotov or you see dog a huge section of the electorate to trump.

[Gray_Matter]

Im pretty sure the California delegation has been purged and all their credentials have been revoked (they have been the ones doing all the Heckling)

I don't know about the credentials but I know quite a few people in California who voted for Bernie and they aren't too impressed with the people doing the heckling.

[Kasierith]

The white noise machines would take care of any noise being made. Apparently though Sanders delegates have been partially blocked from the event anyway, and replaced with paid for seat warmers.

If they don't want to be a part of the party, they shouldn't really feel aggrieved at being asked to leave so people who are actually interested in taking a part can do so. Being loud and annoying is allowed, but there's going to be a response eventually... they don't owe the delegates anything.

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Ok, so you agree they are being disrespectful.

Nah. You think that, so I simply asked how they would've been respectful then. I don't think they were being disrespectful. At all.

[akris15]

I don't know about the credentials but I know quite a few people in California who voted for Bernie and they aren't too impressed with the people doing the heckling.

Honestly if it was me I would have revoked them night one especially after the "we trusted you Senator Warren" comments. To me any Liberal should go "yeah I dont want to associate with these guys"

[apepi]

Preach Brotha!

[akris15]

Nah. You think that, so I simply asked how they would've been respectful then. I don't think they were being disrespectful. At all.

So this is respectful?

[KrazyK923]

I am an unashamed atheist, but goddamn William Barber is getting me good right now.

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If they don't want to be a part of the party, they shouldn't really feel aggrieved at being asked to leave so people who are actually interested in taking a part can do so. Being loud and annoying is allowed, but there's going to be a response eventually... they don't owe the delegates anything.

Yeah, I suppose so. Not that I even agree with them protesting the event. It's not going to do anything. They should've just stayed home, and they should stay home in November as well. That's the only thing that will have an effect, if there's enough of them. And, if there aren't, if Hillary wins, then she deserved to win.

As long as there's no co-opting of votes of people who don't want to vote for Hillary. As long as people vote for the person they want to vote, or don't vote if they don't want to vote, then the right person wins, and democracy wins.

So this is respectful?

It's not disrespectful. It's just protesting. There's a middle ground; it's not an either-or -situation. It's not black and white.

[KrazyK923]

So this is respectful?

You're yelling at a brick wall. Apparently nothing those spoiled brats do is disrespectful. And removing them for making a public spectacle all 4 days because their candidate lost is somehow silencing their voice.

Despite, you know, THEIR CANDIDATE FUCKING LOST. A candidate I even voted for. They are an absolute embarrassment to everything Sanders stands for. A bunch of SJW assholes who have never wanted for a thing in their life, throwing a fit as usual because they didn't get 100% of what they wanted the first time they wanted it.

[Pangean]

Wow.

/10char

[apepi]

I am an unashamed atheist, but goddamn William Barber is getting me good right now.

I might have not turned agnostic if this is guy was my pastor.

[Crissi]

That reverend was inspiring!

And now.... Kareeeeeem! lol at the Michael Jordan joke

[KrazyK923]

That Jordan joke was great.

[apepi]

That reverend was inspiring!

And now.... Kareeeeeem! lol at the Michael Jordan joke

Bill Russell is hilarious.

[akris15]

Interesting a comment from someone who posted to the 538 site about California acting like babies this week:

I'm a Californian who voted for Bernie, and frankly the behavior of the delegates I helped elect gives me some regret. Once the party platform was set, there was nothing to be gained by booing and chanting. All it's done is make people look at the Democratic Party the same way they did when the Tea Partiers started their intolerant far-right takeover of the Republican Party. Arguments about who's a "real progressive" aren't constructive, and threatening to vote Green Party is actively destructive, as anyone who lived through the 2000 election already knows. I appreciate all of the enthusiasm brought to the process by the Bernie crowd and hope they will continue to work towards his goals, but right now the choice is between Hillary and Trump and it's time to set idealism aside in favor of pragmatism. After the election, we can get on with figuring out what's nex