Bernie has been "tone policed" beyond anything I've ever seen. The irony is that to a large part of

[Tom Rinaldo]

96. "great white victim"

Your framing is pretty damn interesting - those are your words, not mine. Why are you stressing that Bernie Sanders is white when 48 other members of the Senate Democratic Caucus are also white? And yes sure I would love to vote more minorities into Congress - Vermont is unlikely to be ground zero for that though.

This is what I wrote: "To fail to note that Bernie Sanders has consistently been a loyal supporter of the legislative agenda of "angry blacks, hysterical women, and the like" for unbroken decades of his political career is a telling clue." That was in response to your comment "We Wont Calm Down Tone Policing Is Just Another Way to Protect Privilege".

I presume you meant white privilege, or perhaps white male privileged. If I am wrong please enlighten me. Do you in fact disagree with the statement that "Bernie Sanders has consistently been a loyal supporter of the legislative agenda of "angry blacks, hysterical women, and the like" for unbroken decades of his political career". We can argue about how effective he has been separately - lots of people haven't been extremely successful at fighting sexism and racism based on the state of the nation, but are you challenging the simple fact that Sanders opposes racism? Why is he being singled out by his race on this score?

He sure wasn't very effective when he was in a tiny handful of elected white officials who endorsed Jessie Jackson for President. It seems almost the entire Democratic Party was having difficulty warming to the idea of a black man as President back in 1998:

"During the 1988 Democratic Presidential Primaries, Rev. Jesse Jackson emerged as a viable contender for the Democratic nomination against establishment-backed Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. An ardent supporter of Mr. Jackson’s presidential bid was Bernie Sanders—then mayor of Burlington, Vermont. During a Democratic caucus, Mr. Sanders gave a speech in support of Mr. Jackson while Democrats in the room turned their backs—and, as he walked off stage, a woman slapped him across the face. Mr. Sanders was one of the few elected officials to cross racial lines and openly endorse Mr. Jackson, ultimately helping Mr. Jackson win Vermont against Mr. Dukakis by one delegate in 1988."
http://observer.com/2016/02/bernie-sanders-was-slapped-for-supporting-jesse-jackson-in-88/

I have no problem with anyone thinking a different political leader than Bernie Sanders may be better equipped to address the nuances of racism in America today - that's a fine topic for discussion. But Bernie Sanders gets treated here like he was a close personally ally of Jeff Sessions. The facts fly in the face of that and you know it.