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In reply to the discussion: Just a word or two about Bernie and civil rights/social justice [View all]heaven05
(18,124 posts)happily and with no reservation(s). It's still early in the political season and I feel still, he has to address the CURRENT racial unrest. His record and voting history on all important social and racial issues is impeccable and without taint. Bernie is no racist and everything in his voting record says that. Bernie is as honorable a politician as has been in the public eye running for this important office in my voting LIFETIME.
If he doesn't speak up on the current devolving nature of racial relations in this country now, then I'll have to go on his record as stated by you, with informative link and of my knowledge of what he has done in the area of social justice and civil rights since 1963. Which, by the way, is more substantive than any Democratic Party candidate since that era.
As a political personality he has more integrity and principle than any Democrat in the field when it comes to social justice and civil rights. There is no argument from me. It's still early in the political season, so we'll see the what the evolution of his campaign brings.