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In reply to the discussion: How not to treat your allies [View all]restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)that things on du are getting heated. and after a point, it becomes unproductive and self feeding angst. which is exactly why i think this latest stunt by --whoever they are---not gonna refer to them as blm becsuse i have my doubts....is not helping the terribly critical issues facing poc. for the racists, it gives them fuel and (in their minds) justification for their hatred. for allies, it frustrates us and makes some of us want to tune out. i might have been interested in what those young women had to say if they had approached bernie and said we need to speak. and said their piece and left. but they bullied him and used physical intimidation and ended up disrupting the entire event, preventing him from speaking at all. never mind the odious "bow down" crap. they completely disrepected his human dignity, which is what they claim is one of their major complaints about systemic racism which is done to them on a regular basis.
they lost me and i am sure, many others.
that is a shame.