White fragility (lot of this around here recently!):

[Jetboy]

132. I read through all of that and I believe even more firmly that

there was nothing Sanders could've done to get BLM off his back in Seattle.

'He came armed with a surplus of terrible statistics on US racial disparities and institutional racism.' That shows good faith.

'No, I don’t think that they were honest in their responses… Today was about holding senator Bernie sanders and former governor O’Malley accountable for what’s to come and we wanted to test them to see if they would be able to really hold their ground when we put their feet to the fire. And I was not that impressed. I think that former Gov O’Malley failed, especially when he proclaimed, ‘white lives matter.’ It’s very clear that he didn't actually understand why we say black lives matter, and also just was very defensive. We need bold and courageous leadership right now. We don’t need people who are gonna be cowardly and people who are going to be defensive. And I think Senator Bernie Sanders had a speech already prepared, especially ‘cause he heard us shut it down back there. So he was prepared with a speech instead of really listening to our questions. And so I would give him a D-.' I read that as 'Since he didn't say exactly what we wanted him to say nothing else matters.'

'What is your agenda going to be to make sure that black lives do matter and that as a leader of this nation? Will you advance a racial justice agenda that will begin to dismantle, not reform not make progress, but begin to dismantle structural racism in this country?” Shoot no problem, just have plans in place to dismantle structural racism and we're good right?

They shows a lack of good faith IMO. It really reminds me of the TTW saga. Only TTW and BLM know what's right and either you do exactly what they say or they have no use for you. Phooey.