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In reply to the discussion: it's really fucking simple [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)I find Hillary's absence from Netroots Nation especially convenient - even if she's not causing events, she may have advantaged information that she can exploit.
However, after listening to Marissa's interview and watching the video with her City Council "performance", I also think that she could have decided to this even without Hillary's backing. She believes that white progressive Seattle oppresses African Americans, and she had a list of things to say about that. Grabbing the mic at the Bernie event gave her a National stage to say those things and to insert herself into a space that white people thought they were owning. In her mind she was "drinking white tears" in that take over, and the following brouhaha led to discussions about race. Furthermore, Bernie released a Criminal Justice Plan the day. Creating a scene with a bunch of screaming white people was a win for her.
Ps. looking at pwnmom's remark again, I agree with you. I thought pwnmom was awkwardly saying Bernie shouldn't have *had* to have stepped back. But it does look like she's saying he handled it incorrectly. I disagree with that.