Thank you Thom Hartman for your perspective on the Marissa Johnson diatribe

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26. I get the anger, the rage, the frustration, the fear expressed in every demonstration,

even when it breaks out in violence.

What I don't get is:

1. Why she names Bernie Sanders as "the enemy." Because those are her ffacebook words about him and she specifically targeted him. She specifically calls Bernie Sanders "the enemy." Nobody else. Just Bernie. If she targeted him to get access to his large crowds, that begs the question:

2. How does she expect to advance the cause of racial injustice by screaming incoherent abuse at and shoving any 70 year old man, let alone one who has devoted much of his life to trying to end racial injustice? And then screaming abuse at the crowd? And especially doing so in front of a racial and sexually diverse crowd with one thing in common: social security? This wasn't a peaceful demonstration that blew out of control. She was planned and calculated. What did she, in her calculations, think this would achieve?

3. Why do some people assume that when Bernie talks about having marched with MLK and quotes MLK, he's "whitesplaining" to them? I think he's providing context for why he believes what he does, and how he has believed this for his lifetime. I don't think he's trying to tell anybody anything about MLK that they don't already know. He's introducing himself, his background, what informs his thinking.

4. I also do think her former membership in the republican party is relevent. It is revealed by her statement that they should have "groomed" her when they had the chance and implying that they'll get to see what they missed out on now that she's gone to "the other side."

Why would somebody who is seeking racial justice spend a part of their lives in the party doing the most to prevent racial justice, trying/hoping to be "groomed" by them presumably for some official role? And then go to "the other side" and declare one of their candidates to be "the enemy?

I can tell you that the conservatives I know are disavowing her and laughing at us for having her on "our side." It makes no sense to me. None.