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

[TBF]

117. I don't disagree with Thom - especially the

phrase "after 400 years of oppression the least blacks can do is to disrupt"

I support their right to disrupt. I support cameras on officers. I support reparations. Black lives absolutely matter.


But, the part I still don't understand is "why only Bernie?". He is one long-shot candidate who is obviously threatening the status quo and has a long history of supporting civil rights issues. You'd think they'd protest the white house or Congress - people who are in power TODAY and could do something.

In all the writing on DU I still have not seen an answer to that question. People give me BS answers like "oh - you attack people you are closest to" or "the republicans won't listen so why bother" ...

The current White House is not occupied by a republican. There are plenty of dems in Congress. Why are they not targeted? Hillary Clinton is not a republican (at least not in name). Why is she not targeted? I hear that they tried to go to her rally but were kept out - so they don't protest THAT? Why not another march on Washington?

Instead you focus on one long-shot candidate?

Hmmm.