Can we give decent burial to the meme that Bernie Sanders didn't appeal to black voters.

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163. The more I think about you post

The more offensive it is. You chose to make this response to a thread about AA voters, an entire race of people you describe as establishment compared to more affluent "progressives." You talk as though it's the responsibility of black voters to cater to you, like they owe you something.

No one owes you a fucking thing. Black people are not responsible for assuaging your egos. Aerage incomes of AAs are far lower than other groups of Americans, and exponentially lower than white men. African Americans or the poor don't exist to cater to the bourgeoisie or the rich who call themselves progressive. It is not their responsibility to promote your issues or your class and race interests.

If you want to promote particular reforms, do the work. If you want to build support for those ideas, you're going to have to do a hell of a lot better than telling black people they are responsible for catering to you.

I happen to support the issues you mention, but your use of labels to characterize an entire race of people is repugnant. And that you and others persist in using terms you know people find insulting tells me that the issues matter far less to you than asserting your own wholly unjustified sense of superiority. You use disparaging labels to create an us vs. them divide rather than seeking to build support around the reforms you list. If you truly wanted to encourage support, you would use persuasion and listen to others about their concerns rather than throwing around labels and talking about how the marginalized are responsible for making "progressives" feel better.

Your ability to undermine support for issues you claim to care about is truly stunning. No wonder none of the "progressive"-anointed candidates have ever won a single race, even in deep blue districts.