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In reply to the discussion: Guys, after seeing the Sanders supporters show their royal hineys in CaliDem's OP [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,454 posts)Uh, I'm gonna go with Nothing? Excellent o.p., by the way. And I stand by my earlier prediction that Bernie Sanders won't be able to make any significant inroads into HRC's support in the black community.
I don't know why anyone would be surprised that given the total lack of respect shown to the current president, that black folks took a hike from this place. Those of us remaining are either gluttons for punishment, or are just too damned stubborn to be run off. I'm not interested in Bernie Sanders, either as a legislator, and certainly not the nominee for the Democratic party. In case anyone's forgotten, he was the ornery asshole who was seeking a Democrat to primary the president (the first black POTUS) in his re-election bid. Bernie's not even a Democrat, what the hell gave him the right to insinuate himself into our intra-party politics? And caucusing with us is not the same as being a party member.
Bernie's supporters, and I'm almost certain Michael Moore will be one, haven't a clue how much they've alienated the black community. When Michael Moore can say that the first black president will only be remembered for that, I've got a serious problem with liberals and liberalism in general. There's something very ugly going on, and the blind contempt for Obama has obviously transferred to his black supporters. Maybe they think we're the only group of supporters left?
When I read a post of some young white know nothing, trying to explain black people to black people, I know we've gone through the looking glass, and there ain't no coming back from that. We have a poster who has obviously set out to drive a wedge between Black Lives Matter, and the black community at large (not that they give a shit about "Black Lives"
, but they're trying like hell to be divisive. Of course, that's never going to happen because in the black community we know that no matter what your status, or what you've achieved, to many outside our community we still "all look alike". They did the same thing with Occupy, when a civil rights legend who was only there to lend support (John Lewis) was booed offstage. Since the election of Barack Obama, I've learned much more about liberals than I ever cared to.
There was a poster the other day who thought that the election of Bernie Sanders would somehow be good for Julian Assange & Edward Snowden. Considering U.S. public opinion of those two, that's not something I'd be saying out loud if I were a Bernie supporter.