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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Give Bernie some respect, the guy isn't an idiot [View all]scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)5. Thank you! Some of the reactions by my fellow Bernie supporters are driving me absolutely nuts!
I keep thinking, it must be nice to be so protected and so privileged that having your candidate's speech interrupted is such a tragedy that you think the ones doing the interrupting - you know, the ones who get gunned down daily just for their skin color - are just too out of line. Such an inconvenience!
I hope Bernie rises to the occasion and works with the BLM to hone his message to POC. If he's made of what I think he's made of, then I have faith that he can do it.
Now if the poor shocked white liberals who support Bernie would quit freaking out and see what they can do to help build better bridges with POC, life would be grand.
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IKR. He protested back in the day, got arrested. I bet he will or has already made a statement
KittyWampus
Jul 2015
#2
Thank you! Some of the reactions by my fellow Bernie supporters are driving me absolutely nuts!
scarletwoman
Jul 2015
#5
Sorry about driving you nuts. However, this is NOT about "protecting" a candidate.
madfloridian
Jul 2015
#6
ALL of the candidates need #blacklivesmatter more than #blacklivesmatter needs them.
MohRokTah
Jul 2015
#8
None of that matters if you cannot walk down the street without fearing for your life. eom
MohRokTah
Jul 2015
#16
So you are prepared to ignore candidates with great civil rights history, and maybe not vote?
madfloridian
Jul 2015
#27
As a Bernie supporter, I am embarrassed by a handful of other DU Bernie supporters.
Luminous Animal
Jul 2015
#10
K&R But it seems that he did turn off dialogue as a result and cancelled his meetings with BLM
Number23
Jul 2015
#23
Wow.. that one was sure showing his ***. Exactly who the hell do they think they are..
Cha
Jul 2015
#35
"Filthy language" really seems to be only half of the problem. That one seems to have an
Number23
Jul 2015
#37