2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The response of #BLM by white liberals indicates the overall problem... [View all]Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)You know exactly what I am saying. I addressed it in my post. Your response decided to be far more combative than my original post, which is fine, but the idea that this issue is not big because black voters won't be deciding on their candidate based on what happens on DU (or online in general) is absolutely downplaying the issue here. It's clear there are a good amount of black people who feel put off by the dialogue of some Bernie supporters and maybe you feel it's not an issue, or they're too illogical (your words) to merit consideration, then you absolutely are dismissing them and their feelings.
If you feel their merits are questionable because they question the rhetoric of not just Sanders, but his supporters, fine, but like I said, you're not going to get anywhere in November, 2016, without their support. It's clear this issue is much larger than your dismissive tone suggests - as it's gone from something marginal, a heckling at a rally, to a full-blown dialogue on race in the Democratic Party.
The tone some have taken, the condescending posts (not necessarily from you) from some on the left - either here at DU or other places - does not help. But if you feel it's unimportant than whatever. I can't change that.