2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The response of #BLM by white liberals indicates the overall problem... [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)If you want to discuss the protest we can do that, but at the moment, we're discussing the response to what Patrisse Cullors said in an interview with an internet media outlet.
And yes, that is what she said about Sanders and O'Malley. They were not "humble enough." O'Malley gave up his whole segment to Tia Oso and her group. He ceded the stage to the protesters, let them set the frame and debate, and responded to them as they asked him to. No, he certainly wasn't perfect in his responses, but fuck's sake, he gave the protesters exactly what they wanted, and Cullors still declares it "not humble enough."
Listening wasn't "humble enough." Ceding his platform to the protest wasn't 'humble enough." Having them lead the discussion wasn't "humble enough." O'Malley bent over backwards to accommodate and engage the protest, and for doing so, he is still sneered at for not being "humble enough"
So what, in the wide wide world, does Patrisse Cullors regard as "humble enough"? I don't think she actually has an actual standard for this. That is, absolutely nothing that either candidate could have done, would have satisfied Cullors' need to see them "humble."
And then after that, she vowed her organization would move to disrupt all further debates. Which I suppose would bring us to the topic of protests, so if you want to try that, we can do it.
Bottom line is, as worthy as Black Lives matter absolutely is, as important as the cause is... what Patrisse Cullors said in that interview was really asinine. and if you expect people to simply take an asinine statement and hail it as indisputable, awesome truth just because Patrisse Cullors said it... well, you've got a pretty interesting perspective, if that's the case.