2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The one thing that will stop Bernie Sanders.....his supporters [View all]Number23
(24,544 posts)The vast majority of the wailing was over things these people swore up and down were going to happen that never did. And when the wailing on one issue never happened, these same folks pivoted to the next bit of manufactured bullshit like it wasn't nothing in the world. It was endless.
Were we not supposed to notice that?
Black folks have looked at this white liberal wailing FOR YEARS. That NOTHING that man ever did was good enough. Was "pure" enough. And now these same folks claim that five brown faces at a Sanders event and two hundred likes on Facebook is "proof" of his appeal to minorities and are trying to browbeat us into supporting him. That is, when they're not shitting on and wildly distorting the legacies of black icons to suit their needs.
I have tried my hardest to COMPLETELY tune out Sanders supporters because I like the man and am genuinely interested in what he has to say. He has not said one thing I disagree with and to be honest, I am like "hell yeah" on so many issues that he's passionate about. But I would be lying through my teeth if I said that I was not extremely discomforted by the fact that so many of those that are the most unhinged and dismissive of the issues that affect me and my family act as though he's the second coming of sliced bread. There is a huge disconnect there for me.