2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Supporters - Please read my post [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)I appreciate the way Sanders has listened to us and changed the way he discusses issues. He still has a way to go but I think he has been improving daily since netroots.
For Hillary's part, she listens to what is going on and jumps right in to say the right thing. Some may call it pandering; maybe it is, but it is working regardless. People LIKE to have their issues raised up and discussed. Also, having Bill go around on his apology tour has done ALOT of good. Some may laugh and say 'Yeah right, black folks won't forgive him for mass incarcerations!', but they are wrong. We will. We remember the gang wars going on at the time and we ALL overreacted; even us in the black community. Many supported the crime bill, even among black folks. We hate crime too, and violence proliferates in our communities. Our children were dying; soldiers in a street war. I lost a few people myself, in my teenage years I joined a gang and hung out, I saw drive bys, watched friends being shot, went to many funerals, witnessed the crack epidemic and had family lost to drugs. See, we have to forgive him to forgive ourselves. We are quick to forgive and hope for a better future.
Now, as far as mean supporters go, there are a few that do the damage for the rest of you. I wish people would keep an eye out and not support the most over the top supporters. I have had some terribly racist things said to me by his supporters. It really hurt me deeply and made me shut down, lessened my excitement for Bernie and made me feel like an outsider. I thought we all wanted the same things, but I was mistaken. I'm big on feelings. They are very important to me.
I am an observer of human nature, I watch people and how they behave. I also have an addiction to reading so I have no one on ignore and read nearly every post on thread that have more than 25 replies. I find you all fascinating and learn so much here that I just cannot stop reading. That is probably why I see more of the nastiness.
When the primary started I felt that Hillary supporters were being nasty. They calmed down quite a bit and now Bernie's are the ones being that way. To me it's sad, because I had so much hope and felt very excited to have a candidate with positions I loved. This has made me kinda miserable.
Thank you for understanding our support for the President.