2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Supporters - Please read my post [View all]AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)I assume you mean "Black Lives Matter".
Speaking of vitriol.... why would you even mention that "they" support BLM.... fully? Who here doesn't? What candidate doesn't? None that I know of. There was a big PR stunt staged to disrupt the Netroots Nation forum in AZ to make some candidates look bad, but it didn't prove anything. I find it pretty ridiculous to think that Sanders somehow does not care as much about black issues than Hillary. It's a RW meme that started in VT (or was it NH) because of a lack of black people in an audience of supporters.... Of course ignoring the racial makeup of those states. I am disappointed people fall for these things..... looking for examples, no matter how absurd, to support this RW planted idea.
And it's not fine thinking Bernie can't win. He CAN win. It is not "Hillary's turn" nor does she "deserve" the nomination or the presidency. These notions I find really undemocratic, unhelpful, and merely symptoms of a cult of personality.