2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Seattle NAACP President feels "torn" about the BLM protest -- and the response to it. [View all]elana i am
(814 posts)i was under the impression it was an event for social security and medicaid and sanders was an invited speaker not that it was a bernie event.
i'm not sure what BLM is attempting to accomplish, but this is the second time they interrupted an event that isn't even about bernie sanders. can they really expect to make any leeway at an event where maybe even bernie sanders wouldn't get an entirely welcome response.
i understand that they are trying to force sanders' hand and garner press for themselves, but they have to understand that there is going to be collateral damage when they are also shutting down other forms of activism. the first event was immigration, the second was social security. presumably the activists involved in those events put a lot of money and planning into them. bernie sanders has now become a potential hindrance to these kinds of events.
is it their intention to get in front of an audience that is not entirely liberal and open some eyes? or is it specifically bernie sanders they are targeting? i don't know. i think they would suit their cause better if they targeted him at HIS events, where at least some of the audience would naturally be sympathetic.