2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Did you know you can support Sanders and BLM at the same time? [View all]hootinholler
(26,449 posts)What the fuck would I know?
When one candidate who has worked his entire career trying to prevent the injustice that is rampant in the US is being rejected for a candidate who has worked advocating positions that made things worse, it's kind of hard to get my head around that notion.
I am outraged by jack-booted storm trooper police.
I am outraged by the incarceration rates.
I am outraged by the war on the poor.
I knew the welfare queen was a fucking lie back then and I know it still is. I know first hand how it is to be poor and white. I can't imagine how much harder it must be to be poor and black.
But I can't say a fucking thing without being accused of whitesplainin! Being told if I don't understand by now I never will.
Why do people not understand that dialog requires 2 or more people, otherwise it's preaching, or worse.