2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Black Lives Matter! Period. Therefore I Have Altered my Primary Intentions. [View all]Rainngirl
(243 posts)were NOT part of Black Lives Matters. They are part of a fringe group who hijacks the BLM name to try to give themselves credentials. They are nutbags who are more teabaggers than anything and are only interested in stirring up trouble. Don't blame Bernie for that. In the rally that he did AFTER the one that was shut down, he spoke glowingly about BLM and is a supporter of them and didn't mention the women (who at that time everyone thought were part of BLM) who broke up the previous rally. I think you are jumping to incorrect conclusions. Listening to him in person for over an hour, it sounded to me like his list of things he wants to work on is vast--definitely not narrow. I especially support his desire to overturn Citizen's United, which is probably the single worst decision by the SCOTUS--EVER, and is proving to be horribly damaging to our democracy.