2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Is it possible that NEITHER major Democratic candidate is a racist? [View all]Lyric
(12,678 posts)so I can't see how I misstated anything. I stated my perception about how black voters FEEL. And when they talk about how they FEEL, they are marginalized and insulted by the Sanders Defense Squad, which (in my perception, and please correct me if I am saying this wrong, black DU'ers) makes them feel attacked for being black and having an opinion contrary to White Liberalia, which leads them to think that Bernie and his supporters are racist, because (in their view) black opinions only seem to be respected when they mesh with white liberal opinions.
If Sanders supporters don't like the racist label for themselves (much less for their candidate), then adopt some humility and entertain the notion that yes, YOU are capable of saying and doing things that are offensive to many black voters, and that when that happens, they are not wrong for being offended--you are wrong for offending them. Doesn't matter how liberal you think you are, it doesn't make you immune to saying the wrong thing.
Here's a clue--attacking black voters and characterizing them as weak, gullible, stupid, pathetic, childish, naive, "deserving of what they get", etc. just because they don't prefer your candidate? Yeah, they probably see that kind of behavior as racist. Because, you know, it IS. Sanders himself doesn't do that...but some of his defenders sure do.
Hope that helps.