2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Is it possible that NEITHER major Democratic candidate is a racist? [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)at official events. Really nasty people who had called LGBT 'vampires' and accused us of 'trying to kill our children'.
DU's reaction to that was sanguine among the straights. His supporters would become very, very angry if anyone dared say he was homophobic. Holding rallies with anti gay speakers. Was not called homophobic.
So the straight folks I see throwing fits over Bernie, who has done nothing offensive at all strike me as privileged enough to be able to paint allies as enemies.
I'd also like to say that in '08 all candidates were opposed to LGBT equality. I voted for Obama because of a few factors. One of those factors was that both were a bit homophobic but Hillary's campaign also got a bit racist. This year, those who called her campaign racist point fingers at Bernie and claim Hillary is a saint of race relation.
It strains credulity. It just does.