2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Second Democratic Debate Proves Why Sanders Is BETTER Than Clinton [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)I do not like the attitude towards black people from quite a few among his support. It makes me fear they get are doing what he wants them to do or that he doesn't notice, or that he does not care. If you comment on it as a black person, they will one by one, call you names like race nagger, race baiter, or accuse you of using the race card. I do not care if it is only ten percent of his fans, that is a hostile environment for blacks and we should not be subjected to ANY racial bigotry from the left. I saw quite a bit of racism towards BLM. I saw liberal white folks go after the religious views (i am an atheist) of that Seattle protestor. Their lack of understanding of the history of religion in the black community and their attempts to tear her down were pure ignorance. I will not remain in any such group. The reason I push so hard against Sanders even though I agree with him on policy is because he knows how we are being treated and he SAYS NOTHING. Fighting for us? He won't even tell his supporters to stop harassing us. What the heck is he going to do in office when there are racial issues? Ignore them just like he is doing in this campaign? I hope not.
One by one I have family members hit me up about who to vote for. I send them straight here and have them read the posts during the BLM thing from netroots and the one from Seattle. They find the blatant racism and privilege shocking. I judged the Tea Party by their fans, Republicans, Hillary08, and Bernie too, nobody gets a pass, but between Hillary and Bernie? This cycle her supporters are the ones defending black folks, fighting sexism, fighting bigotry, taking their cues from HER, his are fighting the oligarchy, the banks, and us.