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senz

(11,945 posts)
11. Thanks, Bonobo
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 02:08 PM
Aug 2015

I don't think I'm all that but I do know that Bernie Sanders appeals to what is best in me. That itself is a beautiful thing, worth having, worth living out. We have no guarantee he'll make it through the gates of hell to actually achieve the presidency, but his beautiful, noble effort is entirely worth supporting. Whether he makes it or not, I will never regret doing what I can (nowadays it's mostly financial and rhetorical) to help his mission.

I am reminded of an event that opened my eyes many years ago when I was an abandoned teenager staying with an incredible family so unlike my own that it felt like an "Alice in Wonderland" experience. The mother of this family was getting ready to attend an antiwar protest with the American Friends Service Committee. I asked her why she wanted to do that when she knew it wouldn't make any difference. She said that it meant something to her just to be there with them, just to weigh in on something that mattered to her. I had never heard anyone say anything like that before, and it puzzled me greatly. But it's been rattling around my mind ever since.

This is about so much more than any of us -- but acts like this are one of the ways we define ourselves as people.

I love Bernie's DU supporters, too. merrily Aug 2015 #1
I think that's a funny thing, those fake Bernie supporters. It's fairly easy to see how it arose. Bonobo Aug 2015 #2
I don't think it's self-deception. I think they've known all along that they were not supporting merrily Aug 2015 #3
Many of them are deceivers. It's true. I like them the best cause they are comedy gold. Bonobo Aug 2015 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author merrily Aug 2015 #7
You're joking me, right? Well, cry me a river, JT! merrily Aug 2015 #8
"I changed because of the Bernie supporters!" <<< THIS senz Aug 2015 #10
I am so ashamed of being a Bernie supporter. He hs been against invading Iraq, against Gramm Leach merrily Aug 2015 #18
Fake Bernie supporters use their status as Bernie supporters to steer the conversation Enthusiast Aug 2015 #15
Some of them have admitted to "changing their minds." Some simply quietly dropped merrily Aug 2015 #17
Yay! SoapBox Aug 2015 #5
Almost as good as someone thinking you're fucking beautifully. merrily Aug 2015 #9
Bonobo, back at ya, honey. :D:D:D roguevalley Aug 2015 #6
Thanks, Bonobo senz Aug 2015 #11
What a great post. I just went through the OPs in this group because I miss so many sabrina 1 Sep 2015 #19
Yes, it really is amazing, sabrina. It is very much a sense of "I've been waiting for this" senz Sep 2015 #21
Back atcha, Bo sarge43 Aug 2015 #12
THIS. Hell yeah. ancianita Aug 2015 #13
Thanks for posting this! jomin41 Aug 2015 #14
We will hang together, Bonobo. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #16
I missed this when you first posted it Bonobo. I miss a lot of good OPs so went back a few pages sabrina 1 Sep 2015 #20
Thanks, Sabrina. Bonobo Sep 2015 #22
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