General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: if this is sanders campaign, i am out. they sold us out with this. $ proceeds lives and rights. [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)I condemn the people who said they were.
Possibly, what some of them meant to say was that those causes, crucially important as they are, aren't the ONLY ones that matter, and that they don't justify supporting politicians who are progressive on those issues but right-wing on others(as Obama and HRC are on economic issues).
You should accept that the fight against corporate greed and dominance is equal to them in importance, since it affects most of the people in the groups whose causes you prioritize.
Most women are working-class. So are most people of color. So are quite a lot of LGBTQ people(want a tough life? try being gay and working-class.)
And huge numbers of people in all of those groups are poor...a significant number are homeless.
The point is that the fight against greed and economic equality is just as important as the fight against hate.
We need to join together to fight for justice for ALL.
So Bernie Sanders(whose campaign, btw, did not create that image you're upset about)is not your enemy and he and his supporters can be trusted on the issues you care about as much as any other campaign can be...if not more.
If you were disrespected by anyone, you shouldn't have been. But it isn't Bernie disrespecting you, or his campaign.
I hope we can work past this.