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[Skidmore]

16. Absolutely!

Black lives matter. If you claim to support civil rights, equality, and justice for all, then just don't talk about it but walk the walk. Do not claim for yourself rights that you are not willing to extend to others in all things. This discussion around these issues are is not a philosophical one and the questions are not rhetorical. People are being maimed and killed and families suffering great loss while a whole community lives in fear, including people in the DU community.

Stupid sensitivity. She wasn't targeting you, personally, she was taking the time to explain a side you are refusing to see. And it was very clear that those who refuse to see, doubled down. You know, when you stop listening, you stop learning.

Closing your mind and heart cuts both ways and those who have doubled down are doing your candidates no favor. Shutting people down because they present uncomfortable truths about our nation and, yes, about the left side of politics is not about any one candidate. Listening is a good place to begin. The struggle for these rights is larger that this political contest. Politicians come and go. Injustice and inequality have remain unaddressed and racism has been institutionalized. What is being ask of you is that you rise to meet the challenge and be part of the fight for the rights in which you claim to believe.

Black lives matter.