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In reply to the discussion: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bernie Sanders, and Reparations [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)But to admit that makes the entire narrative of Sanders as pure and revolutionary fall apart, and that is key to his appeal to many supporters.
I have no problem with politicians being politicians. What I don't like is politicians being politicians but saying they are something else. It is like someone saying, I think NFL football is brutal and violent. I hate the game and it is the players fault! No. The players play the game. Some play dirtier than they have to, but at the end of the day, it is a highly competitive game that demands a certain level of brutality just to win. Don't like it? Change the rules or go play tennis Clinton and O'Malley admit that they play football, so no one expects that reparations are on the table with them.
And Coates motives are to bring reparations into the public conversation. I can't believe that he is really that excited by any of these politicians. But he is savvy enough to understand the game, and knows how to play pretty well himself. At least it appears that way to me.