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In reply to the discussion: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bernie Sanders, and Reparations [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)and as a result, probably know as much as you about how Kochs and their affiliates influence politics on the state level. More, perhaps, since I was heavily involved in grass roots campaign finance reform and voter education activism for more than a decade and as a result understand what ACTUALLY works. Pro tip: A politician relying on small donations won't fix it. That is just empty rhetorical talk, probably worse than a bandaid because it confuses the issue.
Sanders rhetorical approach is flawed. That is the entire point of Coates' article. That and to continue the dialog on reparations and the true history of white supremacy in the USA and to point out that nearly the ENTIRE white liberal left has a blind spot the size of El Capitan on the subject.
It was not an attack on Bernie Sanders. It was not supportive of Clinton or O'Malley. It was not meant to encompass any of the other points you tossed out to confuse the issue.
Want to talk about whether reparations is an adequate remedy or if there are other, better choices? Fine, start a thread. Let's have an honest dialog. But I am sick of talking about Bernie Sanders now.