2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Refusal to accept Clinton as the Nominee is Rooted in Misogyny and Racism [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)That this primary would be marred by angry cries of malignant conspiracies was implicit from the beginning when Sanders set out to expand his appeal to the far right and far left, not just from the middle who actually form the core of of his support. That's okay. As long as they calm down enough to vote in November, the nuisance factor is more than worth it.
It's reasonable to believe that most of the misogyny and racism come from Bernie's right-wing support, and from some of the famous "white male" bloc. After all, most of the former are practically defined by both.
But, I really believe that, as as we've seen over the past months, his far-left bloc mainly just cares that he wins no matter what, his victory the one shining goal to which all other considerations and moral issues are subjugated as irrelevant, and all who are not for him are obstacles and enemies to be removed. Any considerations of color and sex definitely secondary to the outrage of being impediments to The Movement.