2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Congratulations, Sanders DNC delegates, you just killed his movement and his revolution. [View all]
Heckling, booing, jeering, African-American leaders like Marcia Fudge and Elijah Cummings talking about civil rights, giving prayers, talking about defeating Donald Trump?
Booing Bernie Sanders? When he talks about the need to defeat Donald Trump.
You are sending a very clear message--that the core activists in the Sanders movement are fanatics. That they are incapable of playing a constructive role in anything. That they are nothing but anarchists and vandals looking to break stuff out of anger. That there is no point in working with them.
This is not fair to the greater number of Sanders voters out there, who did have an optimistic vision for the country's future and for our political process.
But, because you can't control your glands, you've taken that all and flushed it down the toilet.
Anger, childishness, petulance, hate--those are the last images people are going to have of his movement--because you couldn't be bothered to show an ounce of respect towards people who disagree with you.
You had a great responsibility to Sanders, to his voters, and yes to the party you pledged to support as a delegate.
And you failed everyone. Because you don't know anything other than to lash out if you don't get 100% of what you want.
Revolutions and activism need to be carried out by adults who know what they're doing. Letting adolescent amateurs carry the standard has predictable and catastrophic consequences.