2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Supporters - Please read my post [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)At this point in time there has been so much criticism of Obama, much of it from the right, but alot of it comes from the left, and much of it unfair; i think that this is one of those biting your tongue issues. Watch how you frame your issues with the TPP and never get into personal attacks or name calling. Call out the over the top posters and folks you deal with and let them know they are HURTING your candidate.
We have a level of trust on Obama that we have NEVER experienced. You cannot argue with it, we will not be moved by lofty policy discussions or criticism of policy. We have seen too much hate directed towards him and we feel like he gets stabbed in the back by whilte liberals. Even my landlords says so and he could not possibly care less about politics. The perception is already there so all the criticism does is reinforce the idea that it's racially based attacks. They mostly come from white folks; left or right, most of the accusing fingers comes fromwhite folks. It is difficult to navagate, but do realize that we have been navagating through political mindfields since the beginning just to try to survive in America and we are used as pawns and we know it.
With all we have to deal with, we just want our allies to stop trying to tear him down and tarnish his legacy. It pushes us into Hillary's arms. I think that's not too much to ask.