2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Online And In Person, Bernie Sanders’ White Supporters Advance A Black Lives Matter Conspiracy [View all]BainsBane
(53,032 posts)that in a discussion concerning killings of hundreds of African Americans by police, the one point two of you feel compelled to make it about what Bernie Sanders said. "Handed everything they asked for" didn't cause you to say something. No, that I failed to acknowledge what Bernie was saying, that is what you feel compelled to speak out about.
I understand this may come as a shock to you, but Bernie Sanders, Clinton, and the rest of the political elite concerns me far less than the murders BLM is working to stop. Their careers are entirely inconsequential in comparison to the serious racism inflicting this nation, both violent racism by police and dismissal of those killings by segments of the public.
The priorities demonstrated since this primary has begun are deeply disturbing to me. That so many put one man's career over any and everything stuns me. I have gone from seriously considering voting for Sanders to being struck with complete revulsion at the idea of doing so, and that is because of the sort of thing discussed in the OP and subsequent defenses and comments.