There's nothing redeeming or politically valid in Sanders speaking at Falwell's Liberty University

[AtomicKitten]

204. He apologized.

You can either accept it or use it to pummel him ad infinitum, however, choosing the latter reveals more about you than him. We all here come from a different upbringing and background, and our language arising from that environment does not always mean the same thing.

Look, after reading all I could get my hands on re: this manufactured meme of "Bernie's problem" you are promoting, it is crystal clear that (1) this is the Clinton campaign(ers) yet again using race as a political cudgel. The audacity of that after her race-baiting campaign in '08 is surreal. (2) It is also clear that some in BLM are using the organization as a tool of the Clinton campaign to pummel the opponent of concern that is moving up in polling. Bernie is being misquoted to erect a strawman for the daily bonfire. Saying if he doesn't do/say what BLM insists he do/say, he's ignoring them and, if he does do/say what they insist, he's pandering. It's an absurdly untenable position that, again, reveals more about the collective you than it does him.

It is understandable why the Clinton campaign is trying to peel off the economic inequality issue because of her coziness with Wall Street and banks, but that's her problem, not Bernie's. There's an excellent video about race-baiting circling the boards here that illustrates what I in my clumsy way am trying to impart here. Bernie's record stands in stark contrast to the attempted swiftboating of him in progress. Mocking his consistently good record on civil rights and liberties is proof-positive of that and, again, say it with me now, reveals more about the collective you than it does him. It's reminiscent of the purple heart Band-Aid the wingnuts wore in 2004. It was truly repulsive then and is truly repulsive now seeing it done to one of the Democratic candidates by other Democrats.

Please for dog's sake let this primary be about issues. I am weary of this extraneous nonsensical theater being perpetrated as a distraction from the issues. Let's start the debates.