Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
In reply to the discussion: Breaking Bernie: 21st Century Rat-Fucking [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)to me something sincere people would do. And when are they going to go after Republicans? It appears they are Republicans themselves so one would think they would be trying to shame that party into admitting that their party needs to come into this century when it comes to Civil Rights.
And Hillary, who has an abysmal record on this issue, supporting legislation that has been so harmful to AAs, 'tough on crime' and 'welfare reform' eg.
Seems odd to many people that the ONLY candidate with a lifelong record on this issue, who was often in the minority when he opposed legislation Hillary supported, stating why, was THEIR only target.
Very odd and more and more people are simply moving beyond them and focusing on those whose sincerity is not in question.
I prefer those who are working to get as many Americans on board as possible to fight these injustices, see Ferguson, because without huge support from the entire country, or as much as possible, nothing is going to change, and alienating people sure isn't going to accomplish anything.
This issue is a societal issue. It isn't a political football and I am more than suspicious of the sincerity of those who show up with all this 'concern' during election cycles but were nowhere to be found until then.
Sanders as many AAs are now finding out, 'why did they go after this dude, he's been fighting for our rights for decades' and similar comments are now the norm all over Social Media.
So they did help to get Bernie's name and record out to the AA community of which only 33%, according to polls, even knew who he was.