2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBeware of the Angry White People Supporting Hillary and Spreading the 'Bernie Bro' Myth
This HuffPo article highlights some of the experiences African Americans who came out in support of Bernie have faced at the hands of Clinton supporters in the political establishment. Here's a provocative quote from the article, which is not breaking news, but is an opinion piece, so I'm publishing it here:
"Furthermore, white female Clinton supporters, petrified of losing power and influence within America's political system, acted in the same manner towards Ohio State Senator Nina Turner. In a piece titled Every Bernie Sanders Supporter Should Read This Today, Nina Turner shares her experience with angry Clinton supporters in an interview with Terrell Jermain Starr:
When you decided to support Sen. Sanders, did you catch any heat?
"Oh, my god yes. I've had white Hillary supporters saying to me that I betrayed the Clintons and saying I'm not going to have a future in politics. I mean, they marked me for life, and I'm sitting back thinking: The Clintons never helped me to do a thing in my life, and all of a sudden they control my destiny? That was very condescending to me."
"I had a white woman here in Ohio who supported my Secretary of State run in 2014. I'll never forget this. I was at a Planned Parenthood lecture a couple of months ago and she came up to me and said how disappointed she was in me. Very condescending. And I let her know that I really didn't care about her disappointment and I'm not on the plantation. That's exactly what I told her. Then she said, 'After all we've done for you.' Now, see. That was it for me. I interpreted that as, 'After all we've done for you, Black girl, you owe us.' They would never say that to anyone else, but the fact you feel you can say that to a Black woman? I thought she was supporting me because I was the best candidate to be Secretary of State...not because you own me or I owe you."
Whoa! Here's the link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/beware-of-the-angry-white-people-supporting-hillary_b_9250538.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)Some of us are living through that myth.
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)And getting hides and remarks such as "you're lame," "stooping to a new low" and "you're pathetic" anytime we try to inject a note of realism into the Hillary Clinton smears.
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)If that doesn't just sum them right the hell up.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)Their entire goal is to smear Bernie's name
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)if a bernie supporter did that, there would be a post to Skinner with 400 recs.
oasis
(49,151 posts)UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)On Thu Feb 18, 2016, 10:27 AM an alert was sent on the following post:
Beware of the Angry White People Supporting Hillary and Spreading the 'Bernie Bro' Myth
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511264141
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"Angry white people" is just as racist as "angry black people"
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Explanation: It's not racist. There is a difference between racism and prejudice. The alerter should learn that difference.
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Explanation: Take it up with the writer of the article on Huffpo.
marmar
(76,982 posts)UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)LexVegas
(6,005 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)Afraid of losing the hundreds of years of power and influence they have had in America's political system? You mean the 19% of congress that we enjoy (the highest percentage of any congress by the way). And still there are states that have never even elected a woman to the House. The states that have not elected a woman to the House are Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Vermont.
Dayam, let's not lose all that power women!!!!