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In reply to the discussion: Thank you Thom Hartman for your perspective on the Marissa Johnson diatribe [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)As a Bernie supporter, I am among those who have been irritated over the fact that Hillary seems to be receiving less disruption and heat from BLM when - when from my analysis of the situation (and this is why I support Bernie) - Clinton policies are largely responsible for the radical inequality and racial injustice we have today. Bill Clinton is the well-spring of mass incarceration, the homeless crisis, the welfare system breakdown, the Uberization of everything (NAFTA), the War on Drugs. Bill Clinton was caught on tape agreeing that we need to "do something about Medicare". Both Bill and Hillary have been entrenched in Third Way/New Democrat philosophies and courted/dog whistled the myth of the "white meritocratic worker". Only a month ago, Hillary dog whistled, "All Lives Matter" in a black church!
Yet Bernie's events get disrupted. Yet Bernie represents the "white supremacist liberal". Yet Bernie's economic policies will somehow subsume issues of race rather than finally start addressing some of the real problems listed above.
I realize BLM isn't about politics and isn't here to stump for anyone's campaign. I realize that the Seattle disruption was an opportunity to bring attention to the hypocrisy of supposedly white liberal cities promulgating policies that protect white privilege and cause black exodus.
What I don't understand is why they don't lay the blame for some of the injustice they experience where it truly belongs: and why they seem to focus their disruption on a man who wants to change things while sparing Hillary Clinton, whose current platform is more of the same, since she is still stealth Third Way and doesn't believe in "economic causes".
I would like to see the links to the details of the BLM meeting and stay informed of all the details of their dealings with her because I just don't understand. Educate me, please.