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In reply to the discussion: Bernie! Bernie, bernie bernie bernie bernie bernie. Bernie: Bernie bernie [View all]BainsBane
(53,056 posts)Why do we see thread after thread about HIM and not issues? People could post about education, campaign finance reform, healthcare, any number of issues, and they would find a great deal of agreement. Yet the focus is always about Bernie as a man, not the issues. Bills on important matters with multiple sponsors are presented as his accomplishment. We are told that Bernie is responsible for Trump's failure to pass Obamacare, the efforts of citizens who organized throughout the country wiped away in an effort to promote one man OVER ideas and issues.
And I absolutely disagree that he is fighting to improve my life. In fact, he's made it quite clear that my life is "identity politics," mere "culture wars," and a "distraction" from "really counts."
That people like Bernie isn't the concern. It's the effort to enforce fealty that is disturbing.