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In reply to the discussion: When minority voters don't flock to a candidate, we're told we just don't know enough about them and [View all]JCanete
(5,272 posts)same as saying "elect me and help me fight for this. If we fight for it we can get it." You see the difference right? And promoting these ideas is taking them out of the realm of fantasy and into the realm of reality, because they are technically feasible...its the political will that is lacking. That takes campaigning on them and getting the people to want them. What issue do you have with this?
I want politicians to focus on my concerns, yes. My concerns, I hope, are for others. My concerns, I bet you, are your concerns. I see money in politics as the root of all evil because it is what keeps alive regressive divisive things that as a society we should have evolved past. I see trying to fight the symptom of the problem, the dumb-ass rednecks who have been sold a lie for their whole lives, rather than the people selling the lie, as futile. Totally, completely futile. They're just going to give birth to more, and the people pulling the strings are going to keep laughing their asses off as we fight this proxy war rather than taking it to the source. There is no uniform opinion on this by people of color, but even if there were, or if you want to suggest a preponderance of a certain demographic is in disagreement with me. I promise you, I do and will continue to listen respectfully, and try to broaden my understanding, but I have seen nothing up to this point that has convinced me that we aren't fighting the wrong battle. We should be recruiting on class lines and dismantling the power of the rich and powerful who keep using immigration and welfare and homosexuality, etc. to divide us.
It is a legitimate thing to demand that the Democrats and Sanders do not support pro-life candidates. I think what they promise to do in office is a litmus test, but their record can't be ignored. I think who we have as an alternative is also important, and that a candidate who voted W twice has some interesting baggage with that as well. I think that nobody is being entirely consistent when it comes to this issue, but that's fine...Sanders was my candidate in the primaries, so you know what I care about? Not defending every bone headed decision he makes....I care about getting him to change his mind and make the right one. I actually have criticisms for him, as I had to explain to you ad nauseum in these threads. That's kind of what we all should be doing with our own favorites...