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In reply to the discussion: I posted some things two years ago about Kamala Harris that were I shouldn't have. [View all]BainsBane
(53,035 posts)what bothers me is the obfuscation.
Name calling is not criticism. Demanding candidates who are women and people of color do what no so-called progressive has is manipulative. The poor and marginalized should not be pawns in political power plays. Using them as a rhetorical weapon, while arguing against policies that could improve their lives, is not a principled tactic.
You could say I support x, y, and z because It would really improve my life and those of people I know. There is nothing wrong with that. But pretending a focus on the middle to upper-middle class is about poverty and equality is not right.
And if you dislike someone because they aren't allied with Bernie, just say so. Don't hurl insults or corporatist and establishment toward people like Perez who was born without the privilege many progressives enjoy and devoted his life to civil rights and voting rights law. It's not honest.