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In reply to the discussion: They are getting close to silencing 1StrongBlackMan [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,200 posts)isn't happening. It is indeed happening, and the results aren't good for BS. I think Jonathan Capehart put it best when he called Bernie "a novelty". And like most novelties, they wear off. He could have been much more than that, but I fear the strong & almost exclusive attention paid to the Thom Hartmann demographic has sealed his fate.
As a person of color, I can't look at those rallies and feel included, and nothing will stop me from saying that. If you're threatened by the mere question about the lack of diversity, then you don't represent me, and I certainly don't want a Ron Paul knock-off occupying Democratic space. The angry white Reagan Democrat is not representative of today's Democratic Party. For all the talk about third way, DLC, blah..blah..blah. Why would "liberals" want to attract more of that? And that's what I see when I look at BS' "crowds".
"THIS kind of shit is why racism will never go away."
Speak on it!