he's just not my first choice.
The shoving the Reverend down our throats all summer, I got sick of it as well. I think it's a matter of priorities that differ, for some the economic issues are universal ("lifting all boats"
but for others staying alive takes precedence. You won't get any argument from me on that.
But that's not what I was getting at anyway - I was saying that when "selling" Bernie, some are saying to avoid comparing the U.S. to other countries because nobody cares what other countries do. Because Bernie needs to find another way to explain socialism, specifically, some are telling him to use FDR as an example of how great socialistic policies are and how well they work.
But - did they work for black folks? Not exactly. They could have, had they been applied to all Americans, but didn't. FDR is not going to be a very good selling point to some of us. People deep in poli sci/history as a study will already have a grasp, but they don't need the education anyway.
What I wanted to know is if instead of saying something like, "Socialism is not what you think it is, one of our greatest Presidents saved the country from spiraling out of control by applying socialistic policies." To include black folks in that ... I'd say, or add that Dr. King and his views are aligned with these policies, which is factually true. But it being factually true doesn't mean it's a smart move. Personally, I wouldn't be offended, but that's me.
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