2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Politico: What’s a Class Revolution Without Black People? [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)You want to talk about the Green Party as spoilers? Fine. Have at it. I agree with you to a large extent in a political context.
But this is going much bigger than the Bernie or Busters and Green defectors.
As a Sanders supporter who is now supporting Clinton, I still find the context of articles like that offensive and insulting and marginalizing a much larger swath of progressives. It's insulting me too. Attacking white progressives as racially insensitive and even as as racist is not conducive to kumbaya.
But honest opinions (like the one I am stating) stand a good chance of getting banned on DU.
My point is that if views are being confined to a narrow spectrum of "supportiveness," , then bashing and insulting Bernie's campaign, his supporters and the larger efforts to advanceprogressives issues should not be allowed either.
Sauce for the goose and all that.