2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What Bernie said in June of this year about Black Lives Matter. Did the hecklers know? [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)When you talk about them like that it offends us personally. Do you want to be sorounded by a sea of white faces, or do you want to grow his base of support? Trashing black lives matter and calling them names hurts you with black voters. After the way the activists were trashed here so thoroughly yesterday, I pulled my support from Bernie. I do not feel comfortable supporting the same candidate as people who lack empathy to this degree. (That and him cancelling)
It happens all the time here; white progressives find black people who upset them and write thread after thread trashing them with glee. It looks terrible. If they piss y'all off enough, then they are ingrates of a sort. I'm telling you this because you seem like it might actually help you see what's going on, many of these folks are lost causes.
This is what I felt like in GD yesterday. Like Sofia: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-AFGJu44JthY42/the_color_purple_1985_mrs_millie_is_hysterical/
Click on the link and watch. You guys sound like Miss Millie. If I were sounding like here, I"d want somebody to stop me. You guys have to check each other. Don't be a group of white folks sitting around screaming invectives at black activists. It looks terrible.