2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What Black Lives Matter Gets Wrong About Bernie Sanders - Reuters [View all]zeemike
(18,998 posts)I trust that they will be honest with me as I am honest with them...and have had many honest conversations.
I don't have the expectations that they really hate me and think I am a racist but are just trying to spare my feelings...that is nonsense in honest relationships.
And what you are suggesting, that I shut up and not express MY feelings is not an honest relationship. I am not ashamed of my feelings because I have done nothing to be ashamed of. I support them in the real world not pander to them on the internet out of fear that if I don't they will call me a racist...Do you not understand what an honest relationship is about?
Dishonest relationships are toxic. The best example of it is something that was said to happen at a speech that Ralph Abernathy was giving...two white men came up to him after the speech and shook his hand and praised him for a wonderful speach...as they were leaving one said to the other "He's a good old N####, we will gas him last".
I don't judge people by what they say, I judge them by what they do, because words can be deceiving and so often are. And I trust black people as well as white to do the same, and I think they do. Most people are honest and most of them appreciate it in others.