2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: While I support the overall BLM movement, the group's so-called "representatives" have lost me. [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)By and large and by huge percentages. You can play the one off "But I'm a member of that group and I don't feel that way" game all you want. It doesn't change the reality.
Whether it is women, Latinos, union members, POC or whoever else, groups will give their support when they believe it's earned. And from the numbers it certainly can be said that POC do not feel that Bernie has earned it. You can go through a laundry list of stuff, it won't matter. Some of this is just a visceral feeling.
The irony is, I think Bernie has taken a couple of good steps since net roots, and I have said that here. But it seems that many of his supporters, and I include the OP in that, are determined to hurt his chances by dismissing the opinions of a vast majority of minorities.
Anytime you are saying of a group "Well candidate X should have earned your vote by now"
Which is in effect what the OP and others are saying you are in a bad place and being wrongheaded. No one has to tell women or Latinos or union members or POC etc., when their support has been earned.