2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Black Lives Matter! Period. Therefore I Have Altered my Primary Intentions. [View all]n8dogg83
(248 posts)and I hope that down the road, you might change your mind about supporting Bernie. I think the BlackLivesMatter disruption has cause a lot of strong emotions in everyone and I would imagine some people have said things they now regret (some maybe not). I feel that the grassroots nature of Bernie's campaign lends itself to the likelihood that some elements of his supporters may say or believe things that don't necessarily reflect the majority of his supporters, similar to how the 'horizontal' structure of the Black Lives Matter movement has disparate elements that I think do not reflect well on the overall movement (see how that works?). I have always looked at Bernie Sanders (and Hillary) as the example of who I support, not their supporters.