2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'll be 70 yrs old in May 2016. [View all]Autumn
(45,064 posts)Hillary and Bernie grew up in lower middle class families I grew up poor. My Grandparents came from Mexico, illegally. My Mom was born here. All of us were aware of the Cold War in the and 50's and 60's. Those of us too young learned of it from our elders. We were aware of the Korean War, Uncles died there, and the Vietnam war colored my life. I wasn't in Vietnam but my Brother died there and 2 months after what was left of him came home I climbed out my bedroom window to go to my first anti war protest . I knew of the revolutions in Cuba and Latin America. I was very aware of the Civil Rights movement. I will remember to my dying day watching the assassinations of John Kennedy and Dr King and Bobby Kennedy. on TV. We were aware of the women's movement and the struggle for gay rights.
My nephew, after his third tour in Iraq and Afghanistan came home, put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. I've always thought that first tour in Iraq killed him. It just took him a while to die.
Having grown up the same country as Bernie I held much the same views all my life that Bernie has all his life.
I support Bernie because he stands for the same values as I do and his values haven't changed all these years.
The picture painted of Bernie and his supporters on this board is a distortion for what ever reason.
Please don't even begin to think that you are more socially aware than anyone else here. Because you don't know the lives and stories of others. Our histories make us what we are. I respect that people will support Hillary, the same should be done for those who support Bernie. Bernie has no more say over his supporters than Clinton has over hers.