2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sybrina Fulton is being viciously attacked on her facebook page. [View all]zazen
(2,978 posts)Thanks for the summary. I was offline until now.
I've tried never to "pile on" even with John Edwards for just that reason.
In her case, her kid was murdered and the murderer exonerated, and she went through the trauma of a lot of no doubt unwanted publicity. I don't want to look at any of the comments, the nasty ones of which I assume are primarily from right-wingers.
I agree that endorsing someone and "putting it out there" typically entails the capacity and willingness to defend that position, but again, for me, I try to not weigh in to disagree with people who've been through that level of trauma. I wouldn't say anything if she were supporting Donald Trump.
If she goes on a huge tour and argues that global corporatism will provide more jobs and lift people out of poverty and that we need to unilaterally topple more middle east dictatorships without an end game, then polite disagreement is okay, but otherwise, I agree with most everyone on this thread who are wondering why anyone would bother to seek the woman out and criticize her decision. Yeesh. Leave her alone.