Telling: An article critical of Bernie for abandoning women’s reproductive rights being swarmed by his defenders who, what else, pivot to bitching about a woman who hasn’t been a major political player since November 9th, 2016.

Then you’re lucky enough to live in a state where you had access to an abortion. That’s not the case in Nebraska. Heath Mello’s already written and supported legislation has made it very difficult for women there to obtain an abortion. I’m not about to support making it more difficult for any woman no matter how easy…

Mello has stated his opposition to abortion is personal only

Isn’t it amazing how the Bros behave just like Trumpets in that the second you criticize their boy they pivot to “YEAH WELL CLINTON!” when she’s sitting at home and the other two are in office.

So, pray tell, why does Sanders get to be the straight white dude who decides which civil rights women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community have to abandon in order to achieve economic stability?

I actually agree with you and Thrumbrillo in principle. Sometimes we will have to make compromises. My issue is that it’s always the same people who are asked to make the compromises. We always tell the marginalized people to suck it up and that Congressman Joe Blow is good enough. We don’t demand Joe Blow to change…

Did he turn around and say “fuck this, let’s revolt against Hillary in the general”?

And the fact that you think reproductive justice is a pebble is why you’re getting these comments. We get it, you don’t think it’s a big deal. A lot of us do. We know that women can NEVER have economic equality without full reproductive rights. So Bernie’s little revolution is meaningless to us with this thrown under…

So what you’re saying is we should vote for the less progressive Democrat to stop the awful Republican?

None of those issues are small potatoes (although I doubt many women vote based on a candidates support of female representation in STEM fields, we can fight for that on our own). But for the rest, yeah, we do need to insist that every Democratic candidate we support will fight for these basic liberal values. That’s…

It hasn’t worked out because we’ve got “progressives” like Bernie who came storming in to the 2016 primary wanting to bitch about Wall Street speeches and superdelegates while the other party was building an entire platform dedicated to eliminating the rights of anyone who wasn’t a straight white Evangelical male.

And given Bernie primarily (but not always) works from a school of progressivism that traces all inequality back to economic issues and can get futzy on the social issues...

Bernie Sanders spent the Democratic primary railing against Clinton as someone who wasn’t progressive enough (how many times did I have to hear him bitch about the importance of $15 min wage vs. $12?), sold Jon Orsoff down the river as someone who wasn’t a true “progressive”, but now suddenly he and his base are…

“and here’s the point: for you, it’s bodily autonomy.

I don’t really care about Mello. Although Sanders not endorsing Orsoff was some bullshit and displayed his hypocrisy for those who wanted to see it. The reason I was okay with voting for anyone who was on the Dem primary last year was because I know no candidate is perfect. My concern is Sanders and his inability to…

So you’re saying that women should vote for a person who supports and writes legislation that’s openly hostile towards them instead of voting for another person who’s... openly hostile towards them...?

He’s all for purity when it comes to economic issues because he thinks we can get the blue collar voters back by focusing on that. Social and reproductive rights should take a back seat so dems can control everything. It’s white male privilege.

True but I’m talking the same people who were saying it mere weeks ago, not just during the election...I mean better late than never, but still, it felt sudden from some people...agan if it’s a full turning point on purity tests instead of just trying to declare the social issues unimportant compared to economic ones…

“Economic security is interconnected with reproductive justice because it takes economic, social and political resources for women and other people to make healthy decisions about their own bodies—decisions like seeking a provider for an abortion and related care. This is where Sanders’ support of Mello is perhaps…

My big issue with the Mello thing is how it relates to Orsoff and what that says about the biggest problem with progressive purity tests: who designs the test? Because whoever does the designing is going to be biased, no matter what.