AGREED. See? I AM a really fun person to argue with!
Huh, loud, white, straight, cis dudes are the only ones who get heard? So weird.
As a woman of color and staunch feminist who supports Sanders, where do I fit in? Every time I read an article about Sanders, I do not see myself in the descriptions of his supporters. I have never been sexist, racist or hateful to a commenter who supports Clinton. If Clinton wins the nomination, I will cast my vote…
Yup. Clinton was asked a question about white privilege not long ago and her response was really disappointing, especially for someone who keeps bringing up systemic racism lately:
Sanders’ response to reparations was the same as Obama’s in 2008. Clinton is also against reparations but Ta-Nehisi Coates didn’t take her to task on it because he can’t be bothered with her, as if she were already beyond hope. He took Sanders to task because he believes he can do better.
Ugh. It’s actually on Twitter that I got bye felicia’d. I’m not looking. I like Bernie, if he doesn't get nominated I'll hold my nose and vote for her. And probably stay off social media so I don't throw up.
She wasn’t just in support of DOMA years ago, she was explicitly in support of it months ago. She said so on Rachel Maddow’s show of all fucking places in October.
I would say that Clinton has consistently shown interest in a lot of communities that aren’t rich and white. For example, she has for decades been reaching out to communities of color to work with them, understand their needs, concerns, etc., and is sure to surround herself with people who truly care. Sanders,…
Exactly this. The “let’s be realistic” crowd are the same ones that took a public option off the table re: the ACA before negotiations even started, and then we ended up with RomneyCare.
“But Bernie, bro, a lot of your followers are explicitly saying just that”
I think BernieBros are the sentient fedoras we all know that love to be unique and so damn special on the internet. Why can’t you see that they are nicer and so much smarter than anyone else? They would treat you like a queen if you only agreed and saw them for the amazing people they are.
This whole conversation is so distracting from what these two people actually want to do should they get into the white house, yet, I still find myself getting sucked into it! Frustrated.
Someone needs to sit me down and explain it to me, too. I don’t get it. I don’t think Killer Mike said anything wrong. I don’t think Bernie said anything wrong. And like, yeah he’s an old white man, and we’ve had a lot of old white men. Hillary would be different, because she’s an old white woman. Technically Bernie…
There are nasty, horrible supporters on both sides, and caring reasonable ones, too. I hope you end up supporting Hillary because you like her, but not because of some bad apples like that guy. Of course, it’s your vote, and you can do what you want with it, but you have to admit that’s not a good rrason to vote for…
“No one reputable chastised them for it.”
Oh god let’s not and say we did?
This makes me think that you definitely aren’t old enough to have actually been reading comics in the 90's. It was so, so, so much worse than today. Not even comparable.