I consider myself an ally of those within the black liberation movement, but not the self-described ‘agitators’ that protested a non-political Seattle Medicaid rally.
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She and others within her faction believe that both the Republicans and Democrats are corrupt, the government should be overthrown, capitalism ended, and the police abolished.
He’s not conservative; it seems he was just taking a paycheck, whether you feel that’s understandable or not.
Most black Americans and other minorities I know of support Sanders over BLM because they are unaware of their overall cause. They already supported Sanders, but then the protests happened and they didn’t know how to interpret it.
BLM is electorally irrelevent. They do not represent the needs or desires of the black community, which is vast. Many are far more concerned about economic than police brutality.
Her parents are Tea Partiers, so of course she supported Palin as a teen. It wasn’t until college that she became more liberal. That happens to a lot of people.
She was a Palin supporter as a child, but became more liberal after entering college. I think that’s acceptable and perfectly understandable.
The two Seattle protesters are official members of BLM and now run the official Seattle chapter; the 16-year-old was a volunteer that was blacklisted by the leadership, and replaced.
What happened is that, following the NetRoots protest, Sanders attempted to meet with BLM, but they were “not ready” and declined; they then allowed a second protest in Seattle at a non-political Medicaid rally for the sick and elderly.
The first protest at NetRoots was acceptable and understandable, but the second in Seattle was at a Medicaid rally where the sick and elderly were literally holding signs saying ‘Senior Lives Matter’ and ‘Black Senior Lives Matter.’
BLM certainly expanded the discussion about Sanders, but most Americans aren’t even aware of the movement and still aren’t.
Unfortunately, McKesson has done a lot of work in school privatization, which is the furthest thing any teacher should want.
This is, the way our electoral system is designed Sanders kind of needs to focus on the early primary states, which are overwhelmingly white.
He’s made some headway into the minority vote, but it’s just not necessary unless he can prove he can win either New Hampshire and/or Iowa first.
It’d been up since at least late July, immediately following the speech he made at the SCLC.
The NetRoots protest was fine, since that venue is designed for protest.
People need to realize that BLM, while a valid and worthy movement and cause, has very little electoral clout. They won’t sway enough votes to make a difference.
A smear campaign designed to make a biracial white/black man look white is pretty racist, and dumb to believe.
Nope. Completely official candidate in an official poll.
Clinton voted ‘yes’ on pretty much every military engagement that Sanders voted ‘no’ on.