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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Sanders could not, and will not be able to, get racist White Americans to stop voting against [View all]
their best economic interests. They will wholly reject his agenda for the very simple reason that Black and Latino people would get the same benefit. American racism is the true opposition to a progressive agenda.
Until Bernie, Thom Hartmann, Lawrence Frank, Michael Moore, etc. can get the White working class to get over their racism, then there will be little to no progress in America.
Finally, NO, Barack Obama's two victories DOES NOT disprove my point. Obama lost the White vote by 20 points to Mitt Romney in 2012. He made up for it by turnout. Please do not use Obama's elections as some sort of proof that Whites don't vote out of racial bias.
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Bernie Sanders could not, and will not be able to, get racist White Americans to stop voting against [View all]
Yavin4
Dec 2016
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when we tell the story of the great democrat FDR, we conveniently leave out
La Lioness Priyanka
Dec 2016
#1
That isn't what Sanders, or most of us want at all. MLK understood that people could change. If he
JCanete
Dec 2016
#6
Sanders is not MLK and the comparison is insensitive at best and appropriation assuredly
bravenak
Dec 2016
#7
Well, actually, he rode the chartered bus from Chicago, then marched there from the parking lot ...
EffieBlack
Dec 2016
#12
what the fuck. That is not what I did, and it is really lame for you to try to say I did that,
JCanete
Dec 2016
#14
It's lame to jump straight to MLK when he was never the subject then accuse me of going
bravenak
Dec 2016
#17
Just so you know, I use MLK because I admire him and personally think of him as a hero. Exactly
JCanete
Dec 2016
#22
Sadly, so did Malcolm X. But your point is taken, and I hate to be trite. I really don't think
JCanete
Dec 2016
#24
I saw leople pointing out that he was indeed involved in supporting civilrights, i did not see anyon
dionysus
Dec 2016
#31
Racists will still vote GOP, but Bernie would do a lot better than 3rd way identity politics
jfern
Dec 2016
#4
Nope, but what needs to go is the idea that Bernie's supporters are all racist and sexist white male
jfern
Dec 2016
#35
strawmen, as no one made any absolute statements about all Bernie supporters being racists, nor
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#36
there is no such as "3rd way identity politics" as I thoroughly explained above
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#39
gaslighting progressives??? YOU are the one tossing minorities like myself under the bus
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#41
I have not attacked progressives ever, I have simply said that doing away with identity politics is
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#44
weak sauce, a hyper-technical analysis of the tax plan that would have been deluged by the RW hit
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#48
The Cold War ended 25 years ago, red-baiting isn't going to work the way it would have
jfern
Dec 2016
#50
Poster is doing a fine job right here of pointing out the ugly of his own base. Shameful indeed
lunasun
Dec 2016
#53
MANY white working class folks voted for Obama. This is just true. And Bernie is not trying to
RBInMaine
Dec 2016
#5
What people always seem to gloss over is every single white person and every other
boston bean
Dec 2016
#38
no shit!! so so so sick of people using blatant misrepresentation , projection and ad hominem
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#49
So the MANY white voters who voted for Obama and switched to Trump are ALL racists?
RBInMaine
Dec 2016
#11
Looks like not everyone agrees with your assessment of the white working class.
jalan48
Dec 2016
#15
Racism is a real, yet still one of several, reasons why people voted for snifler.
dionysus
Dec 2016
#29