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In reply to the discussion: BLM: Feeling a Little Uncomfortable? [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)Of the 3 main Democratic candidates, Sanders and O'Malley are the ones who have added much of BLM's issues to their stump speech, and have released specific plans about what they want to do to address them.
So why shout over them and not shout over candidates who have not? Why continue the meme that "they only care about white liberals" when there's plenty of concrete actions demonstrating that this is not true?
"Well, it's the candidate's fault they didn't hear about it". Not when they are shouting down the candidate, or couldn't be bothered to do even the most trivial background research. In Sanders's case, he literally talked about it the day before...and in June...And in 1991 when "tough on crime" was ascendant...and in lots and lots of other situations. In O'Malley's case, he has made a big point of his conversion from his "tough on crime" stance as Baltimore's mayor.
The point of activists like BLM is not to shout. It's to get their issues into the political discussion. Sometimes, that requires shouting. It does not always require shouting. And it does not require shouting at anyone and everyone.
Shout at NN for the lack of any sessions about criminal justice reform and other issues BLM wants to focus on. Because NN completely ignored them it in favor of sessions on Latinos and immigration reform. NN made that decision all by themselves.