2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Silence from Sanders as Planned Parenthood comes under attack. [View all]BainsBane
(53,112 posts)Go tell that to the people who post the 20,000 anti-Clinton posts all the time, some which are completely made up. We had to hear about a single word made years ago. Countless threads on that, and it's not cheap political gain. Oh, no. of course not. Insisting it's okay to call women "c...ts" and "whores." because some find it convenient to invoke misogyny against a Democratic candidate isn't cheap political gain. Oh, no. My daring to express concern that he fails to stand up for women's rights in at least two public occasions, that is cheap political gain.
We've had thread after thread about how the First Lady at the time was responsible for changes in criminal sentencing, all while completely ignoring the fact that Sanders voted for those crime bills. Talk about cheap political gain. They promote him by criticizing policies he VOTED for. Most of the threads in this forum are dedicated to cheap political gain against actual Democrats--a Democratic President, Democratic politicians, and Democratic candidates. All to promote an independent who wants to take advantage of the resources and organization of a party he has seen as too beneath him to even join for some thirty years.
Cheap political gain: calling women who care about reproductive rights "insecure." Our rights are under attack. Feigning security against that would take sheer delusion. Why should women need "hand holding"? Expecting a candidate to place our rights front and center makes us "weak." Black Lives Matters are "corporate plants," a Koch conspiracy,
Spare me your selective poutrage. His supporters here and on Twitter tell me what I need to know. People don't get to systematically insult members who don't despise Clinton or didn't immediately commit to Sanders as "Third Way" and "neoliberals." They even insult other Sanders supporters that way if they see any inkling that someone might have even the slightest criticism or concern. They have insisted black lives matters activists are corporate plants, "thugs," and "booshie" and called black members "race naggers." After months of that, you want me to go attend one of his speeches so I can hear him mention reproductive rights? Too damn late for that. That ship has sailed. People have made clear they want an exclusive group of people exactly like them in every way. People don't get to systematically insult and exclude and then say, oh really we want you to support our guy, go watch a video. Too damn late. People have systematically cultivated enmity among the Democratic base on behalf of their candidate, and now they can reap the consequences of that. Bridges have been burned and are laying in embers, which is why they are working to enable Republicans to vote in Democratic primaries across the country, as was just decided in Oklahoma. Y'all threw away my vote some time ago. You don't get to ask for it back.