2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Insisting That Racism Be Addressed In It's Own Terms Is Not "Weaponizing" It. [View all]beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)This has been addressed repeatedly in this forum and anyone who claims that Bernie hasn't paid attention to social justice in 50 years is either completely ignorant or blatantly dishonest.
She purposely misrepresented both the original op and Bernie Sanders' position.
But it's part of a pattern by certain supporters of another candidate who care more about swift boating Bernie than the causes they claim to support - whether it's gender, racial or economic justice. They are guilty of weaponizing social justice because they know that he has the best record when it comes to civil rights. They also want everyone to forget the Clintons' 2008 southern strategy.
The fact is that the original op was specifically calling out that hypocrisy and it didn't sit well with those supporters.
I do remember when that article was posted here and how it was used as "proof" that Bernie has a problem with poc.
Anything that doesn't fit the narrative is either dismissed, ignored or spun and incorporated into the meme.
I'm glad people can see through it and are speaking up because they're obviously not done beating a dead horse.
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