As a hardcore supporter of Bernie, I am disappointed they treated him like that. However, they're clearly right about the citizens and race relations of Seattle. All the stupid comments hurled from the crowd prove how bad those people needed to hear them out. Pretending to be insulted that you're called racist? please.
Whether or not you agree with what they did, everyone could have at least honored that moment of silence but of course they didn't because these girls are right... white progressives aren't "progressive" at all.
I will say though that while I believe Bernie genuinely cares about BLM and has ideas to tackle racism, he needs to address them more directly. If he doesn't, he's not going to convince these protestors that he actually cares.
This discussion puts things into perspective perfectly:
Your attention isn't valuable, love. Don't know who told you otherwise.
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Originally posted by Bey_Rihstan
Anyway, they were messy. I see the same members in here finally got something they've been desperately gripping for when they discovered these women being messy.
Lol let them. When you have to try to grab onto something like this for dear life, you must already know you lost.
Well, this has got to be a dream for Hillary. This can only happen so many times before Bernie becomes associated with being protested by BLM = being racist just kinda sticks. Anecdotal, but I went to school with two far left BLM girls irl who expressed being "unsure" about him recently, whereas under any other circumstances they'd be all over a candidate like him. his campaign was an uphillbattle to begin with, so without the black vote/with a portion of them opposed to him, hes pretty much finished
One really has to wonder why they are targeting him. I suspect it's simply because they know he won't do anything, whereas doing this at a Trump rally would have these two girls literally spending their weekend in jail. On the other hand, this is exactly why I had a problem with the first BLM protest a few weeks ago. I knew it would just become associated with him, and more people who didn't do their homework would figure they should protest him of all people, for whatever reason. Or they're supporters of [insert whoever] who know they could smear his campaign by this association with being protested by them... idk, whatever,
They acted as if he was. When he's someone who actually and sincerely supports it. It just wasn't the right moment to act like that.
No sis, they just wanted to speak. Sometimes you have to be assertive when you want attention, they were there to send a message and that's what they did.
Uh...? They were throwing their hands all over the place while screaming and rudely getting in people's faces and shouting OVER them. They put a hideous face on the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and looked very much like the ratchet, disgraceful bitches you'd see on "Bad Girls Club" or other trash tv. "Hoodrats" isn't a term that immediately comes to mind for me, but it has the same connotation as what I described.
No sis, they just wanted to speak. Sometimes you have to be assertive when you want attention, they were there to send a message and that's what they did.
THEY were there to send a message? More like they were there to **** **** up! And this is exactly why blacks get called thugs, ghetto, etc. These two hoodlums gives the rest of the movement a bad name. No one in their right mind can actually endorse what they did. Damn shameful becauce as everyone else said, Bernie is not the one to go after.
THEY were there to send a message? More like they were there to **** **** up! And this is exactly why blacks get called thugs, ghetto, etc. These two hoodlums gives the rest of the movement a bad name. No one in their right mind can actually endorse what they did. Damn shameful becauce as everyone else said, Bernie is not the one to go after.
As a hardcore supporter of Bernie, I am disappointed they treated him like that. However, they're clearly right about the citizens and race relations of Seattle. All the stupid comments hurled from the crowd prove how bad those people needed to hear them out. Pretending to be insulted that you're called racist? please.
Whether or not you agree with what they did, everyone could have at least honored that moment of silence but of course they didn't because these girls are right... white progressives aren't "progressive" at all.
I will say though that while I believe Bernie genuinely cares about BLM and has ideas to tackle racism, he needs to address them more directly. If he doesn't, he's not going to convince these protestors that he actually cares.
At this point, they'll just say whatever he has to say is pandering to get them off his back. **** them. They're rude.
They showed up at a rally that was not about them and made it about them. According to an article, this was organized by Bernie's supporters. So they wasted these people's time who were there for Bernie to support Bernie. It's like having a barbecue and inviting the neighborhood but then that one person that didn't bring **** wants everybody to be quiet while he blasts his mixtape. Girl, bye. Don't demand people to be quiet for you at an event you had NO hand in preparing. And stop ****ing yelling.
THEY were there to send a message? More like they were there to **** **** up! And this is exactly why blacks get called thugs, ghetto, etc. These two hoodlums gives the rest of the movement a bad name. No one in their right mind can actually endorse what they did. Damn shameful becauce as everyone else said, Bernie is not the one to go after.
Mods take out the trash please. Racist members shouldn't be allowed here. Permaban it
THEY were there to send a message? More like they were there to **** **** up! And this is exactly why blacks get called thugs, ghetto, etc. These two hoodlums gives the rest of the movement a bad name. No one in their right mind can actually endorse what they did. Damn shameful becauce as everyone else said, Bernie is not the one to go after.
THEY were there to send a message? More like they were there to **** **** up! And this is exactly why blacks get called thugs, ghetto, etc. These two hoodlums gives the rest of the movement a bad name. No one in their right mind can actually endorse what they did. Damn shameful becauce as everyone else said, Bernie is not the one to go after.
At this point, they'll just say whatever he has to say is pandering to get them off his back. **** them. They're rude.
They showed up at a rally that was not about them and made it about them. According to an article, this was organized by Bernie's supporters. So they wasted these people's time who were there for Bernie to support Bernie. It's like having a barbecue and inviting the neighborhood but then that one person that didn't bring **** wants everybody to be quiet while he blasts his mixtape. Girl, bye. Don't demand people to be quiet for you at an event you had NO hand in preparing. And stop ****ing yelling.
not necessarily. it would be different if it was Hillary because everyone knows damn well Hillary doesn't give af about BLM.
But Bernie has a consistent record against racism so it's not like he's changing his mind all of a sudden for votes... he's just being more direct about it. Actually, he's mentioned BLM and racism several times in speeches and interviews before and after his campaign announcement. It's not his fault that the media doesn't pick up on his entire platform. Then again, most of it was related to income inequality which I think he's doing strategically. He probably thought it was a smart way to get both white progressive votes and black votes but I believe that ship has sailed. Black voters and allies are done with the empty promises and beating around the bush. That strategy could have worked in 08 but its very different now.
No sis, they just wanted to speak. Sometimes you have to be assertive when you want attention, they were there to send a message and that's what they did.
At this point, they'll just say whatever he has to say is pandering to get them off his back. **** them. They're rude.
They showed up at a rally that was not about them and made it about them. According to an article, this was organized by Bernie's supporters. So they wasted these people's time who were there for Bernie to support Bernie. It's like having a barbecue and inviting the neighborhood but then that one person that didn't bring **** wants everybody to be quiet while he blasts his mixtape. Girl, bye. Don't demand people to be quiet for you at an event you had NO hand in preparing. And stop ****ing yelling.
I'm just glad you realize that using this as an excuse to generalize all black people and discredit BLM is unfair criticism and could be construed as racist also.