2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: SLANDER is the word civil rights photographer is using for those that question Bernie's involvement [View all]Loki
(3,825 posts)at the very heart of Selma and Montgomery and Birmingham, beaten and brutalized by it, didn't happen to see a young man sitting in Chicago for a demonstration? Lets put this in perspective shall we. Are you all incapable of doing that? Yes, he was involved, but never to the extent that the great man John Lewis was and many others who went to jail, were beaten and brutalized for their involvement. Seems Mr. Sanders got irritated at someone who didn't follow through with a promise at CORE and left with his football. Not very committed for the long haul and many disappointments along the way. Was he jailed, like Lewis, King, died like Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner, Viola Luizzo? So many went to the darkness where they knew that their lives could be in danger, but it was where the most work needed to be done, and many didn't come back. I'm glad that he participated in Chicago, but you can't compare what he did with what the others sacrificed, especially Mr. John Lewis.