2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Third Way Progressives, Screwing the Plebs [View all]jfern
(5,204 posts)I mean are they harassing you because you're black or not supporting Bernie or what? There are people attacking Bernie supporters A LOT, so just being attacked is nothing special in a primary. I know there was that letter you received, but that was only 1 person. Also another thing is that a lot of Bernie supporters are young and passionate so might get carried away a little more easily than an older and dispassionate supporter.
If tons of Bernie supporters were harassing every black person they met, there's no way he'd have even 15% support. And while I'm sure he's got some bad apples in his supporters, Bernie is not running a racist campaign. Random supporters are not part of his campaign and have nothing to do with how his administration would be. I'm sure there are a fair amount of blacks supporting Bernie because of his racial justice platform. Anyways, most whites don't support Bernie either, so it's not like his problems with support are limited to race.