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BainsBane

(53,001 posts)
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 01:02 PM Jul 2015

#BernieSoBlack creator explains why he's so frustrated with Sanders's supporters

Sort of. The thing about the Bernie Sanders fans is while they're very obtuse and they don't listen, they are more polite than the people who just call you the n-word or a racial slur or something. It's more like that passive-aggressive "We're on the same side, man!" where clearly they don't want you to talk about anything that their candidate can do better, but they do want you to just vote for him.

There's a lot of "You're not saying this stuff to other candidates," but we are. He just kind of had a bad 48 hours or so. I'm not expecting him to drop out of the race; I think he'll be fine. Hopefully, from the tweets I've seen, I think his campaign's listening, and hopefully they're going to regroup and hopefully reform and be more vocal around some of these issues. . . .

Dara Lind:So the Sanders supporters who aren't with the campaign, did you see any receptiveness from them, or was it just a lot of unironic "#BernieSoBlack he marched with MLK," which missed the point completely?

Roderick Morrow:Oh, yeah, there's a ton of that. Honestly, the joke is not even on Bernie Sanders. That's what's so funny — the joke is on the defense of him, which is, if you extrapolate to the furthest extent, he can do no wrong on race. Like, we should not even expect anything of him, he put in his time already, we need to just shut up. . .

And it's kind of scary, too, because on a deeper level, when he talked about Ferguson, he was like, "Well, the real problem is that there's not enough jobs." And while I agree — jobs are definitely a problem, and opportunities are a problem, and you definitely want people to be working — Mike Brown was going to college. He was on his way to school in a couple of days. I don't think that was necessarily the problem in that situation. I hope it's not just him saying, "If these Negroes were working there wouldn't be any problems," because ooh, that's not too far from some really bold negative statements that we've heard about the black race in the past. I don't think that's what's underlying it, I just think he needs to be more vocal and speak with some authority about it because he seems to run from talking about it. I don't think it's that hard to talk about it. Elizabeth Warren knocked the socks off the room, because she was talking about the economy, but she just happened to mention, "Hey, black lives matter, we do need people working, we do need to get people out of jails." She was very vocal about it, but I didn't feel like she was just coming there to kiss butt. I felt like she was just being sincere. . .

I'm more hopeful for the campaign than I am for his defenders. The campaign itself tweeted out a couple things. Obviously they're seeing the trends on social media and they're obviously seeing they need to do better.


http://www.vox.com/2015/7/20/9005855/black-twitter-bernie-sanders
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#BernieSoBlack creator explains why he's so frustrated with Sanders's supporters (Original Post) BainsBane Jul 2015 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #1
Has this story been posted already? BainsBane Jul 2015 #3
I don't know. Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #4
Twice Capt. Obvious Jul 2015 #8
Ah, okay BainsBane Jul 2015 #10
LOL delete button not working? LOL. nt Snotcicles Jul 2015 #19
LOL trash thread button not working? LOL nt Bobbie Jo Jul 2015 #20
LOL working, so is the ignore button LOL. nt Snotcicles Jul 2015 #21
Perfect. Bobbie Jo Jul 2015 #22
I haven't seen it. zappaman Jul 2015 #5
I'm just gonna delete my original comment. Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #7
How nice of you. zappaman Jul 2015 #9
Damn Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #11
from yesterday ibegurpard Jul 2015 #6
K&R nt stevenleser Jul 2015 #2
Sounds like failure to communicate Fearless Jul 2015 #12
I've seen what he describes BainsBane Jul 2015 #14
Which part? Fearless Jul 2015 #16
for starters the continual refrain about his marching in the Civil Rights movement BainsBane Jul 2015 #18
It's an easy to understand, concrete event showing he supports black people Fearless Jul 2015 #23
Did you read the article? BainsBane Jul 2015 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Jul 2015 #27
Condensation has condensed on the Twitterverse seveneyes Jul 2015 #13
Before everything went south artislife Jul 2015 #15
The guy who started it is a comedian BainsBane Jul 2015 #17
marketing and self promotion, seeking his 15 minutes of fame nt msongs Jul 2015 #24
Kick & highly recommended! William769 Jul 2015 #25
There were some good ones. Although I have a hard with the twitter format. Thanks for posting. n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #28

Response to BainsBane (Original post)

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
4. I don't know.
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 01:08 PM
Jul 2015


Maybe it just seems like that to me since I've seen it many times and places, but also on the other sites not just DU.



 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
7. I'm just gonna delete my original comment.
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 01:18 PM
Jul 2015

I'm not the posting police. People post whatever they want.


 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
11. Damn
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 01:33 PM
Jul 2015

This is what I said:

I'm not the posting police. People post whatever they want.


And this is how you quoted me:

Thanks for letting us know "people can post what they want".


Fearless

(18,421 posts)
12. Sounds like failure to communicate
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 01:35 PM
Jul 2015

Neither side is doing to the other what they claim they are and right wrong trolls are eating it up.

BainsBane

(53,001 posts)
18. for starters the continual refrain about his marching in the Civil Rights movement
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 02:22 PM
Jul 2015

that is the core of what the hash tag is responding to, according to its creator.

Fearless

(18,421 posts)
23. It's an easy to understand, concrete event showing he supports black people
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 02:54 PM
Jul 2015

There are of course others, but the general public likes easy news and legislative measures are boring.

BainsBane

(53,001 posts)
26. Did you read the article?
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 03:19 PM
Jul 2015

Clearly it is not enough for the "general public." This isn't 1962. It's 2015. People want to know what he would do about the current problems facing the AA community if he were elected president. If those marches had solved everything, there would be no need for Black Lives Matters.

Response to Fearless (Reply #23)

 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
15. Before everything went south
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 01:50 PM
Jul 2015

#berniesoblack..was easily one of the funniest things I read. I wish we could have all had a good laugh at ourselves and think of it as a roast. You know like on Comely Central. But there was comic gold in most of the tweets.

Le sigh

BainsBane

(53,001 posts)
17. The guy who started it is a comedian
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 02:21 PM
Jul 2015

and yeah, I definitely agree it's good to be able to laugh at oneself.

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