2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Stop Bernie-Splaining to Black Voters [View all]artislife
(9,497 posts)I also have to note that h supporters are given a free pass when mentioning anything race.
I am a Latina, Bernie supporter.
I am *saddened that I haven't seen any OPs directed at me and my people from either side in why I/We should vote for them.
I also want to point out that both sides of the aisle are forgetting that the group of minority that they are using to make a political point for their candidate is actually made up of individuals who have real lives, real fears, real emotions, real experiences and for the most part don't like being formed together into a brick that is used to break the windows of the other candidate's support.
That said, think about how you are posting your OP or reply and change the noun of the group you are targeting and replace it with a noun that you identify with. Then read it out loud and ask yourself if it sounds like it is talking down to you, trying to school you with "education" or admonish your behavior.
If you want to highlight say, receiving money from private prison companies...say something like "My candidate doesn't take money from private prison companies. I like this because it is a business that makes money incarcerating individuals and that leads them to want to make higher and higher profits each year. Thus they support laws and actions that would support their business plan. I don't like this for many reasons and one of them is that most people targeted are poorer and minorities. This is not the fair and wonderful country that I want to live in."
See. There is no admonishment, no "educating the audience out of their stupidity or apathy" and you highlight your views, your candidate's views and the points that are important to you to chose the candidate.
*you know I do not really mean this particular word.