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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)"Bernie Sanders anti-political correctness rant proves the left is learning the wrong lessons" [View all]
Last edited Sat Dec 17, 2016, 03:25 PM - Edit history (1)
http://qz.com/865263/bernie-sanders-and-political-correctness-democrats-are-learning-all-the-wrong-lessons-from-donald-trump-election-win/At a town hall in Wisconsin this week with MSNBCs Chris Hayes, Bernie Sanders made a powerful case for why the American dream has been eroded by a wealthy corporate assault on the middle class. In a forum that included both conservative and independent voters, Sanders deftly and empathetically answered concerns about raising the minimum wage and free college tuition. He reminded me, again, why I voted for him.
Unfortunately, he also reminded me why many others didnt. Early in the evening, Chris Hayes asked Sanders why he thought Donald Trump had been so successful. Sanders responded with a rather confusing endorsement of Trumps attack on political correctness. I think he said he will not be politically correct, Sanders explained. I think he said some outrageous and painful things, but I think people are tired of the same old politically correct rhetoric, and they believe that he was speaking from his heart and willing to take on everybody.
Sanders then, and also bizarrely, defined political correctness as a phrase describing political double-speak. It means you have a set of talking points which have been poll-tested and focus-group-tested and thats what you say rather than whats really going on. And often, what you are not allowed to say are things which offend very powerful people.
Apparently he also linked political correctness to talking about trade policy.
Political correctness is mainly about not being a bigot in public.
I saw some where else say that as a Marxist, Sanders really doesn't really like to talk about race (he prefers to talk about class), and he doesn't realize how racist so many people are. I don't know how true that is, but it's an interesting thought.
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"Bernie Sanders anti-political correctness rant proves the left is learning the wrong lessons" [View all]
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
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None of the definitions have to do with not offending "powerful people" -in fact that's pretty much
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#5
yes, I thought he's made a number of weird comments post-election, like this one
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#9
He's made the weirdest gaffes around racial issues .... Mike brown should have been going to college
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#10
yes, I didn't really see his weakness on racial issues before but it seems more obvious now
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#12
Well it was similar w women's issues - not one word on his site or while stumping and when I brought
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#13
+1, strange gaffes, indeed, like when he said his campaign was moving up North
R B Garr
Dec 2016
#14
Quote for those feigning confusion and phony outrage about merely observing Sanders,
R B Garr
Dec 2016
#7
Your last sentence is why he turned me off. Oddly, when I told my husband it was his single focus...
Hekate
Dec 2016
#16
Thanks. I'm not sure what would fix our cultural fixation on race and sex but I don't think it will
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#18