2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dear white progressives: Stop telling black people how to vote [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)I interact respectfully with individuals who embody mutual respect.
I think those of us on the working class end of the economic spectrum have an equally strong claim to make demands on the terms of our interactions.
If your net worth is more than $500,000 and/or your income is more than $100k, you don't get to express an opinion on the ways in which inequality hurts people.
The problem with identity politics is we can't be easily identified by our class, and most people are coy about it at any rate.
I'm voting Sanders because I think the assault on the working classes conducted by corporations, the DLC and RNC should end, and since blacks (and native americans) are more likely to be working class, suggests to me a strong alignment of interests.
If you're going to vote for bankers because they said "all lives matter", or in fact said nothing at all, being conveniently out of town during the netroots shitstorm, then you're gonna do what you're gonna do.
I'm entitled to think it's stupid.