Breaking Bernie: 21st Century Rat-Fucking

[sabrina 1]

18. I double posted that comment, sorry about that. I totally understand the lack of faith

in a political solution period. And to be honest, I don't think politics WILL solve or ever does solve, huge issues like this. Politicians from both parties, not just Repubs who have zero interest in the issue other than to scapegoat, see the Welfare Reform bill eg, AAs, but what have Dems done either? As I pointed out, the Clintons supported some of the worst legislation wrt to minorities.

Gays eg, had to drag the politicians along after they scored victories and changed minds themselves. Politicians seem to follow rather than lead on this issues.

So I totally agree with movements like Black Lives Matter, OWS and Act UP because Politicians are not engaged in anything they are not pushed to engage in.

UNLESS voters get smarter about WHO they vote for. Eg, if we had a few hundred Bernies in Congress, the Right Wing Welfare Reform Bill would never have passed.

Neither would legislation that put more AAs in jail than any other group of Americans and deprived children of their parents, destroying families etc. Instead of empowering minorities by spending money on education and providing jobs etc, over the past few decades all Politicians have done is to make matters even worse.

I am a huge supporter of Social Movements, such as Black Lives Matter because without them, there is going to no changing the corrupt, rigged system politicians are on board with for the most part.

And the bigger the movement the better. Which is why these kinds of tactics worry me, they can turn a lot of people away from what is needed most.

And that is a growing Social Justice Movement that becomes so powerful, including as many Americans as possible, that politicians as they usually do, will have to respond not with rhetoric and symbolism, but with real CHANGE, using that same system to make it work for the people.

The passage of the Civil Rights Bill happened only after the people forced it to happen. Politicians didn't lead the way, they followed the people, and yes, you do need politicians in power who are willing to listen, or who, like Bernie have a passionate interest in ensuring Civil Rights for all Americans, especially those who are the most oppressed.

I could see Bernie being the LBJ of this Civil Rights era, working with the movement, and eventually ending some of the policies, Private Prisons eg, that contribute to that oppression.

It's time, way past time. And if these protests were to help towards doing that, I would be all for them. But was that the goal, and that is a question that won't go away, so imo, it's best to just keep moving forward with those we know are sincere and help this movement to grow and help Bernie win because we know he will keep his word, not so sure about anyone else.