I get it. White liberals like Bernie Sanders because his message is unscripted and less calculated than Hillary Clinton's. But hold on, and Check Your Privilege. Bernie Sanders rallies are whiter than Donald Trump rallies. Think that's a coincidence? It's not. Bernie Sanders is out of tune with the demands of People of Color, Feminists and LGBTs, and in being so, he is out of touch with the FUTURE of the democratic party.
Yes, I know he was part of the Civil Rights movement fifty years ago, but frankly, that was a long time ago, and Black Lives Matter is NOT your mama's civil rights movement. Black Lives Matter has a real problem with Bernie Sanders, and the reason is that Bernie just doesn't get it. It's not just about equal protection under the law anymore, Bernie. We want more than that. It's about Institutional Racism, and people of color need preferential treatment to overcome that. We need higher quotas. We need Hate Speech Laws. We need laws that fire police departments if Black Men are disproportionately arrested.
Your economic plans are great, but we want SOCIAL justice. Black unemployment at 30%? Honestly, that doesn't matter. What matters is passing more laws to get White People and White Supremacy. You got that, Bernie Sanders?
And then ugh, the Feminist issue.
A few months ago Bernie Sanders was interviewed by a Feminist blogger. The Feminist blogger rightly pointed out that Hillary Clinton's hair gets more scrutiny than Bernie Sanders' hair, because Hillary is a woman. This is a SERIOUS issue in the election because it shows just how deep misogyny runs in this election. One would suspect that if Bernie were a real 'progressive,' he would get this.
But he didn't. Like a typical misogynist he brushed off the question and belittled it. Told the reporter to talk about 'serious' things. Well excuse me, Senator Sanders, but patriarchy is a serious issue to THE OTHER HALF OF HUMANITY! Hello?! And yeah, I know Sanders came back and gave a better answer, but that was only after he'd been schooled on why it mattered to us Feminists. I don't want my presidential candidate to have to be told why Patriarchy is a problem. If he doesn't GET IT, then he's just another misogynist.
Listen, Bernie Sanders is a has-been. He did great things fifty years ago, but now it's time for him to take a rest. We'll take it from here.
And to all you Liberal voters. I have one thing to say: Check your privilege.
Do you want to win this election? Or do you want Donald Trump to be our next president?
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