Bernie, BLM, NN, HRC, MM and Dems in general

[angrychair]

Wow....we've gone off the beaten path on this one. Everyone STOP, take a deep breath, exhale, count to 10 or whatever it takes to come back to Earth.
I don't care who is right or wrong. I don't care what happened at NN. I dont care what (insert Dem) said about (insert Dem).
I support Bernie and believe he is the best canidate for POTUS. That being said I will HAPPILY and without reservation, select HRC or MM if they are the canidate in the general election. I don't care what your concerns are with Democratic candidate "X" they will always be better than any member of the gOP.
I believe that there are serious issues that BLM bring to the forefront of the debate and I believe they deserve answers to the issues they care about.
I also believe that we, as citizens, have a right to challenge our chosen representatives to answer our concerns and to act in our best interest.
It also must be remembered that a single person, be they POTUS or a Senator or former SoS or Governor cannot fix pervasive and institutionalized racism and class warfare. In each of their cases, some more than others, have done their part to be a part of the solution and not the problem. I believe that will continue to be true, no matter the outcome of the election.

At the end of the day, we should be on the same side of fence on any issue. At our very core we, as self-identified Democrats, care about the greater good and welfare of our fellow citizens and all citizens of the world. Being a Democrat is not a political party tag. Being a Democrat says a lot about who you are as a person. Be that person.

[KamaAina]

1. Wouldn't it be MOM?

[angrychair]

5. I know right

I debated with that one and settled on just MM...MOM just didn't sound good...

[NightWatcher]

2. We should focus more on winning and less on the circular firing squad

If we take our candidates out, nothing else will matter when Walker takes office. We'll be screwed with no hope of unscrewing.

But that's what the Dems are known for, circular firing squads and complaining.

[cascadiance]

3. And while we very much NEED to give high priority to BLM issues of today...

... as they are big problems for the community affected, and we finally have some means through technology, etc. to take on the corrupted infrastructure that has had these problems persist foor so many years in a horrible fashion, that we can't ignore all of the other issues just because these are very important. There are many fundamental problems in our system itself that has created the corrupt infrastructure that causes these problems and many others for all Americans. If we don't solve them, we ultimately don't solve hardly any of the problems we are facing today.

We may have different emphasis on what we talk about, and so do the candidates, but just small differences in these emphases shouldn't be something to hang people with. We need to make sure we address all of these issues, but make sure that they are addressed in context and stop blaming people and fighting others just because the nuance and priority breakdown doesn't exactly match yours. Talk to them and persuade them to push your concerns higher, but understand that we all must work together if we're going to solve any of our problems.

If we don't, and the PTB that own the corrupted system see that we can be divided in this fashion, you know what I think happens next? Circumstances are "created" surreptitiously to have even MORE police violence, etc. happening so that they can achieve their goals of distracting us more from focusing on the big picture in getting the proper set of different issues we need resolved being addressed and worked on if we're united on them. By saying that we need to nor worry about other issues and only these issues with violence, the PTB behind the scenes will exploit this and we will likely wind up with even more violence rather than less violence in our battles this election year.

[Betty Karlson]

4. Those circumstances are already in place. Manufacturing them was completed years ago.

So don't be vigilant. Be prepared.