I was reading a diary earlier today when I came across this comment. I won’t link to the comment for the same reason I wouldn’t link to a right wing hate site.
Bernie Sanders wants to convert the Democratic Party into the Socialist Party Lite. In Bernie Sanders’ party, income inequality is THE ONE AND ONLY ISSUE and women and minorities should continue to wait quietly and patiently for systemic racism, sexism, and homophobia to be addressed until after the all important concerns of straight white males are first dealt with.
This comment summarizes the essence of the smear that has been used against Sanders and his supporters from the beginning of the campaign. It is a lie but one which has been perpetuated directly and indirectly here at DK by too many supporters of Secretart Clinton. In fact the passive aggressive indirect inferences are worse. At least the idiot who made the comment above was direct and not using the artful smear.
Like Senator Sanders and many of his supporters, I have been fighting for racial justice for years. And I was fighting for LGBT rights when the Clinton’s were promoting “Don’t ask, don’t tell”, and when Obama had Donnie McClurkin and Rick Warren campaigning for him.
Think about this. If some Sanders surrogates implied that the Clinton supporters were motivated by an underlying anti-semitism because Sanders is Jewish, they would be justifiably condemned. Comments suggesting that support for Sanders is based on racism, sexism and homophobia are equally disgusting and contemptible.
You won. You can stop the smears. Or not. Your choice.