(September 21, 2015 at 11:07 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:(September 21, 2015 at 10:58 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Bern baby bern! I like this guy. Though I have to admit it's a sad day when of all the women and poc running the only one truly fighting for equality is the old white guy in the off the rack suit!
What matters most is one's politics, not the color of one's skin or one's genitalia.
That said, many of us wanted Elizabeth Warren to run, but she evidently did not think now was the right time.
Oh, man. If they could get a Sanders/Warren ticket, convince her to at least run for VP, I'd cream my freakin' jeans. Those are the only two people talking about the reality of the United States right now. All the rest of the candidates (even Hillary, whom I consider part of the Establishment just as much as any GOP candidate) just talk about how "great" America is, like we can't read international comparison statistics... or, well, a newspaper.
That's not to say I don't love the USA. I just recognize the problems we have and the legacies of discrimination and unfairness we have not addressed, and I face them directly and want to change things to be better for more people in this country. I don't think we can do that until we heed the warnings of our Founding Fathers about the dangers of out-of-control (banking & capital) corporations.
Sanders has little chance, right now, but if the Donald wins the Republican primary, I think he'll come across as the reasonable candidate to most of the voters in the center, who matter. Trump is where he is because he doesn't talk like a politician, and people are tired of the old way of doing things-- so no matter how batshit crazy he talks, all they hear is, "Yeah, that guy tells it like it is!" That's great for early primaries, but won't work so well in a general election.
Bernie's off-the-rack suit is just the thing to get the centrists to think, "He's one of us" in a way that billionaire Don will not really accomplish outside of the Base, so when the two get up for the Presidential Debates, it will quickly become apparent who has the most reasonable positions, and no amount of Faux News Channel screaming about his socialism (he has admitted to being a Scandinavian-style socialist, or at least in agreement with those principles, which will be a problem for those who don't or won't understand what that means) will be able to distract from how crazy Donald will look next to Bernie on a stage in front of cameras.
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I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
