Thursday, May 05, 2016

In Which I Respond to BOBs

The article from the previous post points out many of Sanders' vulnerabilities -- liabilities that less media coverage has allowed to go unnoticed -- including opposing public schools (as well as some somewhat salacious views that I'm sure Trump would have no problem exploiting). 

Has Sanders changed his mind on those things? 

As a public school teacher, I sure hope so! 

If we don't allow politicians to change their minds, what good does it do to politic at all? 

Why try to persuade anybody if it's already a zero sum game? 

Do you think that maybe Clinton's changing her party affiliation due to her exposure to MLK and the Civil Rights movement informs her decision to change her mind in the present? 

Yes, some Sanders supporters are "die hard," but that's what I don't get.  Is being so tribal really a good thing? Doesn't that just allow us to play in a fantasy world where there is One True Hero and all the "others" villains? 

Do Liberals really think the world is so black and white? Aren't we, the Liberals, interested in nuance and shades of grey? 

Does this lizard brain mentality allow for human foibles or does it only facilitate dehumanization of people (even ones on our side) allowing us to call The Others "leeches" and magically granting us the ability to mind read Others' motives and "secret agendas?" 

As I asked before, aren't BOBs purest of pure ideals ultimately going to harm the most vulnerable in our country? 

Isn't that the opposite of Sanders' message and the definition of privilege?

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