This is the wrong way to go about it. Yes, all lives matter, and that certainly includes black lives. It's obviously a fact that they're more in danger, and the disgraceful problems with our police system is the main reason for it.
But division won't help us solve problems. Making white people the enemy doesn't help. There are white people, such as myself, who agree that something needs to be done. But it can only be done through at least some semblance of unity. Why protest "all lives matter?" Do you disagree with that statement? Alienating non-blacks doesn't help--if my math is right, black people aren't a majority, so presumably some white folk will need to vote in favor of anything to pass it. I mean, gay marriage never would've been legalized without support of many straight people.
Really, this is something we should
all be getting behind. The struggle to gain access to and maintain our theoretically inalienable human rights is truly universal. Negativity puts this universal cause in a bad light, which frustrates me.
Bernie Sanders is an admitted socialist, so it's interesting to see a defense put up for him here. If he wasn't running against Hillary, this would not be happening. While Hillary is clearly less left-wing than Sanders, somehow she is more disliked. It's clearly because she can win the general election and Sanders odds of doing so are much lower. Sanders is to Republicans what Trump is to Democrats, the person you hope gets the nomination so that your party has a better chance at winning. Is that so hard to admit?
I hate it when people try and say what someone else's intentions are. Please don't do that. I'm not a Republican, but I want Bernie Sanders to beat Hillary because he's not part of the establishment (and is vastly more trustworthy). The establishment of both parties is really what's hurting us--they answer to the lobbyists, not the people. That's why I can applaud both Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders: they may not share all my views, but they share a common enemy.
Besides, even if this was Hillary getting wrongly protested, I'd take her side. Yeah, there'd be some schadenfreude, but I can still recognize right and wrong, and interrupting someone's speech before they even get to start is wrong.
Are Black people somehow obligated to vote for Sanders because he supported Jesse Jackson 37 years ago, or that he supported civil rights 50 years ago?
No one ever said that. Ever. They're just saying that it's stupid to single out Sanders when he's very clearly not racist.
