News Aug 12, 2015 at 4:00 am

Racist Structures Must Change. To Create That Change, We Must Have Smarter Strategies and Tactics.

The protesters who interrupted the August 8 rally for Social Security and Medicare in Seattle. Alex Garland

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Firstly, I am burnt out on reading comments since last week. I say this because I do not know what has been said on this comment section. That being said, something I found odd was the people who stated they no longer wanted to support BLM after the rally ( or lack there of). This made no sense to me. How could this undo the reasons you would support the type of change being asked for? Nothing has been resolved or altered, did this one event change your fundamental belief in fairness and justice? Are you a whole other person than last week? Does being offended warrant turning ones back on a problem ( yes it is a problem), "oh I used to care about this but I was offended by two people once and don't see the reason to ask for change anymore." If you valued being behind the ideas of BLM before I guarantee you that it is still something to stand up for.
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AgentSmith, thanks for those reminders OR why I left politics but always vote
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"form alliances with them rather than risk isolation"

1. This was not risking isolation, this was attempting to force it.

2. The idea that it's one or the other is ludicrous. Nobody is asking BLM to ally itself with one candidate. All that's being asked is respect and civility before resorting to more severe tactics. When Malcolm X said "by any means necessary" he meant that violence was the last resort, not "pick whichever means happens to suit your mood." His widow spent her later life clarifying this repeatedly.
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And to all those calling Bernie "weak" or "unprepared" for allowing protesters to get so close and walking away rather than get confrontational, I ask you this:

Consider how often you hear a politician promise to get "tough on _____" or "fight the war on _____" and what the results have been. Mostly hot air to get elected, occasionally an expensive boondoggle that backfires.

Bernie is not a tough guy candidate, never has been. He has always been accessible and willing to listen. When I lived in Vermont during his representative years I would bump in to him wandering the public square by himself getting coffee. That takes courage. It worked at the congressional level, why not the presidential?
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After a trillion dollars of affirmative action and businesses hiring people they don't want to hire, black people moving into neighborhoods that don't want them, black neighborhoods being "terrorized" by their own children . . . exactly what is the complaint of black people about white people? That white people don't like black people? Is there any nation in Africa where black people like black people?
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BS commentary ...BLM is bigger than genuflecting to a shallow White Liberal like Sanders who is obviously clueless about Black American issues..

The reaction to BLM in White Liberals venues reveal how they are not that much different than White Conservatives ..The soft bigotry of low expectations is a pathology in White America that much is apparent and has been for centuries in America
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Months later, i'm glad to finally read an editorial about the event that I agree with. I thought Bernie was going to be punched in the face. I'm glad he wasn't.

I am all for disruptive actions and have participated in some, but I thought the action, as it was carried out, harmed more than it helped the cause. It could have helped but this one did the opposite. Par for the course for Seattle where professionalism is viewed at with suspicion and contempt.
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PS: BillWald, you're a racist of the worst kind, the kind who tries to be funny. But you're just racist.

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