Abby,
Thank you for the clarification. Things can get very confusing. The articles
just do not give all of the relevant facts. If it was a Social Security
Works event, then Bernie had absolutely no control over what was being done.
And obviously, the people who ran the event, had little insight into what
was happening and not a clue as to how to handle it. I suppose that what the
writer of the article got right is that it shows how little, white liberals
truly understand about the lives of poor black people. Sadlyi, nothing new.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Abby Vincent
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 5:26 PM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: comment on article regarding interruption of
Bernie Sanders
Thom Hartmann played segments from the Seattle event. It was a Social
Security works event, not a Bernie event. When Bernie left without
speaking, it was the organizers' call, not Bernie's.
I didn't go to the La event last night, but I hear it was a huge and well
attended success. I just hope his voice holds out for the whole campaign.
Abby
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 10:46 AM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] comment on article regarding interruption of
Bernie Sanders
If the article that I posted has the facts right, Bernie should have
immediately intervened with his audience and told them to listen to the
Black Lives Matter women and to provide the moments of silence they
requested in honor of Michael Brown. His campaign worker should not have
shut down the event. The campaign workers must have felt very threatened by
the young black people and they and the audience were incredibly
insensitive. Even Obama knew enough to allow Code Pink to interrupt one of
his speeches and I remember him telling the audience to allow Benjamin to
speak.
Miriam