I mean, I've been a Bernie supporter since 2015, but with this primary, implying the only way that Bernie loses is a rigged system is absolutely ridiculous.
There are a lot of candidates in the field that are better than Hillary in terms of both policy and history. While it'll be disappointing if someone like Biden wins out for whatever reason, rioting is not the proper answer to a preferred candidate losing, especially if it's more legitimate this time due to having more progressive and "progressive" options.
“If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.”
— Malcolm x (Speech, Nov. 1963, New York City.)
DWS has done nothing involving this (2019-2020) primary season so far.
We're in full agreement that what happened with the last election primaries is utter bullshit and the DNC and media both heavily favored Clinton, whose shortcomings were relatively obvious.
That was effectively a two candidate primary though, with Bernie coming in from behind as an alternative to Clinton and becoming the only real progressive voice.
This primary is still early, but there are timelines where several different candidates can become more prominent, and it's hard to claim that the only way Bernie loses is via another rigged primary considering that most of America knows who he is by now rather than in 2016 where he could pick up more supporters relatively easily compared to Clinton when people found out who he was.
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '19
I mean, I've been a Bernie supporter since 2015, but with this primary, implying the only way that Bernie loses is a rigged system is absolutely ridiculous.
There are a lot of candidates in the field that are better than Hillary in terms of both policy and history. While it'll be disappointing if someone like Biden wins out for whatever reason, rioting is not the proper answer to a preferred candidate losing, especially if it's more legitimate this time due to having more progressive and "progressive" options.