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[lotesse]

A Reason Why I Am Not Happy With Bernie Sanders Today:

Planned Parenthood is not "the establishment," and you can't pass off not getting their endorsement as "mainstream doesn;t get it." PP's proven value to progressive causes weighs more than any political candidacy, sorry. You're not going to get anywhere with the feminist left by dissing on PP neither.

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[anghraine]

Honestly, I feel like his inability (refusal?) to build coalitions between related interests that might not be immediately on his side is probably his most disappointing feature. I was probably never going to vote for him, but I value his participation in the dialogue, and ... :\

[lotesse]

The fact that he's simultaneously caught major beef with PPFA and Ta-Nehisi Coates this week is kind of amazing. Dude, what are you doing??

he's being so oldschool marxist. it's very frustrating. like trying to work with Frederic Jameson or something - it's almost a functional theory, except for all the holes and left-out bits.

[boxofdelights]

What did you think of how Rachel talked about this tonight? "Maybe it was an unfortunate language choice"?

I understand loving some cause so much that you'll give its spokesperson all the benefit of the doubt. But there is a difference between being established and being part of The Establishment, and abortion rights are not yet part of The Establishment, and Bernie actually fucked up there.

[lotesse]

I wonder - this is very speculative, I don't have good basis for this - if Rachel was keying in harder to the LGBT aspect of the issue, with the HRC, and less to the repro rights side of things/PP? Because you do get that tension in queer politics between the grassroots and the named, funded nonprofits - the prioritization of marriage and middle-class concerns, the respectability politics, all of that.

I made this post while watching last night, without having seen any of the wave of response from today, because what Sanders said genuinely shocked me, but she seemed surprised (?) tonight at the intensity of the feminist left's response.

I guess - I would call Planned Parenthood "central," in that what they do is some of the purest and most effective progressive work we've got. But that makes losing their endorsement worse, not better. I'll admit, I pulled back on Bernie when they endorsed HRC; after this, I'm really feeling done with the man and all his people.

[metaphortunate]

Right? If you're The Establishment, you're not getting bombed, Jesus fuck.