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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.