REAL QUICK: Before we get into the blog, just want to issue a retraction from my last post. In the beginning I offered condolences to Philadelphia battle rapper Tech 9, as it was reported he “passed away” in his sleep. Turns out he was facing 10 charges of child pornography, sexual contact with minors, and other various crimes in the same vein. So, ignore all the positive stuff I said about Tech.
LONG LIVE NIPSEY HUSSLE.
OK, back to politics.
I have questions.
I have questions for people who love Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (which they should), but dislike Bernie Sanders. I have questions for people who defend Joe Biden and the 4 (and counting) allegations of inappropriate behavior dealing with women, but made a huge deal about the same allegations against CAMPAIGN MEMBERS of Bernie Sanders (not Bernie, who was unaware at the time but when made aware instantly made it right). I have questions for people who have NOT called out Corey Booker for his answer on reparations (spoiler: he’s not for them), but jump on Bernie’s back when he HONESTLY says he isn’t for that policy but offers other policies he believes will be more efficient.
In my best Joe Budden voice, “Whussup witchall man?”
Y’all know that AOC’s platform is based on Bernie’s, right? So, policy wise, they line up almost perfectly. They might have differences in percentages for certain policies when it comes to taxes and things of that nature, but the GOAL is the same. Tax the wealthy more, spread that money around into programs that help regular people, regulate big businesses and Wall Street, Medicare for All, publicly funded college, Green New Deal, etc. You guys all know this. So it’s very weird to me when I read publications that are “left wing” that do their best to shit on Bernie, but then praise AOC. Again, she deserves the praise, but it’s still cognitive dissonance at its finest.
Joe Biden has been touchy feely with way too many women and female children for YEARS, and now that it’s actually being called out in the media, all the centrist Democrat lovers are doing their absolute best to defend him as “that’s just Joe being Joe.” Nah slime. That’s not gonna fly, especially in 2019 when we are aware of the different levels of harassment and we are way more aware of our behavior (us being men/males.) But Bernie had campaign workers who were being inappropriate, and as soon as Bernie was made aware, those people were gone. But, Bernie’s worse, right?
And then all these reparations smears, basically acting as if he is the ONLY candidate that doesn’t support giving cash payments to black Americans. That’s completely false. Cory Booker supports baby bonds for ALL American born new-born babies, not just black people. Kamala Harris supports funding for mental health treatment as a form of reparations, so…not reparations. Bernie is just the only one to flat out say the word “No”, rather than acting as if something that isn’t reparations is. Now he does have policy goals that will help fund HBCU’s, inner city programs, plus the whole Medicare for All/Publicly Funded College/Publicly Funded Daycare plan, which obviously would free up a lot of black people to work and be able to pursue higher education, which ultimately would put us in better position.
Final thoughts, keep that same energy. Don’t diss Bernie for doing something and then act as if it’s OK when someone else does. That is called hypocrisy.
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