A teacher in an elementary school in Santa Cruz is talking about how Bernie Sanders just wants to give us free stuff and that's not how things work.
I am pretty opinionated, but that just sounds incredibly arrogant to say about how someone who has been working in a governmental position since before this teacher was alive that "that's not how things work."
Besides...that's the fucking point. It DOES work in other countries and it SHOULD work here.
He said that everything is fine and we should just keep doing what we're doing.
Everything is fine? Have you been paying attention, motherfucker?
Democrats can be just as stupid as republicans. And Bernie supporters can be just as stupid as any of them. Stupid doesn't discriminate.
It's this arrogant, holier-than-thou, I've made up my mind and nobody can change my mind fucking attitude that has ruined the political frontier of America.
People get behind their candidate and will essentially fabricate justifications for why their candidate is receiving criticimism. This is incredibly dangerous. We should look at ALL candidates, including the one we support with a skeptical eye. Similarly, we should praise even our most vilified rival if they have good ideas.
I honestly believe there is something in this culture with how we elevate football (and sports generally) above so many things, such as civic participation, that we look to it for how to behave in civics. Our team is our team and we stay loyal to it no matter what. We make excuses for Tom Brady deflating balls just like we make excuses for Hillary's email server. This is not how we should operate intellectually about the future of the country. If our candidate makes an assertion that could be devastating, it is your obligation to disagree.
This is exactly what Bernie Sanders was saying about President Obama. Generally, he thinks Obama has done a great job and he agrees with most of what he does. But he voices his opinion when he disagrees. And nobody should be chastised for doing so!
This is one of the big things that Hillary Clinton has done that has really bothered me at a fundamental level. She berated Sanders for disagreeing with President Obama, as if we should all idolize him and blindly assent to every decision he makes.
I cannot think of something more patently un-American! It was easily one of the most shocking and disgraceful attacks leveled at Sen. Sanders by the Clinton campaign.
So, from here on, just allow for the possibility that you are dead fucking wrong...about everything. Try to learn something at every juncture. Embrace your ignorance and don't be ashamed of it.
And I promise I'll do the same.
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