So amazing on so many levels - found this item on my Twitter machine, Tweeted by Glenn Greenwald, who has been following this story with his usual brilliance -- here's Bernie's statement on what's going on in Brazil (I believe as it's Bernie's public web site, I can quote the whole short statement):
Monday, August 8, 2016
DLC fundraiser called me the other night. You know the disclaimer that the call is recorded and may be used for training purposes? Well, THIS call is definitely going to be used for training!
One of the most difficult conversations I've had to have during this election season is my answer to those who claim that Donald Trump is so clearly worse than Hillary that if Hillary wins the nomination it would be crazy not to vote for her to defeat Donald Trump.
I have no feeling to defend either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. I refuse to accept that framing in toto. It's thinking in the box to such an extent that I can't take it seriously.
So I'm going through my Twitter Feed and I see this by an interesting young NYT reporter, Yamichi Alcindor (who I sometimes really like and sometimes really don't like, lol):
Great article on Hufffpo.
Hillary Clinton’s Support Among Nonwhite Voters Has Collapsed
by Seth Abramson
Assistant Professor of English at University of New Hampshire; Series Co-Editor, Best American Experimental Writing
03/31/2016 08:40 pm ET
created by Caleb Cruse
i don't believe in god. but i do believe in the energy of an ever unfolding universe.
Just kidding.
Here's my manifesto.
IF YOU ARE NOT FOCUSING ON THE MOST VULNERABLE OF US, YOU'RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
We have been conditioned. It's not just Daily Kos, or Trump supporters or what have you, media, all that. We have ALL been conditioned.
Now I'm not much of a conformist or wannabe leader. So I'm just going to share what I'm doing, for meself, and how the conditioning aspect ties in with the compassion aspect.
