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DNC vs. BLM
DNC vs. BLM
A further source of embarrassment that came out both before, during, and after the Convention, is the connection between the radical black left and other causes that are outside the mainstream of both the Democratic Party and most politicians. One of these was the Palestinian activism movement, which was championed by followers of Bernie Sanders and his surrogates at the DNC platform discussion meetings Cornel West, James Zogby, and Keith Ellison. At the Convention the Bernie delegates made this very clear by flashing their flags at any chance they got.
Photo showing two Palestinian flags at the Democratic convention. Algemeiner |
To be clear, the mainstream (Hillary) Democrats were opposed to the showing of these flags, but only out of embarrassment. The Democrats still rely on donors, opinion-makers, and lobbyists from AIPAC and the pro-Israel community. The pro-Palestine crowd remains unpopular among those that make the connection between the current wave of Islamic terror throughout the world, and the jihadist Palestinian groups Hamas and . . . here it comes. . . Islamic Jihad. However, the Democrats themselves have been courting the growing Muslim community in the USA and were blatantly tooting the Islamophobia horn at every turn during the DNC. Democratic support for Israel is superficial, their support for the Palestinian people is also to a large extent transparently opportunistic, but the support of Drs. Zogby and West is NOT superficial, they are committed anti-Israel and pro-Palestine activists. Of that there is no need for opinion. Their whole involvement with the Sanders campaign was a source of ridicule by the Clinton campaign, yet once he had conceded their continued presence only served to embarrass the party as a whole.
This is a parallel to the BLM involvement in the race: Until now they were useful in whipping up enthusiasm against an alleged white supremacist system. That usefulness wore itself out once BLM turned on them and said: The Democrats are part of that racist system.
Nobody's fools -- except their own
The BLM activists had the same realization with regards to the Party. The Democratic political machine has run its course as far as the young black vote is concerned, and the problem started when they gave black youth too much of the wrong thing. Through lax educational standards, affirmative action, and puffy counterculture classes the Democrats (and along with them other far left activists that by themselves would have no impact) have created the perfect greenhouse for militant student confrontations. With no community is that more evident than the black community. The very adoption of the term African- or Afro-American is an academic fantasy, because Africa is a continent. There is no Asian American or South American community, if anything they are identified by their country of origin (Filipino) or native language (Hispanic).
The misfortune of the Democrats has been that there has been a rash of police-youth violence, especially in urban areas like New York, Chicago, and St. Louis in cities where they themselves have been in power for decades. A new generation has rejected the pitch of the Democratic establishment and is now ready to have its own voice; not a Republican or a Democratic one but a unique one. Hawk Newsome, a New York BLM activist has threatened to throw the race for Donald Trump.
Does BLM have the capability to be a real electoral power broker?
Hawk Newsome of New York's BLM chapter is fully willing to have his supporters throw the 2016 election cycle thrown for Donald Trump in order to reject the mainstream Democratic cause. |
Does BLM have the capability to be a real electoral power broker?
DeRay McKesson is one of the national figures of BLM, but he failed in the Baltimore mayoral primary, finishing 6th. Will he be disappearing or getting stronger during this election? Baltimore Sun |
So far they've been a complete and utter failure, but could that be due to DNC and establishment interference? BLM ran a candidate in this year's Baltimore mayoral primary, one of its national figures DeRay McKesson. Unfortunately for them he was a colossal flop, garnering only 3% of the vote. In order to actually make a dent in the system BLM will have to confront what one of their most bitter opponents, the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, has called the Black Political Machine. Simply put, BLM, the worst race hustlers working in the USA today will have to pit themselves against the Jesse Jacksons, Al Sharptons, and yes even Cornel Wests that were the race hustlers who failed the generations from the 1960s until today. That's much more difficult than it sounds, and the result will define whether BLM activists are able to mature into people who actually change things instead of lamenting the status quo.
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