“This is usually an argument made by people who don’t enjoy outside respect and credibility because of their race, gender, age and sexual orientation.“

No, this is actually an argument made by people who understand that we are all individuals with our own talents, abilities and failings. We are not a member of a homogenous sub group of victims who all act and think the same.

...and not by their age.

So, the oldest candidate in the race doesn't want to be judged by his age? Hmmm.

Instead of pulling a Reagan and deflecting the age issue with humor ("I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."), he tried to deflect it with the language of the SJW -- "nondiscriminatory society."

And, since the SJW knows it's all BS, he saw right through Bernie's attempt to stay relevant. With Kamala, Amy, Pocohontas, et al in the race, the SJWs have a wealth of intersectional candidates from which to choose. Bernie is yesterday's news, chewed up and spit out by his own revolution.

Bernie is like the surfer who, having caught the perfect wave yesterday, is trying to catch the same wave today. What he doesn't understand is that, today, it's a whole new set of waves, a whole new ocean.

Nobody like the social justice left to eat their own.

Every revolution eats its own. When the zookeeper runs out of meat, the lions are still hungry.

I don't know if this hurts Sander's political ambitions or not. There is a very loud but often ineffective cohort here. Because they are so loud they can appear bigger and more influential than they really are. But how actual primary voters will go I just don't have a good read on at this time.

Sanders comes up woefully short on the intersectionality bingo card. The only thing he can check off is socialist and now that most of the major democratic candidates have gone all in on socialism his main issue has been successfully co-opted. Its quaint that the old school socialist thinks he should be judged by his character. Unfortunately for him this goes against the beliefs of the main stream democratic party today.

Ok, I can go with this.

What have ye actually done, Bernie Sandernista? ok, so like the Commisars of old, you have three houses while decrying wealth disparity. And you're proposing a medicaid for all scheme. What else do you have for us? green new deal? oh, please, people around this here blog can do math and know that much of that is a non-starter.

So it's dawning on Bernie that, as an old white guy, he's now a target for much of the Left that once learned at his knee. Which illustrates two things: (1) the Left has no gratitude, and (2) the main reason that the Left has not (yet) managed to overthrow Western civilization is because of its tendency to eat its own.

Bernie might be able to pull it out of the bag IF he becomes part of the latest agrevied identity group, trans. It’s tough to tell what group is on top of the oppression Olympics. Going from State of Union Address I’d have to say female,going by press I’d say trans.

So it's dawning on Bernie that, as an old white guy, he's now a target for much of the Left that once learned at his knee. ~ Cousin Dave at February 25, 2019 8:58 AM

As an old white, straight male, Bernie simply doesn't have the intersectionality cred that Harris, Warren, et al have.

And among younger voters, that intersectionality matters. I don't know if it's because they want to be the ones voting in the first of whatever it is to show they're more enlightened than their parents or whether this is because they honestly believe that being part of a minority group, any group, imparts wisdom, a la the wise Latina woman. Perhaps they think it's only fair that a minority, of any group, finally gets a shot at running things.

The problem is that whichever attitude is driving this, it still leaves them dividing the population into identity groups - a collectivist fantasy and, in reality, the beginning of totalitarianism, of "us vs. them" social stratification.

My niece, just now reaching voting age and finishing her first year of college, supports the governor of her state because, "he's gay." Nothing from her about his policies, experience, or education. His sexual orientation is enough to make him, to her, a valid choice for governor.

With this kind of willful naiveté being introduced into our voting population, the next election could signal the beginning of a long period of social strife.

I agree that Bernie comes up short on the intersex points. But the thing is Bernie is the only honest person running on the Democrat side. Yes he is a loon who is incompetent and can't do basic arithmetic. But he is an honest loon. What he says is actually what he thinks. Warren, Harris, et al all are in the Clinton mold. They lie all the time. They lie in really obvious and easily discovered ways. It is to the point no one actually listens to what they say. The words have no meaning so why bother listening.

What sets Bernie apart (and almost got him the nomination last time) is that he is honest. But you can't say that on the left. You can think it but saying it will get you in trouble. But the primary voting is still mostly anonymous. People can easily say one thing and do another. Which is why I don't have a good read on how things will go when the vote is actually taken. Not only the candidates are lairs the primary voters are too.

Oh, and if Bernie goes trans he loses that one thing that sets him apart. If he goes that route he is definitely gone.

You know what's fun?

Getting on Twitter and pointing out that voting for someone just because they are (race) (sex) is just as racist and sexist as refusing to vote for someone because they are (race) (sex). SJWs lose their shit over that.

My advice to the Bernster, should he want to win the intersectionality olympics, is to convert to Islam.

Game. Set. Match. #ItsOver Anyone who criticizes him after that will be labeled an islamaphobe.

You know what's fun?

You still have a functioning twitter account? how many time-outs have they imposed upon you?

Bernie’s honest. I thought he lost that endorsing Clinton

I can see how that pissed some people off Joe. But a lot of people accept that this is just part of life. He lost she won. Saying he would prefer people to vote Democrat rather than Republican is just how party politics work. Same thing happened on the other side just with far more candidates. And on that side people got pissed when people couldn't put the past fight behind them and move on. Being a NeverTrump Republican hasn't been a wise career choice.

You still have a functioning twitter account?

Yes.

how many time-outs have they imposed upon you?

None. I don't understand it myself.

> None. I don't understand it

Dude, for all you know, most everything you tweet is shadowbanned. The company has perfect and ham-handed management of distribution of your tweets to the timelines of others. The only vague promise of reliability at this point is that anyone who visits your timeline specifically, by your name, is likely to see everything you've tweeted.

Other than that, you have no promises.

Dude, for all you know, most everything you tweet is shadowbanned.

I think it was last weekend(?) I got gun twitter all spun up because I opined that keeping guns around for safety made as much sense as taking up smoking for health. That was a busy couple of days.

I think they see me.

"But the thing is Bernie is the only honest person running on the Democrat side."

Ahh, nope. Only by comparison...

Bernie, April, 2016: "I don't believe she is qualified if she is taking tens of millions of dollars in special interest funds."

Of course, that's not a logical connection; "qualified" has no relationship to funding.

Bernie, July 2016: "Based on her ideas and her leadership, Hillary Clinton must become the next President."

One wonders just what "ideas" or "leadership" Bernie is talking about. I dunno if anyone asked him that at the time.

You can apply that to pretty much any person who has ever run for political office Rad. You can't deny that for a politician Bernie is ridiculously honest. Does he have boiler plate and throwaway lines, yes. Everyone does. But as you say the significance is in the comparison. Everyone else is a Hillary Clinton style candidate. They lie about pretty much everything. When they say it will rain later today you don't bother to bring an umbrella. They don't lie only about the big political things. They lie about the minor pointless things because lying has become a habit.

So I say it again, Bernie is remarkably honest for a politician. And that is his main selling point. Unlike his competitors his words have meaning. Personally I'll never vote for the guy. What he is selling I don't want. But I can still recognize the main selling point for the man. Lord knows other than being relatively honest the guy doesn't have anything else going for him.