If Bernie were to summon security and forcibly remove the #BLM activists, it would be an unmitigated disaster. So he's entirely hamstrung.
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Conundrum: BLM's last interruption (at Netroots) was a major success. Bernie modified his stump speech. Why would they *not* keep pushing?
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If a tactic proves effective, the reasonable course of action would be to continue using that tactic. Bernie's in a bind here.
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@_Almaqah I believe she has secret service. No way anybody's getting onstage at a Hillary event.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@_Almaqah It's an impossible bind, which is interesting in of itselfThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@miamiaman It's a conundrum in part because the previous BLM interruption (at Netroots) was successful by any measure. So why not press on?
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@miamiaman "effective" insofar as he made myriad rhetorical concessions to BLM in the wake of the previous interruption
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@Burrite Effective by the lights of BLM, who (generally) tend to place high priority on rhetorical affectations and gestures.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Burrite I don't know. They've effectively burnished their leverage with the tactic, so why stop now?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Burrite Yeah, people in Seattle today who wanted to hear Bernie speak got called out for "racism" -- it'll only get worseThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@goatunit@overlayered How do you figure?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Burrite It would be interesting to hear Bernie himself try to explain itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@goatunit@overlayered He traveled across the country to speak to 100s of people and had to abort the event. Frustration not unreasonable.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Burrite *rubs hands together in a sinister manner*Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@goatunit He allowed them to speak for awhile and they wouldn't relent. What else should be expected of him?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@goatunit I don't disagree with thatThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@goatunit I'm not sure that shutting down campaign events is somehow the purest expression of "socialism" but I take your points.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Burrite A number of my twitter interlocutors have similar suspicions...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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