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Barack Obama is a sacred cow to the majority of African Americans. Criticizing him (or Oprah or Beyonce) for almost anything comes w/ guaranteed blowback. It’s not generally advisable politically. I believe in the substance of Bernie’s criticism of the Democratic Party though.
I need progressives to understand something. Barack Obama’s humanity, his Blackness, his culture, and that of Michelle & and the girls, transcend politics for most African Americans. He was a political moderate, but his humanity, in context of the Oval Office was revolutionary.
Progressives, particularly white progressives, but progressives in general, value political positions, philosophy, platforms, and grassroots organizing above all else. For that reason, Obama stopped resonating w/ most progressives several years ago.
I get your point. But there is something about it that is profoundly troubling. (I keep thinking of Malcolm X’s claim about political maturity)
I agree man. You and I are in full agreement here. The Democratic Party is in shambles. As far as the party is concerned, he was asleep at the wheel for 10 years
It's not his place to carry the party. He was the President for all. He could have done more but so could every president.
The party carried him through the elections and he left them bankrupt. He campaigned on a progressive message for all working people and then turned his back on all of them.
First great first name. But how did the party carry him? They saw their opportunity to show that they are different bc they had a strong black candidate with an exotic name. Let's not pretend about their motives. They wanted a minority narrative to drive up votes
His exact words were that the oratory brilliance of Obama covered up the failures of democratic party #Neoliberalism in the last 50yrs.
It wasn't an attack on Obama.pic.twitter.com/z5nggdvgZW
I agree. But it sounded dismissive to those who weren’t there and refuse to hear it in context
You're misconstruing the events here: it didn't sound dismissive to anyone but to those who decided to deliberately twist his words and lie about what Bernie was saying.
This sounded harsher than I wanted. I appreciate you speaking out on this. But let's call liars by their name
Although you are likely correct, I disagree that it is "not generally advisable politically." Every one of us must get over over sacred cows. I tell my Indigenous peoples the same.
Obama is a "sacred cow." Wow. That's dismissive.
No. He has reached symbol status. I respect him a great deal.
I can't think of him as a sacred cow, when it was his realness, with flaws like all of us, that he strove to work around, and connection to people that I personally miss so much.
that IS symbolic though, this doesn't counter Shaun's point
Sorry, don't agree with you.
'realness', 'flaws' 'he strove' 'connection to people' - these are all symbolic things, not material. Obama's policies devastated USA and lead to Trump; you saying 'but he was real' shows that he is more important as a symbol than what he actually did.
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