http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/03/1417953/-Karemm-Abdul-Jabbar-on-Bernie-vs-Trump?detail=email
Great op-ed this morning in Washington Post by Kareem Abdul Jabbar titled This is the difference between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders
Jabbar summarized eloquently Trump's attacks on Megan Kelly and points out that this represents not just an attack on her as a woman but as a journalist. Abdul Jabbar points out that Trump has also attacked other journalists who criticize him including Jorge Ramos and representatives of the Des Moines Register. He contrasts Trump with Bernie Sanders dignified response to the Black Lives Matters protestors.
Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders faced his own challenge at a political event last month, when two African American women pushed in front of him to use the microphone to demand four and a half minutes of silence to honor the death of Michael Brown. Sanders left the stage and mingled with the crowd. Later, Trump criticized Sanders as being “weak” for allowing them to speak, but truly he showed grace under pressure by acknowledging their frustration and anger.
Instead of bullying their voices into silence or ridiculing them as losers, pigs or bimbos, Sanders left. After all, it was not his event; he was a guest. Besides, his voice was not silenced, but came back booming even louder: The next day, Sanders posted a sweeping policy of reform to fight racial inequality. (The timing coincided with Michael Brown’s death and had nothing to do with the two women.)
Abdul-Jabbar's op-ed also goes on to speak eloquently on the topic of political correctness and Trumps characterization of PC as a get out of jail free card for his "old-fashioned words, attitudes and actions may be harmful or insulting to others."
Two roads diverged in a political wood, and one man took the road of assaulting the Constitution and soon will be lost forever. The other will be a viable candidate who, regardless of whether he wins the nomination, will elevate the political process into something our Founding Fathers would be proud of.
class act and knows where the head of the proverbial nail is. wonder will they attack him and will some see pass his name or use it as the buzz word equivalent to all stop defense mode?????? ignoring is the real problem to the failed discourse of difference in less than half of America and the rest of us.
using a false definition of others as why you hate will only continually lead you down the path of misunderstanding with no chance of communicating without preconceived bias that is a double edge blade all are not racist or bigots but caught up in a culture of it. coming to the table with both hands showing is essential to clear minded suspicion free dialogue. recognize
