Yesterday, I posted a piece here, the main point of which was to criticize CNN and others for suggesting that Super Tuesday just about wrapped it up for Hillary. It was my contention that because so much of Hillary's success that night was based in southern states, the night was not as meaningful as the press made it out to be.
I was surprised at how many comments were attacks not on substance, but on my intentions. I was told by several commenters that I was discounting black votes, that I was discounting the South entirely, and that I was suggesting that Bernie supporters stay home if Hillary is the nominee.
When I explicitly stated that people were reading something into my words that (a) were not objectively there and (b) were categorically antithetical to my beliefs and practices, I was mostly ignored. I directly asked for an apology from one person, who refused to accept that what I said my intentions were, were my actual intentions. Sound to you similar to people insisting Obama is a Muslim despite his insisting he's a Christian? Does to me.
Thankfully, one person agreed that we are all in this together and we would do well to disagree respectfully. As one who subscribes to the notion that "the truth has a liberal bias," I had come to expect that those of us on the left were not prone insisting we know the heart of another.
Look--I am not a Hillary Clinton fan [and note to those who are about to attack me as anti-woman--I would support Elizabeth Warren in a heartbeat.] As I noted on my thread yesterday, yes, if Hillary wins relatively convincingly on March 15th in Florida and Ohio, THEN I will not dispute the medias' take that she is the very likely nominee.
And for God's sake, YES I will certainly vote for Hillary if she is the nominee, and I urge and expect fellow Bernie supporters to do the same (and would like to think Hillary supporters would do likewise if Bernie wins).
I know the odds are in Hillary's favor. I noted yesterday that while I think she is a pretender (come on, she brazenly co-opted Bernie's message) to the Progressive cause, I do believe she is a very capable person and would handle the Presidency effectively. But my view is that she is the status quo and I'm excited to see, for the first time in my life, a truly Progressive candidate, and I will give Bernie every ounce of my energy as long as he is running.
So, I certainly understand the passion with which you defend Hillary, but I think it would serve us all if we always bear in mind that we are much more in the same camp than we are enemies with disparate intentions.
That's how I see it, anyway