2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dear white progressives: Stop telling black people how to vote [View all]calimary
(81,608 posts)During the ceremony taking down the Dixie Swastika, I was looking, HARD, for white faces. I found some! Actually - I found quite a few. And I want to see that MORE and MORE. Just as I did during the memorial President Obama attended, where he gave his incredibly and justifiably amazing "Amazing Grace" speech. I looked for white faces. I looked for white faces in the march across the bridge. I looked for white faces among the candlelight vigils in Ferguson. I looked for white faces among those laying flowers down in the spontaneous "shrine" that grew in front of the Mother Emanuel church after those murders.
It actually changed my mind a wee bit about Lindsey Graham - when he acknowledged how moved he'd been, listening to the forgiveness of some of those family members - through their agony and tears on that Friday where they faced the young, and seemingly indifferent mass murderer. Wow, I thought, Lindsey Graham actually has a human heart. I'm totally surprised! He really was moved. And he was actually moved to change his mind about keeping that damn hate rag up on its public flagpole. I seriously hadn't expected that of him - or anybody else on that side of the aisle. Sometimes shaming is a good thing. I think he became ashamed of it, especially after listening to those families. At least I HOPE he became ashamed of it. Whatever worked was a good thing in my opinion.
I swear, I cried for two days straight after watching that. I don't know how ANYBODY could have remained unmoved after that. nikki haley too, although I don't trust her and I know she's probably gonna use it to appeal to people outside the GOP confines - as a potential VP nominee. She's gonna exploit that all over everywhere to try and prove "Oh NOOOO, We're Not Like THAA-AAAT". Bet on it.