• Gladaed@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    Because the old guys did some messed up shit in the past. Also they barely care for the future and are disconnected from the young.

    Bernie has consistently stood on the side of civil rights and good over the course of his life. If I perceive him correctly he also still interacts favorably with young political movements ans opinions.

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      2 months ago

      I mean the whole 1972 rape fantasy essay he wrote was potentially progressive at the the time but feels quite tone-deaf and ham fisted nowadays…