politicalsci:

the false equivalence between anger from the far-right and the anger from the left who are being attacked daily by those same people, is both cruel and manipulative. republican conservatives
and democratic party centrists keep arguing that the left has a “rage” problem as though
being angry about vast inequality and suffering is irrational. as though the left being concerned about the increasing violence after the rise of trump is the same as far-right bigotry itself. bernie sanders has never incited violence. saying that trump is dangerous is not the equivalent of hate speech.

if
someone lives in the current political and economic system and isn’t
angry about the cruelty and inequality that it produces then they are
incredibly privileged and willfully ignorant. i am wary of people who
are not angry
and who don’t want to be politically active. what
kind of person sees the police brutality against black people and feels
nothing? what kind of person learns that 5 men own more than half the
wealth of humanity and isn’t angered by that fact?

the progressive left is also made up of millions of women and poc who centrists like to erase to fit their “bernie bro” narrative. the left is trying to bring about change by dismantling white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism. and we are not just angry. we are demonstrating,
peacefully protesting, advocating for progressive policies, and loudly standing up for the most vulnerable in
society. it is something the left should be proud of. we will not be
silenced because it makes conservatives and centrists uncomfortable. the
truth is that the establishment doesn’t want the system to change because they make vast sums of money from it, and as long as we comply
with their demands it won’t.

we should refuse to be vilified for speaking out against racism, sexism, and inequality. and we should see the smears against bernie sanders and the progressive left for what they are: centrist elites in the democratic party trying to hold onto power at any cost.