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Sanders Says 'Political Movement,' Not Murder, Is the Path to Medicare for All

www.commondreams.org Sanders Says 'Political Movement,' Not Murder, Is the Path to Medicare for All | Common Dreams

Bernie Sanders condemns the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO and calls for a movement challenging corporate money in politics that prevents Medicare for All.

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That is the right thing for him to say.

People like Luigi make people like Sanders look like moderates, and that's how change is achieved.
I don't condone murder, but when political movements don't seem to be going where we need to go, people make their own paths.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path
Yeah there's no way he can come out and publicly condone murder of course. Good old Bernie is right as well. Without political backing murder won't actually improve things, no matter how cathartic the moment was.
- Just gonna start quoting all the Republican's "2nd amendment remedies" tweets and add
- None of us should be condoning it either, btw. More like, this is a wake up call for what happens when peaceful protest is suppressed. Like, murdering Nazis was deemed acceptable. We need to draw a line somewhere.
  
  For many people sitting comfortably in the status quo, that line is very far away. For others, we are flying dangerously close to that line.
- Exactly! They want to call elected officials pushing for single payer healthcare radical. Folks like Luigi remind them what actually radical looks like.
We tried the soap box, ballot box, and jury box already. A lot. The ammo box has generated far more conversation then all of them combined.
What exactly IS a political movement? How does one go about this? Can the rich destroy this movement? If so, then it's not the way.
Gee, Bernie, it's so nice that we've had universal healthcare for decades now, and all those lives improved or saved since it went into effect via peaceful political means
Yeah, but how's that been working for you!
Why not both?
People keep trying that as well, to no effect
I like Bernie, but I still remember his political movement: stepping aside for Hillary. I wonder how different our timeline would be, if that had not happened. Maybe he just doesn't know when to fight.
- He lost the primary, what did you expect him to do?
  
  I watched that primary, I wouldn't say he lost, he was just taken away as an option by those backing Hillary. He could have run as an independent, but he was more civil than everyone else running.
  
  That primary is a prime example of the disconnect of the democratic party from their supporters.
If you could read his mind, he's probably cheering for the act. He just cant say it out loud.
I missed the first comma at first, reading it as

Sanders Says Political Movement Not Murder

And was shocked since I thought Bernie was saying Luigi did nothing wrong for a moment
Bearnie is the right person to bring medical change. He made great strides in his home state too
It's both
Can't be right all the time.
Inside outside power. You do you Bernie. I think it's to not to regulate how others choose to protest.
- Really? It's not the Government's job to regulate how people choose to protest? So right wingers "counter-protesting" by running over people with cars should not be arrested and tried? It's time for a free-for-all out there, and whoever is better at killing wins?

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