Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumAn Open Letter to Dolores Huerta by Rosario Dawson
Wow!!!! Spotted this on Thom Hartmann's Twitter...dang, there are all those pesky FACTS plus a request for HONESTY and TRUTH.
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Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann? @Thom_Hartmann
Whew - puncturing anti-#Bernie talking points! Rosario Dawson: An Open Letter to Dolores Huerta (link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rosario-dawson/an-open-letter-to-dolores-huerta_b_9538994.html) huffingtonpost.com/rosario-dawson
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Thom_Hartmann/status/713040910427287552
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An Open Letter to Dolores Huerta
03/24/2016 09:24 am ET | Updated 5 hours ago
Rosario Dawson
Actress; Co-founder, Voto Latino
When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then its an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue. Dolores Huerta
Dear Dolores,
Before responding to your article on Bernie Sanders on Medium, I want to take a moment to acknowledge you and the work you have done for Latina/os, workers rights, unions, the feminist and LGBTQ movements, as well as against police brutality and pesticides. You stood up and gave a voice to the less fortunate and unrepresented parts of our communities, no matter what obstacles or challenges were thrown in your way. This is exactly why your article on Bernie Sanders came as such a surprise to me that the same woman who has made it her lifes mission to speak the truth and shed light on corruption, lies, and false narratives created by the corporate elite and special interest groups, would now suddenly create a narrative that distorts facts and misguides American voters.
Just like you stated in the above quote, I, too, believe in the American ideal of reasonable and robust debate between opposing viewpoints in order to move a discussion forward and ultimately arrive at a sensible resolution. This becomes impossible, or at least unnecessarily difficult, when one of the parties involved is purposefully trying to obfuscate the facts. I recognized that very same tactic that the mainstream media has been using when I read your opinion piece, where the details of Bernie Sanders voting record and positions were misrepresented and, again, when you and America Ferrera spread the false story on Twitter that Bernie supporters chanted English only at a Nevada caucus. Though it was debunked by multiple media outlets and video evidence, neither of you have corrected, apologized for, or taken down the posts. Its race baiting, misleading, divisive and inaccurate and I hope you both will rectify that immediately. Regardless of either your interpretations of the event, the guidelines strictly prohibited any form of communication with caucus participants by campaigners once the caucus was called to order!
The democratic process, as it was intended, is quite simple: Present your facts, track records and plans, move forward honestly and openly, debate, call out discrepancies, explain and educate, then let the American people decide whom they would like to lead the country based on such answers. By distorting and omitting facts you do not give us, the American people, a transparent picture. You cheat us out of making an educated and well-informed decision and dishonor our voting process and democracy itself.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rosario-dawson/an-open-letter-to-dolores-huerta_b_9538994.html
thereismore
(13,326 posts)Nothing to be done.
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JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)but on point and wonderfully argued points. Night Nurse, you steal my heart AND my mind.